MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.12,-76.09 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -76.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 1 26.8 24.9 90 1.9 25.4 128 27 299.2 302.9 298.3 357.9 20.06 1 1000 72 25.8 23.8 89 2.0 24.3 128 32 299.0 302.4 297.5 354.1 18.89 2 950 523 22.5 21.4 93 1.1 21.8 133 41 300.0 303.2 296.7 350.3 17.16 3 900 993 20.4 18.6 89 1.8 19.1 144 39 302.6 305.3 296.0 347.3 15.14 4 850 1487 18.1 16.0 88 2.1 16.7 146 37 305.1 307.6 295.7 345.7 13.59 5 800 2005 15.4 13.4 88 2.1 14.1 148 36 307.6 309.9 295.4 344.4 12.17 6 750 2551 12.6 10.6 87 2.0 11.3 153 35 310.3 312.3 295.1 343.2 10.76 7 700 3129 9.8 6.6 80 3.2 7.8 161 34 313.3 315.0 294.4 340.5 8.75 8 650 3742 6.5 1.1 68 5.4 3.5 169 34 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.6 6.39 9 600 4395 2.9 -4.4 59 7.3 -0.7 177 33 319.5 320.3 292.9 334.4 4.61 10 550 5095 -0.8 -13.1 39 12.3 -5.8 179 32 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.7 2.54 11 500 5850 -4.8 -22.8 23 18.0 -10.5 182 32 327.2 327.4 292.1 331.5 1.22 12 450 6673 -8.1 -28.8 17 20.7 -13.7 185 34 333.1 333.2 293.3 336.0 0.79 13 400 7578 -13.8 -33.8 17 20.0 -18.3 192 38 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.55 14 350 8577 -20.8 -39.2 18 18.4 -23.9 194 40 340.8 340.8 294.8 342.2 0.37 15 300 9701 -27.8 -44.1 20 16.3 -29.9 207 46 346.2 346.2 296.0 347.2 0.25 16 250 10982 -38.4 -53.0 20 14.5 -39.5 201 36 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.11 17 200 12473 -51.2 -63.2 22 12.0 -51.5 193 32 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.9 0.04 18 150 14284 -64.1 -76.3 18 12.1 -64.3 185 39 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16676 -74.0 -81.1 33 7.1 -74.0 182 9 384.7 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.89 m Freezing level: 560.44 mb = 4948.66 m = 16235.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.67 mb = 4277.99 m = 14035.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.89 mb = 232.54 m = 762.90 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 850.94 m = 2791.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.06 mb = 642.00 m = 2106.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.06 mb = 1566.97 m = 5140.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.06 mb = 11197.68 m = 36737.36 ft B at Equ Level: 416.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.06 mb = 14604.58 m = 47914.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 189.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 152.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.53 Bulk Shear: 39.57 m/s