MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 34,-80.24 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -80.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 999 49 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.3 289 12 287.4 288.7 284.5 307.9 7.32 2 950 474 11.5 6.0 69 5.5 8.6 302 27 288.9 290.0 284.0 306.4 6.18 3 900 926 10.3 6.7 79 3.6 8.3 297 24 292.1 293.3 285.9 311.8 6.87 4 850 1400 8.4 7.9 97 0.5 8.2 262 19 295.0 296.4 288.1 317.8 7.91 5 800 1900 5.6 4.6 93 1.0 5.1 249 23 297.1 298.4 287.6 316.7 6.68 6 750 2426 3.0 -1.2 73 4.3 1.0 249 29 299.9 300.7 286.7 313.9 4.66 7 700 2983 0.6 -8.7 50 9.3 -3.2 250 38 303.1 303.7 286.0 311.9 2.83 8 650 3573 -2.9 -15.1 38 12.2 -7.1 247 47 305.6 306.0 285.8 311.4 1.81 9 600 4204 -5.0 -41.4 4 36.4 -11.6 246 53 310.3 310.3 285.7 310.9 0.17 10 550 4883 -8.3 -45.7 3 37.4 -14.2 244 60 314.3 314.3 287.0 314.7 0.12 11 500 5615 -13.8 -45.6 5 31.8 -18.3 240 66 316.2 316.3 287.6 316.7 0.13 12 450 6405 -20.3 -46.5 8 26.2 -23.4 235 67 317.7 317.7 288.2 318.2 0.13 13 400 7264 -27.3 -47.2 13 19.8 -29.2 237 72 319.4 319.5 288.7 320.0 0.14 14 350 8210 -35.1 -54.3 12 19.1 -36.2 239 77 321.3 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.07 15 300 9267 -42.2 -57.1 18 14.9 -42.9 232 89 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.06 16 250 10475 -51.3 -64.1 20 12.8 -51.6 236 97 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.03 17 200 11905 -54.6 -70.4 13 15.8 -54.8 236 100 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 13744 -56.6 -79.9 4 23.3 -56.9 235 89 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16277 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 233 56 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.18 m Freezing level: 691.60 mb = 3081.80 m = 10110.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.49 mb = 2550.35 m = 8367.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 21.78 C = 71.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.35 mb = 675.49 m = 2216.15 ft T: 10.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 6.94 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2240.97 m = 7352.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Cap Strength: 9.64 C Lifted Index: 9.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 3.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 20.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12111.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.97 mb = 1103.18 m = 3619.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.2 neg: -41.0 tot: 89.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 130.78 m/s