MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.23,-85.98 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -85.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 984 230 19.5 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 185 10 294.0 296.3 292.0 331.0 12.95 2 950 533 17.6 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 194 26 295.0 297.3 292.2 331.9 12.86 3 900 995 16.5 15.5 94 1.0 15.8 211 40 298.5 300.7 292.9 334.5 12.39 4 850 1481 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.7 216 40 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.9 11.57 5 800 1992 11.2 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 224 41 303.1 305.0 292.7 333.6 10.27 6 750 2529 8.7 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 228 41 306.0 307.5 291.8 330.4 8.08 7 700 3099 6.6 5.8 94 0.8 6.1 231 41 309.8 311.4 293.1 335.2 8.29 8 650 3706 3.2 2.5 95 0.7 2.8 238 47 312.5 313.9 292.9 334.5 7.06 9 600 4350 -1.0 -2.2 92 1.2 -1.6 239 50 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.2 5.44 10 550 5041 -4.0 -6.3 84 2.3 -5.1 232 50 319.3 320.2 292.6 333.4 4.34 11 500 5788 -8.0 -10.7 81 2.6 -9.1 231 48 323.2 323.9 292.9 334.5 3.39 12 450 6599 -13.4 -16.4 78 3.0 -14.5 233 50 326.4 326.8 292.9 334.4 2.36 13 400 7485 -19.6 -22.8 76 3.2 -20.5 233 52 329.5 329.8 293.0 334.9 1.53 14 350 8462 -26.9 -27.0 99 0.1 -26.9 239 57 332.5 332.8 293.6 336.9 1.20 15 300 9556 -35.3 -35.3 100 0.0 -35.3 240 60 335.6 335.7 293.8 338.0 0.63 16 250 10800 -44.0 -44.9 91 0.9 -44.0 242 56 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.8 0.28 17 200 12272 -51.6 -66.4 16 14.7 -52.0 249 64 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.2 0.03 18 150 14082 -63.4 -76.7 15 13.3 -63.5 253 47 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16517 -70.9 -83.2 15 12.3 -71.0 247 28 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.64 m Freezing level: 612.06 mb = 4194.65 m = 13761.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.44 mb = 4106.34 m = 13472.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.22 mb = 467.65 m = 1534.26 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.52 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1200.76 m = 3939.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.95 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4361.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.70 mb = 810.03 m = 2657.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 338.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 98.20 m/s