MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 33.57,-83.90 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 987 226 22.7 21.6 93 1.1 21.9 220 9 297.0 300.0 295.6 345.1 16.65 2 950 557 20.4 19.3 93 1.2 19.6 228 23 297.9 300.6 294.6 341.3 14.96 3 900 1023 18.2 16.7 91 1.4 17.2 233 25 300.2 302.7 294.2 339.6 13.43 4 850 1513 15.8 14.3 91 1.4 14.8 236 24 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.8 12.18 5 800 2027 13.3 11.8 90 1.5 12.3 239 23 305.3 307.4 293.9 338.1 10.92 6 750 2569 10.6 8.9 89 1.7 9.5 244 23 308.1 309.9 293.6 337.2 9.59 7 700 3142 7.5 5.9 90 1.6 6.6 246 22 310.8 312.4 293.4 336.5 8.37 8 650 3749 3.4 2.8 96 0.5 3.1 243 21 312.8 314.1 293.2 335.3 7.23 9 600 4396 0.4 0.0 98 0.3 0.2 238 22 316.5 317.8 293.5 336.8 6.40 10 550 5091 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.1 234 23 320.7 321.7 293.9 338.2 5.41 11 500 5841 -6.9 -7.5 95 0.6 -7.2 230 23 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.0 4.34 12 450 6657 -11.5 -12.1 95 0.6 -11.8 221 22 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.2 3.35 13 400 7551 -16.8 -17.1 98 0.3 -16.9 212 24 333.1 333.6 294.8 341.9 2.51 14 350 8541 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.3 207 27 337.4 337.7 295.1 343.4 1.67 15 300 9649 -31.7 -31.7 100 -0.0 -31.7 208 31 340.7 340.9 295.3 344.1 0.90 16 250 10910 -42.2 -42.4 98 0.2 -42.2 214 37 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.7 0.36 17 200 12378 -54.3 -55.9 82 1.6 -54.3 231 50 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.10 18 150 14176 -65.0 -76.1 20 11.0 -65.1 240 32 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16594 -69.7 -81.9 15 12.2 -69.8 244 25 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.07 m Freezing level: 594.46 mb = 4473.15 m = 14675.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.07 mb = 4435.17 m = 14550.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.24 mb = 364.42 m = 1195.58 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 1049.40 m = 3442.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.19 mb = 841.17 m = 2759.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.19 mb = 2194.43 m = 7199.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 424.19 mb = 7105.10 m = 23310.42 ft B at Equ Level: 155.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.19 mb = 10528.29 m = 34541.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 46.56 Bulk Shear: 3.34 m/s