MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 35.33,-82.09 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -82.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 962 387 16.2 15.5 96 0.7 15.8 204 5 292.6 294.6 290.4 325.5 11.60 2 950 492 16.6 14.9 90 1.6 15.5 216 12 294.0 296.0 290.6 326.3 11.30 3 900 951 14.3 11.9 85 2.4 12.8 230 24 296.2 298.0 290.1 324.5 9.77 4 850 1432 11.1 9.1 87 2.0 9.9 235 31 297.8 299.4 289.6 322.8 8.57 5 800 1936 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.5 234 34 299.6 300.9 288.9 320.5 7.06 6 750 2467 5.3 -0.8 65 6.1 2.3 230 37 302.3 303.2 287.8 316.9 4.82 7 700 3027 1.6 -5.3 60 6.9 -1.5 228 37 304.3 304.9 287.3 315.6 3.68 8 650 3620 -1.8 -9.8 54 8.0 -5.0 228 36 307.0 307.5 287.3 315.8 2.80 9 600 4252 -6.0 -14.9 49 8.9 -9.0 234 33 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.7 2.01 10 550 4927 -11.2 -18.0 57 6.9 -13.3 240 36 310.8 311.2 287.5 316.3 1.68 11 500 5651 -16.6 -20.9 69 4.3 -17.7 243 44 312.8 313.1 287.9 317.6 1.45 12 450 6434 -22.0 -27.2 63 5.1 -23.1 240 57 315.6 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.92 13 400 7290 -27.3 -33.9 53 6.6 -28.3 234 72 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.4 0.54 14 350 8240 -33.3 -37.0 69 3.7 -33.7 226 72 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.45 15 300 9309 -38.3 -52.4 22 14.0 -39.2 224 93 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 16 250 10544 -45.1 -62.1 13 17.0 -45.7 230 96 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12006 -53.4 -69.6 12 16.3 -53.7 235 88 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13854 -55.2 -79.6 3 24.4 -55.5 245 55 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16402 -60.5 -84.1 3 23.6 -60.7 253 8 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.51 m Freezing level: 676.22 mb = 3309.06 m = 10856.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.74 mb = 2801.13 m = 9189.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.50 % Est. max temperature: 22.71 C = 72.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.63 mb = 468.01 m = 1535.44 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1332.39 m = 4371.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.03 C = 69.86 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 29.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.23 mb = 1100.18 m = 3609.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.23 mb = 1840.94 m = 6039.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 369.23 mb = 7859.71 m = 25786.14 ft B at Equ Level: 340.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.23 mb = 10042.22 m = 32946.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -10.5 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 56.22 m/s