MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.29,-81.61 Latitude: 31.29 Longitude: -81.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 14 26.0 22.1 79 3.9 23.2 41 9 298.2 301.2 296.0 346.9 16.78 1 1000 116 24.4 20.2 77 4.3 21.4 43 16 297.6 300.3 294.6 341.1 15.02 2 950 563 20.3 18.5 89 1.8 19.1 42 21 297.8 300.4 294.1 339.1 14.24 3 900 1029 17.3 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 38 22 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.5 12.71 4 850 1517 15.3 12.9 85 2.5 13.7 35 22 302.2 304.2 293.0 334.8 11.04 5 800 2030 13.0 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 36 22 305.0 306.9 293.1 335.1 10.04 6 750 2571 10.5 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 37 20 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.6 9.08 7 700 3144 7.7 5.4 85 2.4 6.3 40 18 311.0 312.6 293.3 335.8 8.04 8 650 3752 4.3 2.3 87 2.0 3.2 36 13 313.8 315.1 293.2 335.6 6.96 9 600 4400 0.6 -1.9 83 2.6 -0.7 20 6 316.9 317.9 292.9 334.5 5.54 10 550 5095 -3.2 -7.9 70 4.7 -5.3 356 4 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.8 3.83 11 500 5843 -7.5 -16.2 50 8.7 -10.6 313 2 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.3 2.16 12 450 6655 -12.7 -22.0 46 9.3 -15.5 256 4 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.3 1.45 13 400 7542 -19.4 -27.2 50 7.8 -21.2 261 7 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.5 1.03 14 350 8521 -26.0 -33.7 48 7.7 -27.3 182 15 333.7 333.8 293.3 336.1 0.63 15 300 9627 -30.0 -32.2 81 2.2 -30.4 134 61 343.1 343.3 295.8 346.4 0.86 16 250 10897 -40.0 -51.9 27 11.8 -40.8 148 56 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.13 17 200 12387 -49.4 -70.1 7 20.8 -49.8 182 50 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 18 150 14213 -62.7 -62.8 98 0.2 -62.7 172 65 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.3 0.05 19 100 16641 -69.0 -82.8 12 13.8 -69.1 205 7 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.99 m Freezing level: 591.71 mb = 4515.41 m = 14814.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.84 mb = 4281.89 m = 14048.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.94 mb = 508.94 m = 1669.73 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.10 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 924.83 m = 3034.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.10 mb = 791.99 m = 2598.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.10 mb = 3380.60 m = 11091.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.10 mb = 8726.48 m = 28629.83 ft B at Equ Level: 156.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.10 mb = 10105.28 m = 33153.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.9 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 64.9 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -9.3 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 80.02 Bulk Shear: 1.97 m/s