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: 31.59,-79.39 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -79.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 -0 24.9 24.2 96 0.7 24.4 12 23 298.0 301.5 297.5 354.2 19.31 1 1000 2 24.4 23.6 95 0.9 23.8 14 23 297.6 301.0 297.0 351.6 18.61 2 950 451 21.1 20.9 99 0.1 21.0 28 29 298.6 301.6 296.0 347.0 16.64 3 900 919 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 43 35 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.7 15.73 4 850 1410 17.4 17.2 99 0.1 17.3 54 37 304.3 307.1 296.3 348.2 14.71 5 800 1927 15.2 15.1 99 0.2 15.1 61 36 307.4 309.9 296.3 348.4 13.58 6 750 2473 12.8 12.5 98 0.2 12.6 65 34 310.4 312.8 296.2 347.9 12.27 7 700 3050 10.1 9.9 98 0.2 9.9 70 30 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.7 10.99 8 650 3663 7.3 7.0 98 0.2 7.1 76 27 317.2 319.1 296.1 347.8 9.75 9 600 4318 3.9 3.9 99 0.1 3.9 85 22 320.7 322.3 296.1 347.7 8.46 10 550 5021 0.5 0.4 99 0.1 0.4 92 16 324.7 326.1 296.2 348.1 7.18 11 500 5780 -3.0 -3.4 97 0.4 -3.2 93 12 329.4 330.6 296.5 349.3 5.98 12 450 6606 -7.0 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.2 92 11 334.4 335.4 296.8 351.0 4.86 13 400 7515 -11.6 -11.9 98 0.3 -11.8 88 10 339.9 340.7 297.4 353.4 3.84 14 350 8524 -17.9 -18.0 100 0.1 -17.9 96 11 344.6 345.2 297.5 354.3 2.66 15 300 9656 -26.6 -27.6 92 1.0 -26.9 120 14 347.8 348.1 297.3 352.9 1.32 16 250 10943 -37.0 -38.9 82 1.9 -37.2 143 17 351.0 351.2 297.3 353.1 0.53 17 200 12443 -49.9 -51.8 81 1.8 -50.0 152 21 353.7 353.7 297.5 354.4 0.16 18 150 14258 -64.7 -67.0 74 2.3 -64.8 174 31 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.03 19 100 16664 -73.5 -79.0 43 5.5 -73.6 157 9 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.44 m Freezing level: 542.78 mb = 5130.40 m = 16831.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.08 mb = 5106.98 m = 16754.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.01 mb = 90.19 m = 295.89 ft T: 23.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.23 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.54 mb = 427.37 m = 1402.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.77 mb = 489.32 m = 1605.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.77 mb = 535.22 m = 1755.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 850.77 mb = 1402.53 m = 4601.43 ft B at Equ Level: 18.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 470.77 mb = 6252.17 m = 20512.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.9 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 93.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 46.25 m/s