MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.8,-83.03 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -83.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 556 SFC 931 724 15.8 7.7 59 8.1 11.2 148 14 294.9 296.2 287.2 315.4 7.09 3 900 1012 11.9 6.5 70 5.4 8.9 158 24 293.8 295.0 286.5 313.3 6.76 4 850 1487 9.0 5.5 79 3.5 7.1 177 29 295.6 296.8 287.1 315.0 6.67 5 800 1988 7.8 4.3 78 3.6 5.9 193 35 299.5 300.7 288.3 318.8 6.51 6 750 2520 6.2 2.4 76 3.9 4.2 217 31 303.3 304.5 289.2 321.6 6.06 7 700 3083 3.3 1.1 85 2.2 2.1 233 30 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.2 5.91 8 650 3682 0.2 -0.7 94 0.9 -0.3 229 28 309.2 310.2 290.7 326.5 5.61 9 600 4320 -3.4 -4.9 89 1.5 -4.1 224 25 312.2 313.1 290.6 326.2 4.44 10 550 5004 -7.1 -9.5 83 2.4 -8.1 220 24 315.6 316.3 290.7 326.5 3.38 11 500 5741 -11.9 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.8 215 28 318.6 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.48 12 450 6538 -17.7 -18.2 96 0.4 -17.9 217 31 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.03 13 400 7410 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.1 -23.4 217 33 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.7 1.45 14 350 8373 -30.7 -30.7 100 -0.0 -30.7 211 33 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.85 15 300 9449 -38.8 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.8 203 41 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10675 -48.5 -49.2 93 0.6 -48.6 213 43 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.17 17 200 12113 -54.3 -69.0 15 14.7 -54.5 238 58 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 18 150 13938 -59.9 -79.1 6 19.2 -60.1 235 47 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16439 -64.7 -83.7 6 19.0 -64.8 237 24 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.93 m Freezing level: 647.19 mb = 3717.76 m = 12197.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.69 mb = 3611.52 m = 11848.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 21.70 C = 71.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.66 mb = 1737.58 m = 5700.64 ft T: 8.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.14 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.23 mb = 3196.93 m = 10488.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 7.13 C Lifted Index: 7.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.28 C Showalter Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.86 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 24.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9734.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.41 mb = 1820.57 m = 5972.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.4 neg: -6.9 tot: 290.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 70.84 m/s