MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 30.38,-84.37 Latitude: 30.38 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 44 23.2 20.8 87 2.4 21.5 204 4 295.6 298.4 294.4 340.2 15.51 1 1000 118 24.6 20.0 76 4.6 21.4 211 8 297.8 300.5 294.6 340.9 14.90 2 950 568 23.0 17.7 72 5.2 19.4 243 10 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.2 13.54 3 900 1038 19.9 14.7 72 5.3 16.4 297 11 302.1 304.2 293.5 336.7 11.74 4 850 1528 15.9 12.3 79 3.6 13.6 308 13 302.8 304.8 292.9 334.3 10.62 5 800 2040 12.0 9.4 84 2.5 10.4 298 14 303.9 305.6 292.2 331.8 9.32 6 750 2580 11.8 -7.8 25 19.6 2.9 293 22 309.4 309.9 288.2 318.4 2.83 7 700 3155 10.4 -27.1 5 37.6 -1.3 294 28 314.0 314.2 287.5 316.1 0.59 8 650 3766 5.7 -31.8 5 37.4 -4.4 291 25 315.4 315.5 287.7 316.9 0.41 9 600 4414 1.3 -33.1 6 34.4 -7.4 294 25 317.7 317.7 288.4 319.1 0.39 10 550 5107 -2.9 -37.6 5 34.7 -10.5 295 30 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.7 0.27 11 500 5854 -8.9 -42.7 5 33.8 -14.9 302 34 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.18 12 450 6658 -15.8 -47.2 5 31.4 -20.1 300 34 323.3 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.12 13 400 7532 -23.0 -52.0 5 29.0 -25.9 309 35 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.08 14 350 8496 -30.0 -53.9 8 23.9 -31.8 293 32 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 15 300 9576 -36.2 -59.3 7 23.1 -37.4 256 49 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.04 16 250 10826 -42.6 -62.7 9 20.1 -43.4 245 52 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12301 -52.6 -68.9 12 16.4 -52.9 242 68 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14107 -63.8 -77.0 15 13.1 -63.9 265 59 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16541 -69.7 -83.3 12 13.6 -69.8 265 30 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.88 m Freezing level: 584.27 mb = 4631.89 m = 15196.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.26 mb = 2975.48 m = 9761.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.45 mb = 344.84 m = 1131.37 ft T: 23.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 24.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.81 mb = 1489.71 m = 4887.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: -0.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 207.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.09 mb = 1123.09 m = 3684.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.09 mb = 1769.21 m = 5804.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.09 mb = 2293.96 m = 7526.03 ft B at Equ Level: 23.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 726.09 mb = 2850.01 m = 9350.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 12.47 Bulk Shear: 53.69 m/s