MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 15.0 3.6 47 11.4 9.2 120 3 287.4 288.2 281.9 301.3 4.91 1 1000 143 17.5 3.1 38 14.4 10.0 123 3 290.6 291.5 283.1 304.4 4.77 2 950 580 15.1 1.6 40 13.5 8.3 266 2 292.5 293.3 283.7 305.7 4.52 3 900 1034 11.5 1.2 49 10.3 6.3 295 8 293.4 294.2 284.1 306.9 4.64 4 850 1512 12.4 -11.1 18 23.5 2.9 325 11 299.1 299.5 283.4 305.1 1.92 5 800 2019 12.5 -20.6 8 33.1 1.2 339 13 304.4 304.6 284.4 307.5 0.92 6 750 2557 10.0 -19.8 10 29.7 -0.3 342 13 307.4 307.6 285.7 310.9 1.06 7 700 3126 7.5 -16.8 16 24.2 -1.5 352 15 310.7 311.0 287.3 315.6 1.47 8 650 3733 4.3 -7.5 42 11.8 -1.1 352 18 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.6 3.34 9 600 4380 0.6 -10.2 44 10.8 -4.0 350 19 316.8 317.4 290.7 326.4 2.94 10 550 5073 -3.2 -13.6 44 10.4 -7.2 343 20 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.4 2.43 11 500 5821 -7.6 -20.0 36 12.4 -11.6 318 24 323.7 324.1 291.5 329.1 1.56 12 450 6632 -13.8 -24.3 41 10.5 -16.6 307 24 325.9 326.2 291.7 330.1 1.19 13 400 7515 -20.5 -30.1 42 9.7 -22.5 304 25 328.4 328.6 292.0 331.2 0.78 14 350 8489 -27.3 -32.6 60 5.3 -28.2 307 34 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.5 0.70 15 300 9583 -35.1 -38.7 69 3.6 -35.5 314 34 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.45 16 250 10826 -45.1 -45.8 93 0.7 -45.2 300 43 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.25 17 200 12279 -55.3 -61.4 46 6.2 -55.4 291 54 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14069 -66.4 -73.7 35 7.3 -66.5 284 43 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16476 -72.4 -83.2 18 10.8 -72.5 314 32 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.01 m Freezing level: 591.95 mb = 4491.51 m = 14735.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.10 mb = 2434.62 m = 7987.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.41 mb = 1507.57 m = 4946.03 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 1.79 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 513.48 mb = 5612.68 m = 18414.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.48 C = 122.86 F Cap Strength: 16.54 C Lifted Index: 17.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.94 C Showalter Index: 17.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.02 C Cross Totals Index: -3.48 C K Index: -15.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13557.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.90 mb = 2167.52 m = 7111.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.9 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 7.9 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 40.33 m/s