MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.36,-82.72 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -82.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 986 215 26.8 16.7 54 10.1 19.9 222 2 301.2 303.4 293.6 337.1 12.20 2 950 539 25.0 14.0 50 11.0 17.8 233 4 302.6 304.5 292.8 334.1 10.64 3 900 1010 20.6 12.8 61 7.8 15.5 241 5 302.7 304.6 292.6 333.5 10.38 4 850 1500 16.0 11.5 75 4.4 13.1 243 5 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.8 10.08 5 800 2012 11.4 9.9 90 1.5 10.5 244 6 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.0 9.62 6 750 2549 8.0 7.6 97 0.5 7.8 240 6 305.3 306.9 292.2 331.6 8.74 7 700 3116 4.0 3.0 93 1.0 3.4 223 6 306.9 308.2 291.0 327.6 6.80 8 650 3715 0.9 -16.0 27 16.9 -5.1 220 11 310.0 310.3 287.2 315.5 1.68 9 600 4354 -2.3 -20.6 23 18.3 -8.1 223 15 313.5 313.7 288.0 317.6 1.23 10 550 5039 -6.6 -23.4 25 16.8 -11.4 223 17 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.9 1.05 11 500 5775 -12.3 -25.6 32 13.3 -15.7 218 19 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.3 0.95 12 450 6570 -18.4 -31.7 30 13.3 -21.0 209 25 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.2 0.60 13 400 7439 -23.6 -46.6 10 23.0 -26.2 208 36 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.14 14 350 8406 -27.5 -53.7 6 26.2 -29.7 206 43 331.7 331.7 292.2 332.0 0.07 15 300 9502 -33.7 -59.4 6 25.7 -35.3 209 44 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 16 250 10757 -42.0 -63.8 8 21.8 -42.8 216 44 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 17 200 12236 -51.0 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.4 232 36 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14074 -59.1 -79.5 5 20.4 -59.3 215 33 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16559 -67.2 -82.7 9 15.5 -67.4 220 17 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.57 m Freezing level: 636.12 mb = 3891.91 m = 12768.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.02 mb = 3349.92 m = 10990.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.15 mb = 1498.92 m = 4917.67 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 21.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 1987.64 m = 6521.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.24 mb = 1873.73 m = 6147.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.24 mb = 2135.55 m = 7006.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.24 mb = 8237.38 m = 27025.19 ft B at Equ Level: 490.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.24 mb = 11076.51 m = 36339.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 77.77 Bulk Shear: 6.32 m/s