MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.97,-85.82 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: -85.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 971 376 25.5 17.8 63 7.7 20.2 217 7 301.2 303.6 294.4 340.4 13.34 2 950 566 23.0 15.8 64 7.2 18.1 218 12 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.5 11.93 3 900 1035 18.5 14.7 78 3.8 16.0 216 13 300.6 302.7 293.1 335.1 11.74 4 850 1522 14.2 13.5 96 0.7 13.8 215 13 301.0 303.1 293.0 335.0 11.54 5 800 2032 11.2 9.7 90 1.5 10.3 214 15 303.1 304.9 292.1 331.5 9.52 6 750 2570 8.8 6.2 83 2.6 7.3 208 14 306.1 307.6 291.7 330.1 7.93 7 700 3139 6.1 1.0 70 5.1 3.4 206 14 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.90 8 650 3743 2.5 -3.9 63 6.4 -0.6 208 19 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.6 4.40 9 600 4386 -0.6 -14.7 33 14.1 -5.9 217 23 315.4 315.8 289.4 322.1 2.03 10 550 5076 -4.7 -16.6 39 11.9 -8.9 234 24 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.90 11 500 5818 -9.6 -25.7 26 16.0 -13.9 244 24 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.6 0.95 12 450 6624 -14.8 -30.0 26 15.2 -18.2 250 26 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.2 0.70 13 400 7507 -19.6 -42.8 11 23.2 -22.9 265 28 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.22 14 350 8483 -27.2 -46.5 14 19.3 -29.3 277 26 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.17 15 300 9572 -36.2 -44.6 42 8.4 -37.0 284 35 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.3 0.24 16 250 10810 -46.5 -53.9 43 7.4 -46.8 277 49 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12273 -50.8 -70.8 8 20.0 -51.2 278 62 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14093 -62.9 -77.1 13 14.2 -63.1 263 48 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16507 -72.8 -83.0 20 10.2 -72.8 264 36 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.18 m Freezing level: 610.11 mb = 4256.08 m = 13963.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.73 mb = 3646.75 m = 11964.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.07 mb = 1342.85 m = 4405.62 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1553.34 m = 5096.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.98 mb = 1492.50 m = 4896.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.98 mb = 1743.18 m = 5719.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.98 mb = 7358.52 m = 24141.83 ft B at Equ Level: 117.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.98 mb = 11132.68 m = 36524.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.41 Bulk Shear: 7.21 m/s