MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1011 44 18.5 15.8 85 2.6 16.8 5 6 290.7 292.7 289.5 322.4 11.26 1 1000 140 19.3 14.8 75 4.5 16.4 10 14 292.5 294.4 289.6 322.7 10.65 2 950 582 19.5 11.2 59 8.3 14.3 15 17 296.9 298.5 289.5 322.5 8.79 3 900 1047 17.5 13.1 75 4.4 14.7 27 2 299.6 301.5 291.9 330.5 10.57 4 850 1534 14.8 11.0 78 3.7 12.4 225 7 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.4 9.75 5 800 2045 12.5 3.8 55 8.7 7.6 249 11 304.5 305.7 289.8 323.5 6.29 6 750 2587 13.0 -25.9 5 39.0 0.5 289 14 310.7 310.9 286.4 312.8 0.61 7 700 3162 9.8 -24.6 7 34.4 -1.3 288 19 313.4 313.5 287.4 315.9 0.74 8 650 3772 6.2 -25.5 8 31.7 -3.7 284 21 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.6 0.74 9 600 4422 2.3 -29.5 7 31.8 -6.6 294 20 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.7 0.55 10 550 5117 -3.0 -31.3 9 28.3 -10.1 303 24 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.51 11 500 5863 -9.1 -34.7 10 25.6 -14.6 299 27 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.40 12 450 6667 -15.9 -38.7 12 22.8 -19.8 296 28 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.30 13 400 7542 -22.7 -49.9 6 27.2 -25.6 322 28 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.10 14 350 8505 -30.5 -52.3 10 21.8 -32.2 318 28 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.09 15 300 9584 -37.2 -58.1 10 20.9 -38.3 286 29 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 16 250 10821 -45.2 -62.3 13 17.1 -45.7 275 41 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.04 17 200 12288 -52.3 -69.6 11 17.3 -52.7 267 46 349.9 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14100 -62.9 -76.5 14 13.7 -63.0 263 47 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16537 -71.9 -83.2 17 11.3 -72.0 281 29 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.77 m Freezing level: 578.46 mb = 4721.80 m = 15491.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.41 mb = 2750.50 m = 9023.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.17 mb = 374.51 m = 1228.70 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.62 mb = 3576.37 m = 11733.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.03 C = 109.46 F Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.86 C Showalter Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 0.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 172.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7500.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.54 mb = 1281.60 m = 4204.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.5 neg: -24.8 tot: 83.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 47.50 m/s