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: 32.49,-79.41 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -107 SFC 988 -0 26.2 24.8 92 1.4 25.2 102 41 300.4 304.1 298.7 360.1 20.31 2 950 346 23.2 23.0 98 0.3 23.0 113 54 300.8 304.2 298.0 356.4 18.91 3 900 817 20.9 20.8 99 0.1 20.9 117 54 303.1 306.3 297.7 354.8 17.44 4 850 1312 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 119 51 305.5 308.4 297.2 352.6 15.75 5 800 1831 15.9 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 122 47 308.1 310.8 296.8 350.9 14.14 6 750 2379 13.7 13.0 96 0.7 13.3 124 42 311.4 313.8 296.7 350.3 12.68 7 700 2959 11.4 10.2 92 1.2 10.6 125 35 315.1 317.2 296.6 350.0 11.22 8 650 3576 8.5 7.2 92 1.3 7.7 125 29 318.6 320.5 296.5 349.7 9.86 9 600 4236 5.4 3.5 87 1.9 4.3 134 22 322.4 324.0 296.4 349.0 8.25 10 550 4943 1.6 -0.1 89 1.7 0.7 144 19 326.0 327.3 296.4 348.7 6.95 11 500 5707 -2.4 -3.6 92 1.1 -3.0 141 17 330.1 331.2 296.5 349.8 5.89 12 450 6537 -6.8 -7.8 92 1.0 -7.3 116 13 334.7 335.6 296.8 350.8 4.72 13 400 7449 -11.4 -13.1 87 1.7 -12.2 96 15 340.1 340.9 297.1 352.4 3.48 14 350 8462 -17.4 -19.5 84 2.1 -18.1 82 16 345.3 345.8 297.5 353.9 2.34 15 300 9599 -25.8 -27.3 87 1.6 -26.2 90 11 349.1 349.4 297.5 354.2 1.35 16 250 10893 -36.3 -37.1 93 0.8 -36.4 144 10 352.1 352.2 297.6 354.6 0.63 17 200 12394 -50.4 -51.8 85 1.4 -50.4 152 7 353.0 353.0 297.4 353.7 0.16 18 150 14214 -62.5 -72.8 24 10.3 -62.6 191 35 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16643 -71.3 -81.4 21 10.1 -71.3 120 13 389.9 389.9 303.8 390.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.63 m Freezing level: 530.32 mb = 5243.61 m = 17203.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 541.00 mb = 5075.23 m = 16650.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.19 mb = 178.44 m = 585.43 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.39 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.84 mb = 514.05 m = 1686.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 518.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.01 mb = 512.39 m = 1681.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.01 mb = 559.34 m = 1835.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.01 mb = 13166.59 m = 43196.94 ft B at Equ Level: 508.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.01 mb = 15210.53 m = 49902.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.7 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 153.7 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.0 neg: -30.6 tot: 144.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.36 Bulk Shear: 41.94 m/s