MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 33.98,-81.34 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 995 125 33.8 15.4 33 18.4 21.2 252 10 307.4 309.5 294.6 341.1 11.14 2 950 538 29.1 14.2 40 15.0 19.1 243 17 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.2 10.76 3 900 1016 24.6 13.3 49 11.3 17.1 233 17 306.9 308.9 294.1 339.3 10.76 4 850 1513 19.9 12.4 62 7.5 15.0 223 16 307.0 309.0 294.1 339.4 10.73 5 800 2032 15.0 11.3 79 3.7 12.7 214 17 307.2 309.2 294.1 339.2 10.61 6 750 2575 10.4 9.6 95 0.8 9.9 212 18 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.3 10.04 7 700 3147 6.8 6.6 99 0.2 6.7 231 20 310.1 311.7 293.6 337.0 8.80 8 650 3755 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.7 237 22 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.2 7.44 9 600 4404 0.9 -0.0 94 0.9 0.4 238 24 317.2 318.4 293.7 337.4 6.38 10 550 5099 -3.1 -4.8 88 1.8 -3.9 243 26 320.5 321.4 293.4 336.2 4.86 11 500 5849 -7.4 -10.9 76 3.5 -8.9 237 26 324.0 324.6 293.1 335.1 3.32 12 450 6661 -12.9 -22.9 43 10.0 -15.8 227 39 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.35 13 400 7551 -16.9 -25.7 47 8.7 -19.3 218 37 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.3 1.18 14 350 8541 -23.5 -30.1 55 6.6 -24.9 223 39 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.5 0.90 15 300 9649 -31.7 -32.2 95 0.5 -31.8 234 38 340.7 340.9 295.3 344.0 0.85 16 250 10910 -42.4 -42.5 100 0.0 -42.5 241 39 343.0 343.0 295.4 344.4 0.36 17 200 12383 -53.1 -58.8 50 5.7 -53.3 238 35 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14177 -65.7 -71.4 45 5.7 -65.8 226 35 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16590 -69.4 -82.6 13 13.1 -69.5 252 19 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.06 m Freezing level: 588.66 mb = 4561.52 m = 14965.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.66 mb = 4461.87 m = 14638.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.40 C = 92.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.76 mb = 2433.29 m = 7983.14 ft T: 11.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.30 mb = 2527.20 m = 8291.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.18 C = 93.52 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 39.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.39 mb = 2426.40 m = 7960.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.39 mb = 2704.65 m = 8873.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.39 mb = 7211.33 m = 23658.93 ft B at Equ Level: 74.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.39 mb = 8783.79 m = 28817.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: -8.9 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.89 Bulk Shear: 7.04 m/s