MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.2,-83.35 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -83.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 71 SFC 961 416 19.8 13.9 69 5.9 16.0 234 12 296.3 298.2 290.7 326.5 10.45 2 950 511 18.2 12.3 69 5.8 14.6 232 18 295.6 297.3 289.7 323.1 9.52 3 900 971 13.9 10.8 82 3.0 12.0 228 23 295.8 297.4 289.3 322.0 9.07 4 850 1450 10.3 8.6 89 1.7 9.3 227 26 296.9 298.4 289.0 321.0 8.28 5 800 1953 7.2 5.2 87 2.0 6.1 228 31 298.8 300.1 288.5 319.3 6.96 6 750 2481 4.0 0.5 78 3.5 2.2 229 35 300.9 301.9 287.6 316.7 5.27 7 700 3038 0.3 -4.9 68 5.2 -2.0 231 40 302.8 303.5 286.9 314.4 3.79 8 650 3628 -3.3 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.4 232 49 305.2 305.8 287.1 315.0 3.14 9 600 4259 -5.9 -10.4 70 4.5 -7.7 227 53 309.3 309.8 288.2 318.4 2.88 10 550 4937 -8.2 -21.4 34 13.2 -12.1 226 62 314.3 314.5 288.3 318.5 1.26 11 500 5672 -11.3 -42.6 6 31.3 -16.4 225 73 319.3 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.18 12 450 6471 -17.0 -41.9 10 25.0 -20.7 223 82 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.21 13 400 7347 -21.4 -53.0 4 31.6 -24.6 212 83 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.07 14 350 8321 -26.3 -47.0 12 20.7 -28.6 209 97 333.3 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.16 15 300 9419 -33.7 -40.4 51 6.7 -34.5 202 102 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.4 0.38 16 250 10671 -43.0 -46.7 67 3.7 -43.3 209 106 342.1 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.23 17 200 12148 -51.5 -70.4 9 18.9 -51.8 230 95 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13981 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.6 -59.4 225 58 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16464 -66.0 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 241 29 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.34 m Freezing level: 696.17 mb = 3083.67 m = 10116.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.07 mb = 2765.32 m = 9072.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.02 % Est. max temperature: 21.85 C = 71.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.75 mb = 1152.07 m = 3779.70 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.12 mb = 1497.95 m = 4914.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.55 C = 68.98 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 24.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.47 mb = 1357.30 m = 4453.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.47 mb = 1906.49 m = 6254.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 594.47 mb = 4330.99 m = 14209.11 ft B at Equ Level: 68.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 514.47 mb = 5452.36 m = 17888.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 155.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 103.70 m/s