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: 32.12,-79.44 Latitude: 32.12 Longitude: -79.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 0 25.6 24.1 92 1.4 24.6 48 31 298.5 302.0 297.6 354.6 19.24 1 1000 24 25.0 23.5 91 1.5 23.9 50 33 298.2 301.5 297.1 352.0 18.51 2 950 473 21.4 21.3 99 0.1 21.3 55 44 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.4 16.99 3 900 942 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 19.0 68 46 301.1 304.0 295.9 346.6 15.47 4 850 1433 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 76 42 303.8 306.4 295.7 346.0 14.21 5 800 1950 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 83 39 306.9 309.3 295.8 346.2 13.06 6 750 2495 12.4 12.1 98 0.4 12.2 89 37 310.0 312.3 295.8 346.3 11.88 7 700 3072 9.6 9.0 96 0.6 9.2 91 36 313.1 315.1 295.6 345.1 10.35 8 650 3685 6.4 5.8 96 0.6 6.1 89 35 316.2 317.9 295.3 344.3 8.95 9 600 4338 2.7 2.6 99 0.2 2.7 88 36 319.3 320.8 295.3 343.9 7.71 10 550 5038 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 91 34 323.7 325.0 295.6 345.5 6.73 11 500 5796 -3.9 -4.5 95 0.7 -4.2 86 34 328.3 329.4 295.8 346.6 5.48 12 450 6620 -8.1 -8.9 94 0.8 -8.5 82 34 333.0 333.9 296.1 347.8 4.33 13 400 7525 -13.3 -13.9 96 0.5 -13.6 85 32 337.7 338.3 296.4 349.2 3.27 14 350 8528 -19.7 -19.7 100 0.0 -19.7 89 32 342.2 342.7 296.7 350.5 2.29 15 300 9653 -28.0 -28.0 100 0.0 -28.0 94 32 345.9 346.2 296.8 350.7 1.27 16 250 10933 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 119 30 348.8 348.9 296.8 351.0 0.55 17 200 12426 -50.7 -50.8 98 0.1 -50.7 159 38 352.5 352.6 297.3 353.3 0.18 18 150 14237 -64.2 -66.2 77 2.0 -64.3 190 54 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.03 19 100 16671 -73.2 -81.5 27 8.3 -73.2 154 8 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.69 m Freezing level: 555.87 mb = 4956.07 m = 16259.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 557.23 mb = 4933.16 m = 16184.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.43 mb = 179.16 m = 587.78 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.83 mb = 483.90 m = 1587.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.60 mb = 513.47 m = 1684.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.60 mb = 559.43 m = 1835.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.60 mb = 7139.03 m = 23421.72 ft B at Equ Level: 182.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.60 mb = 12080.36 m = 39633.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.0 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 111.0 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 4.02 Bulk Shear: 45.55 m/s