MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 31.41,-79.81 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -79.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 25.7 21.7 79 4.0 22.8 194 16 297.5 300.4 295.4 344.6 16.27 1 1000 138 24.6 19.5 73 5.1 21.1 197 19 297.8 300.4 294.2 339.5 14.41 2 950 586 21.9 15.7 68 6.2 17.8 226 20 299.4 301.6 292.8 334.1 11.89 3 900 1053 18.5 12.9 70 5.5 14.9 245 21 300.5 302.4 292.0 331.3 10.47 4 850 1541 14.6 10.7 77 3.9 12.2 254 22 301.5 303.2 291.6 329.8 9.56 5 800 2051 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 9.0 255 22 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.4 8.01 6 750 2589 10.2 -9.3 24 19.5 1.8 270 19 307.6 308.1 287.3 315.7 2.52 7 700 3159 7.5 -23.9 9 31.4 -2.4 277 21 310.8 310.9 286.6 313.5 0.79 8 650 3764 3.6 -26.9 9 30.5 -5.2 270 26 313.0 313.1 287.2 315.3 0.65 9 600 4408 -0.7 -30.1 9 29.3 -8.3 264 29 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.1 0.52 10 550 5096 -5.1 -37.3 6 32.2 -11.8 264 31 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.1 0.28 11 500 5838 -9.7 -35.2 10 25.6 -14.9 268 31 321.3 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.38 12 450 6643 -14.6 -41.8 8 27.2 -19.0 273 34 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.22 13 400 7525 -20.6 -46.2 8 25.6 -23.8 282 43 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.15 14 350 8497 -28.6 -49.1 12 20.5 -30.5 282 45 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13 15 300 9579 -37.6 -54.3 16 16.6 -38.6 284 44 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 16 250 10810 -47.4 -60.4 21 13.0 -47.8 267 42 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.04 17 200 12247 -58.5 -64.7 45 6.2 -58.6 248 48 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 14020 -66.2 -74.0 33 7.8 -66.3 265 60 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16450 -70.7 -83.4 14 12.7 -70.7 260 45 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.34 m Freezing level: 608.50 mb = 4298.42 m = 14102.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.93 mb = 2824.63 m = 9267.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.43 mb = 508.83 m = 1669.37 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 31.14 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1451.30 m = 4761.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 3.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 204.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 289.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.14 mb = 1147.44 m = 3764.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.14 mb = 1893.64 m = 6212.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.14 mb = 2207.69 m = 7242.98 ft B at Equ Level: 11.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 735.14 mb = 2754.54 m = 9037.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 54.10 m/s