MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 34.31,-85.33 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -85.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 978 299 14.4 11.8 85 2.6 12.9 121 13 289.4 290.9 286.9 314.5 8.93 2 950 546 13.0 10.4 84 2.6 11.4 121 30 290.3 291.8 286.7 314.0 8.35 3 900 998 9.6 9.2 97 0.4 9.3 125 40 291.4 292.8 286.9 314.5 8.13 4 850 1473 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.6 148 49 296.2 297.8 289.3 321.8 8.82 5 800 1978 9.3 8.8 97 0.5 9.0 175 47 301.1 302.7 291.0 327.5 8.94 6 750 2511 6.1 5.9 98 0.2 6.0 187 43 303.2 304.7 290.7 326.5 7.78 7 700 3074 2.5 2.1 97 0.4 2.2 193 41 305.2 306.4 290.1 324.5 6.37 8 650 3670 -0.8 -1.2 97 0.4 -1.0 194 41 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.7 5.40 9 600 4305 -4.3 -5.2 94 0.8 -4.7 193 43 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.8 4.34 10 550 4986 -8.3 -9.4 92 1.1 -8.7 195 44 314.3 314.9 290.3 325.3 3.42 11 500 5720 -12.9 -13.6 94 0.7 -13.1 202 46 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.1 2.68 12 450 6515 -17.9 -18.0 99 0.1 -17.9 208 46 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.06 13 400 7386 -23.7 -23.8 99 0.1 -23.7 205 47 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.0 1.39 14 350 8348 -31.2 -31.4 98 0.2 -31.2 209 52 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.6 0.79 15 300 9420 -39.6 -42.3 75 2.7 -39.8 218 64 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.31 16 250 10655 -43.4 -63.7 9 20.3 -44.2 225 87 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12138 -49.7 -72.6 5 22.9 -50.2 221 90 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13990 -57.1 -79.1 5 22.0 -57.3 224 69 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16492 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.4 238 35 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.70 m Freezing level: 662.27 mb = 3523.43 m = 11559.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.15 mb = 3484.38 m = 11431.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.10 % Est. max temperature: 23.26 C = 73.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.48 mb = 621.27 m = 2038.26 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.99 mb = 2325.88 m = 7630.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: 6.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.37 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 31.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10418.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.06 mb = 941.94 m = 3090.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.0 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 212.0 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 682.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 682.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 227.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 185.51 m/s