MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 66 18.3 7.3 49 11.0 12.1 191 8 291.1 292.2 285.1 309.4 6.40 1 1000 105 19.7 7.1 44 12.6 12.6 195 12 292.8 294.0 285.7 311.1 6.33 2 950 549 21.1 1.8 28 19.3 10.9 226 28 298.6 299.4 286.1 312.3 4.59 3 900 1013 17.7 0.3 31 17.4 8.8 248 29 299.8 300.6 286.4 312.9 4.35 4 850 1498 13.6 1.9 45 11.7 7.4 259 31 300.4 301.3 287.3 315.9 5.17 5 800 2005 10.5 3.4 61 7.2 6.6 274 34 302.4 303.5 288.9 320.7 6.10 6 750 2540 7.8 -1.9 50 9.8 3.0 275 43 305.1 305.9 288.3 318.6 4.42 7 700 3107 6.0 -15.2 20 21.2 -1.9 265 46 309.2 309.5 286.9 314.6 1.67 8 650 3709 2.1 -19.5 18 21.7 -5.1 261 45 311.4 311.6 287.3 315.5 1.25 9 600 4350 -1.9 -31.6 8 29.8 -9.1 259 44 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.5 0.45 10 550 5034 -6.9 -33.7 10 26.7 -12.8 259 46 315.9 315.9 287.9 317.3 0.40 11 500 5770 -11.9 -33.5 15 21.6 -16.3 266 54 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.45 12 450 6569 -16.8 -36.8 16 20.0 -20.3 267 60 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.36 13 400 7441 -23.8 -32.5 44 8.7 -25.3 257 63 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.62 14 350 8400 -31.9 -36.4 65 4.5 -32.4 254 65 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.49 15 300 9469 -40.4 -45.9 56 5.5 -40.8 254 69 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.21 16 250 10688 -48.9 -57.4 36 8.5 -49.1 250 76 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 17 200 12124 -57.3 -65.8 33 8.5 -57.4 254 75 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13909 -64.0 -75.9 18 11.8 -64.1 263 78 359.7 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16378 -65.7 -83.4 7 17.6 -65.8 266 47 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.00 m Freezing level: 623.34 mb = 4050.68 m = 13289.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.44 mb = 2882.00 m = 9455.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.50 mb = 1472.77 m = 4831.85 ft T: 13.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 6.06 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.42 mb = 4583.72 m = 15038.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.86 C = 107.35 F Cap Strength: 9.14 C Lifted Index: 9.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.14 C Showalter Index: 6.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 13.85 C K Index: 6.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 138.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10633.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.62 mb = 2632.54 m = 8636.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.8 neg: -24.4 tot: 276.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 115.41 m/s