MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.18,-78.64 Latitude: 31.18 Longitude: -78.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 0 26.7 24.0 85 2.7 24.7 238 26 299.7 303.2 297.8 355.8 19.14 1 1000 11 26.3 23.2 83 3.1 24.1 239 27 299.5 302.8 297.3 352.8 18.23 2 950 462 22.1 21.6 97 0.4 21.8 240 31 299.6 302.8 296.7 350.4 17.40 3 900 932 19.6 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 239 31 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.5 15.90 4 850 1424 17.4 17.0 97 0.5 17.1 228 32 304.4 307.1 296.1 347.5 14.45 5 800 1942 15.8 13.9 89 1.9 14.5 225 34 308.0 310.3 295.7 346.0 12.57 6 750 2489 13.2 10.1 81 3.1 11.2 225 35 310.9 312.9 295.0 342.8 10.39 7 700 3068 10.7 6.5 75 4.2 8.2 224 33 314.4 316.0 294.7 341.6 8.72 8 650 3683 6.8 3.9 82 2.8 5.1 228 31 316.6 318.1 294.6 341.3 7.84 9 600 4336 2.6 -0.6 79 3.2 0.8 229 33 319.1 320.3 294.0 338.7 6.11 10 550 5036 -0.3 -11.5 43 11.2 -5.1 227 35 323.7 324.3 292.6 333.4 2.88 11 500 5793 -4.6 -27.8 14 23.2 -11.1 236 40 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.2 0.77 12 450 6612 -11.0 -34.2 13 23.2 -16.1 234 40 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.2 0.47 13 400 7505 -16.3 -39.4 12 23.2 -20.4 228 40 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.31 14 350 8500 -21.1 -48.8 6 27.6 -24.7 223 41 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.13 15 300 9620 -28.8 -54.7 6 25.9 -31.1 214 36 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 16 250 10902 -37.2 -56.1 12 18.8 -38.5 193 25 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.0 0.08 17 200 12404 -49.6 -64.0 17 14.5 -50.0 182 24 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.03 18 150 14224 -63.4 -78.3 12 14.9 -63.5 189 32 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16644 -72.6 -79.8 33 7.3 -72.6 94 6 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.44 m Freezing level: 555.48 mb = 4959.66 m = 16271.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.90 mb = 4431.88 m = 14540.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.78 mb = 335.51 m = 1100.75 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 25.60 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 616.98 m = 2024.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 532.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.43 mb = 587.04 m = 1925.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.43 mb = 727.24 m = 2385.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 801.43 mb = 1926.66 m = 6320.98 ft B at Equ Level: 20.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.43 mb = 14164.28 m = 46470.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -20.1 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 87.43 Bulk Shear: 6.09 m/s