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: 35.93,-83.43 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -83.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 960 453 20.5 8.6 46 11.8 13.4 160 9 297.1 298.4 288.2 318.5 7.33 2 950 542 18.5 8.1 51 10.4 12.4 161 13 296.0 297.3 287.7 316.8 7.15 3 900 1002 14.2 6.9 61 7.3 10.0 162 18 296.1 297.3 287.5 316.3 6.93 4 850 1481 10.2 6.0 75 4.2 7.8 170 23 296.8 298.0 287.8 317.0 6.90 5 800 1984 8.3 4.3 76 4.1 6.1 191 33 300.0 301.2 288.5 319.3 6.51 6 750 2516 6.1 2.5 78 3.6 4.2 220 32 303.2 304.3 289.2 321.6 6.11 7 700 3078 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 228 30 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.9 6.44 8 650 3675 -0.4 -0.6 99 0.2 -0.5 225 29 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.9 5.64 9 600 4313 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.6 -3.7 224 32 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.1 4.75 10 550 4997 -7.1 -8.4 90 1.3 -7.7 218 34 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.5 3.69 11 500 5734 -12.0 -13.7 87 1.6 -12.6 213 34 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.1 2.66 12 450 6531 -17.4 -19.0 87 1.6 -17.9 216 38 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.8 1.90 13 400 7404 -23.4 -24.5 91 1.0 -23.7 213 38 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.32 14 350 8366 -30.9 -30.9 100 -0.0 -30.9 205 38 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.83 15 300 9441 -39.0 -39.0 100 0.0 -39.0 198 42 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.43 16 250 10665 -49.0 -49.1 98 0.1 -49.0 208 47 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 17 200 12100 -54.7 -67.8 18 13.1 -54.9 234 64 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13930 -59.6 -79.3 6 19.7 -59.8 230 46 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16435 -64.6 -83.7 6 19.1 -64.8 237 26 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.04 m Freezing level: 656.56 mb = 3596.73 m = 11800.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.66 mb = 3568.37 m = 11707.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.66 % Est. max temperature: 22.75 C = 72.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.02 mb = 1931.80 m = 6337.84 ft T: 8.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 2.22 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.23 mb = 2902.44 m = 9522.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 6.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 27.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8890.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.88 mb = 1912.63 m = 6274.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 257.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 71.19 m/s