MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 33.98,-81 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 80 22.9 22.0 95 0.9 22.3 180 4 295.7 298.7 295.3 344.1 16.81 1 1000 118 23.2 21.8 92 1.4 22.2 186 7 296.4 299.4 295.4 344.3 16.64 2 950 567 23.9 18.9 73 5.0 20.4 219 24 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.4 14.59 3 900 1040 21.7 15.3 67 6.4 17.4 223 21 303.9 306.2 294.4 340.4 12.27 4 850 1533 18.0 13.2 74 4.8 14.8 229 18 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.8 11.31 5 800 2050 14.2 9.6 74 4.6 11.3 231 19 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.7 9.42 6 750 2592 11.5 3.0 56 8.5 6.7 221 19 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.6 6.34 7 700 3167 9.4 -1.9 45 11.3 3.5 218 21 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.74 8 650 3777 5.3 -1.5 62 6.8 1.7 226 24 314.9 315.9 292.2 331.6 5.28 9 600 4427 1.3 -6.0 58 7.3 -2.1 242 28 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.09 10 550 5123 -1.9 -13.7 40 11.8 -6.6 239 27 321.8 322.3 291.7 329.9 2.41 11 500 5875 -5.9 -18.9 35 13.0 -10.4 228 28 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.9 1.72 12 450 6691 -11.6 -23.3 37 11.7 -15.0 235 29 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.2 1.30 13 400 7584 -17.2 -32.8 24 15.6 -20.5 233 27 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.9 0.60 14 350 8572 -23.4 -44.0 13 20.6 -26.2 224 27 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.22 15 300 9680 -32.0 -39.3 49 7.3 -33.0 240 25 340.2 340.3 294.8 341.9 0.42 16 250 10941 -42.1 -47.4 56 5.3 -42.5 228 26 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.3 0.21 17 200 12413 -53.7 -58.0 59 4.3 -53.8 222 21 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14204 -66.2 -70.7 53 4.5 -66.2 238 22 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16614 -70.8 -82.3 17 11.5 -70.9 225 21 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.62 m Freezing level: 579.93 mb = 4705.99 m = 15439.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.77 mb = 4059.50 m = 13318.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.35 mb = 193.70 m = 635.49 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 16.58 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1677.40 m = 5503.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 25.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.14 mb = 1076.72 m = 3532.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.14 mb = 3513.70 m = 11527.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.14 mb = 9887.57 m = 32439.15 ft B at Equ Level: 206.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.14 mb = 12695.44 m = 41651.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.2 neg: -11.2 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.69 Bulk Shear: 11.71 m/s