MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.29,-83.90 Latitude: 32.29 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 1000 114 22.7 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 222 9 295.8 298.4 293.6 337.2 14.36 2 950 556 18.8 17.5 93 1.2 17.9 225 18 296.2 298.6 293.0 334.8 13.40 3 900 1019 16.0 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 236 21 298.0 300.2 292.5 333.0 12.04 4 850 1504 13.9 11.2 84 2.7 12.2 249 22 300.7 302.5 291.6 329.8 9.87 5 800 2013 11.3 6.2 71 5.1 8.3 255 25 303.2 304.5 290.4 325.5 7.45 6 750 2550 8.3 0.0 56 8.3 4.0 258 30 305.6 306.6 289.1 321.3 5.12 7 700 3117 5.7 -5.8 44 11.4 0.4 260 36 308.7 309.4 288.7 319.9 3.55 8 650 3720 3.4 -17.6 20 21.0 -4.1 269 42 312.8 313.1 288.0 317.7 1.48 9 600 4365 -0.1 -35.3 5 35.2 -8.3 281 45 316.0 316.0 287.8 317.1 0.31 10 550 5054 -4.6 -34.8 7 30.2 -11.3 281 49 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.36 11 500 5797 -9.3 -44.9 4 35.6 -15.2 287 57 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.14 12 450 6601 -16.1 -44.0 7 27.9 -20.2 285 57 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.17 13 400 7475 -22.9 -52.0 5 29.1 -25.8 277 61 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.08 14 350 8440 -29.2 -53.9 7 24.7 -31.2 250 62 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.07 15 300 9526 -35.4 -46.4 32 11.0 -36.4 226 72 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.20 16 250 10777 -43.2 -48.1 58 4.9 -43.5 215 80 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.6 0.20 17 200 12244 -53.8 -63.8 28 10.0 -54.0 234 82 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14056 -62.1 -78.3 10 16.1 -62.3 253 60 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16509 -69.2 -83.5 11 14.3 -69.2 237 28 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.36 m Freezing level: 601.79 mb = 4341.53 m = 14243.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.80 mb = 3165.84 m = 10386.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.62 mb = 522.76 m = 1715.07 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 20.04 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 882.39 m = 2894.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.29 C = 75.73 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 23.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.49 mb = 770.34 m = 2527.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.49 mb = 1790.51 m = 5874.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 671.49 mb = 3455.38 m = 11336.40 ft B at Equ Level: 25.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.49 mb = 10736.62 m = 35224.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 102.22 m/s