MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-85.79 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -85.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 966 365 18.7 17.0 90 1.8 17.5 187 12 294.8 297.0 292.0 331.1 12.68 2 950 507 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 189 25 295.6 297.9 292.1 331.3 12.41 3 900 969 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 197 39 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.1 12.01 4 850 1454 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 209 51 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.8 11.05 5 800 1963 10.9 10.1 94 0.9 10.4 216 53 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.7 9.72 6 750 2500 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 222 54 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.3 8.48 7 700 3067 4.9 4.8 99 0.1 4.8 229 54 307.9 309.3 292.1 331.4 7.71 8 650 3669 1.7 1.6 99 0.2 1.7 232 58 310.9 312.2 292.1 331.4 6.61 9 600 4312 -1.6 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.8 228 57 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.6 5.51 10 550 5000 -5.5 -6.1 95 0.6 -5.8 226 59 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.8 4.41 11 500 5743 -9.5 -10.4 93 0.9 -9.9 224 62 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.47 12 450 6551 -14.2 -15.1 93 0.9 -14.5 222 64 325.4 325.9 292.9 334.3 2.64 13 400 7435 -19.7 -19.8 99 0.1 -19.7 227 69 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.3 1.99 14 350 8414 -26.3 -26.4 100 0.0 -26.3 233 66 333.3 333.5 293.8 337.9 1.27 15 300 9510 -34.3 -35.0 94 0.6 -34.4 239 59 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.4 0.65 16 250 10758 -44.3 -45.2 91 0.9 -44.4 245 53 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.27 17 200 12218 -53.3 -59.8 45 6.5 -53.5 254 76 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14037 -61.2 -78.9 8 17.7 -61.4 258 59 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16492 -69.6 -83.0 12 13.5 -69.6 251 40 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.15 m Freezing level: 623.99 mb = 4003.60 m = 13135.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.99 mb = 3971.51 m = 13029.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.42 mb = 584.85 m = 1918.79 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1076.67 m = 3532.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.87 C = 71.36 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 35.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.29 mb = 947.62 m = 3108.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.29 mb = 2310.49 m = 7580.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 617.29 mb = 4083.81 m = 13398.17 ft B at Equ Level: 21.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 497.29 mb = 5785.11 m = 18979.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 533.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 533.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 178.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 143.25 m/s