MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.02,-83.43 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -83.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 102 24.4 19.8 76 4.6 21.2 242 8 297.5 300.1 294.3 339.9 14.66 1 1000 106 24.3 19.4 74 4.9 20.9 241 8 297.5 300.0 294.0 338.8 14.29 2 950 553 20.1 17.7 86 2.4 18.5 243 15 297.6 300.1 293.6 336.9 13.57 3 900 1017 16.4 16.0 97 0.5 16.1 246 19 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.7 12.80 4 850 1504 14.4 11.7 84 2.7 12.7 253 22 301.2 303.1 292.0 331.3 10.19 5 800 2014 12.2 4.1 58 8.0 7.6 258 25 304.1 305.3 289.8 323.5 6.44 6 750 2553 9.4 -1.2 48 10.5 4.0 259 30 306.7 307.6 289.1 321.2 4.68 7 700 3121 6.2 -6.5 40 12.7 0.4 262 35 309.4 310.0 288.7 319.9 3.35 8 650 3726 4.7 -26.8 8 31.6 -4.6 272 44 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.6 0.65 9 600 4372 0.4 -36.4 4 36.8 -8.1 279 43 316.6 316.6 287.9 317.6 0.28 10 550 5064 -3.9 -36.3 6 32.4 -11.0 281 49 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.31 11 500 5807 -9.5 -45.3 4 35.8 -15.3 287 54 321.5 321.5 289.3 322.0 0.13 12 450 6611 -15.9 -49.2 4 33.3 -20.2 293 54 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.10 13 400 7485 -23.0 -51.2 6 28.2 -25.8 282 52 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.09 14 350 8451 -29.6 -46.1 19 16.4 -31.3 241 56 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 15 300 9537 -35.1 -51.9 17 16.7 -36.3 228 57 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10788 -43.0 -48.9 53 5.8 -43.4 222 75 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.8 0.18 17 200 12259 -53.3 -66.6 18 13.3 -53.6 237 78 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14068 -61.3 -78.5 9 17.2 -61.4 260 56 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.01 19 100 16516 -69.0 -83.4 11 14.4 -69.1 236 24 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.83 m Freezing level: 595.33 mb = 4436.91 m = 14556.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.27 mb = 3164.78 m = 10383.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.72 mb = 682.88 m = 2240.39 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 23.33 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 945.01 m = 3100.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.38 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 22.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.02 mb = 875.21 m = 2871.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.02 mb = 1017.30 m = 3337.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 850.02 mb = 1503.44 m = 4932.47 ft B at Equ Level: 4.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 630.02 mb = 3978.41 m = 13052.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.83 Bulk Shear: 81.96 m/s