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: 34.16,-81.92 Latitude: 34.16 Longitude: -81.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 991 163 29.4 19.1 54 10.3 22.1 250 9 303.3 305.9 295.6 345.2 14.16 2 950 541 25.6 17.3 60 8.3 19.9 246 18 303.2 305.6 294.9 342.3 13.21 3 900 1014 21.6 16.0 70 5.6 17.8 236 18 303.8 306.2 294.8 341.9 12.80 4 850 1507 17.6 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 224 19 304.6 306.9 294.6 341.2 12.29 5 800 2024 13.7 12.7 93 1.1 13.0 219 20 305.8 307.9 294.4 340.5 11.58 6 750 2566 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 231 21 308.1 310.1 294.4 340.3 10.63 7 700 3139 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.6 240 21 311.1 312.9 294.3 339.9 9.37 8 650 3748 4.4 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 238 21 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.6 7.89 9 600 4397 1.0 0.5 97 0.5 0.7 231 23 317.2 318.5 293.9 338.3 6.63 10 550 5092 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 226 23 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.0 5.14 11 500 5841 -7.8 -10.3 83 2.4 -8.9 220 26 323.5 324.2 293.1 335.1 3.51 12 450 6653 -12.7 -14.3 88 1.6 -13.3 222 35 327.3 327.9 293.6 336.9 2.81 13 400 7544 -17.3 -17.9 95 0.7 -17.5 225 36 332.6 333.0 294.5 340.7 2.34 14 350 8533 -23.6 -24.1 96 0.4 -23.8 227 40 336.9 337.2 294.9 342.5 1.56 15 300 9641 -31.8 -31.8 100 -0.0 -31.7 235 43 340.6 340.8 295.3 344.0 0.89 16 250 10902 -42.2 -42.3 99 0.1 -42.2 236 42 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.8 0.37 17 200 12373 -53.7 -57.0 67 3.4 -53.8 242 41 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.09 18 150 14170 -65.3 -74.1 28 8.9 -65.4 228 35 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16586 -69.6 -82.2 14 12.6 -69.6 251 20 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.58 m Freezing level: 588.17 mb = 4561.44 m = 14965.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4508.75 m = 14792.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.14 mb = 1465.47 m = 4807.92 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 10.11 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1850.69 m = 6071.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 39.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 293.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.59 mb = 1612.32 m = 5289.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.59 mb = 2080.55 m = 6825.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.59 mb = 8645.17 m = 28363.06 ft B at Equ Level: 293.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.59 mb = 12873.72 m = 42236.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -7.1 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 34.19 Bulk Shear: 8.59 m/s