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: 33.29,-82.22 Latitude: 33.29 Longitude: -82.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 1000 106 19.7 18.3 92 1.4 18.8 200 10 292.9 295.3 291.9 330.8 13.34 2 950 544 17.0 16.5 96 0.6 16.7 203 26 294.5 296.7 291.7 330.2 12.49 3 900 1005 15.1 14.8 99 0.2 14.9 219 34 297.0 299.2 292.1 331.3 11.87 4 850 1488 12.7 12.2 97 0.4 12.4 241 33 299.4 301.3 291.8 330.4 10.59 5 800 1996 10.3 7.6 84 2.6 8.8 246 32 302.1 303.6 290.7 326.6 8.24 6 750 2531 7.6 0.5 61 7.1 3.9 250 36 304.9 305.8 289.0 321.0 5.31 7 700 3096 4.4 -4.4 53 8.8 0.3 249 42 307.3 308.1 288.6 319.6 3.94 8 650 3698 3.7 -31.0 6 34.7 -5.5 259 52 313.1 313.2 286.9 314.7 0.44 9 600 4342 -0.1 -37.7 4 37.6 -8.4 265 53 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.0 0.25 10 550 5032 -5.3 -37.0 6 31.7 -11.9 269 56 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.8 0.29 11 500 5772 -10.6 -46.0 4 35.3 -16.1 275 69 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.5 0.12 12 450 6572 -16.4 -50.7 3 34.3 -20.5 278 67 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.9 0.08 13 400 7447 -22.1 -52.5 5 30.4 -25.1 266 64 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.07 14 350 8417 -28.2 -42.8 23 14.6 -29.9 235 71 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.25 15 300 9509 -34.2 -36.3 81 2.1 -34.5 218 76 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.3 0.57 16 250 10760 -43.5 -43.8 98 0.2 -43.5 213 76 341.4 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.32 17 200 12230 -52.7 -68.3 13 15.6 -52.9 236 83 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14052 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.5 -61.2 247 48 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16505 -69.2 -83.4 11 14.3 -69.2 240 32 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.03 m Freezing level: 600.79 mb = 4332.33 m = 14213.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.79 mb = 3122.02 m = 10242.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.42 mb = 281.36 m = 923.10 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 749.40 m = 2458.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 26.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.26 mb = 640.49 m = 2101.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.26 mb = 2817.22 m = 9242.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 694.26 mb = 3163.12 m = 10377.57 ft B at Equ Level: 16.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 654.26 mb = 3644.77 m = 11957.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 365.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 176.42 m/s