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: 32.69,-79.17 Latitude: 32.69 Longitude: -79.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -59 SFC 993 0 25.9 24.4 92 1.5 24.8 101 44 299.6 303.2 298.2 357.3 19.70 2 950 392 22.5 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 109 62 300.0 303.3 297.3 352.9 18.05 3 900 863 20.2 20.1 100 0.0 20.2 115 65 302.3 305.4 297.0 351.7 16.72 4 850 1356 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 121 64 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.2 14.96 5 800 1873 15.1 14.7 97 0.4 14.9 125 61 307.3 309.8 296.0 347.4 13.30 6 750 2419 12.7 12.2 97 0.5 12.3 130 57 310.3 312.6 295.9 346.8 11.96 7 700 2996 9.9 9.3 96 0.6 9.6 134 53 313.5 315.5 295.8 346.3 10.59 8 650 3610 6.9 6.4 97 0.5 6.6 136 49 316.8 318.6 295.8 346.2 9.35 9 600 4264 3.5 3.0 96 0.5 3.2 138 44 320.2 321.8 295.7 345.7 7.97 10 550 4967 -0.0 -0.5 96 0.5 -0.3 141 40 324.1 325.4 295.7 345.9 6.71 11 500 5726 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 141 34 328.5 329.7 296.0 347.2 5.59 12 450 6552 -7.8 -8.4 95 0.6 -8.1 136 28 333.5 334.4 296.4 348.9 4.52 13 400 7460 -12.8 -13.4 95 0.6 -13.0 128 24 338.4 339.1 296.7 350.4 3.41 14 350 8467 -18.5 -19.2 95 0.6 -18.8 121 18 343.8 344.3 297.2 352.5 2.40 15 300 9600 -26.4 -27.0 95 0.6 -26.5 130 16 348.2 348.5 297.4 353.5 1.40 16 250 10891 -36.8 -37.0 98 0.2 -36.8 152 20 351.4 351.6 297.5 354.0 0.64 17 200 12391 -50.2 -50.6 96 0.4 -50.3 163 19 353.2 353.2 297.5 354.0 0.18 18 150 14212 -62.0 -71.6 27 9.6 -62.1 193 37 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.02 19 100 16644 -71.3 -81.6 20 10.2 -71.3 126 11 389.9 389.9 303.8 390.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.20 m Freezing level: 550.01 mb = 4966.71 m = 16294.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 553.89 mb = 4910.04 m = 16108.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.78 mb = 184.27 m = 604.55 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.45 mb = 489.63 m = 1606.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: -0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 422.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.23 mb = 510.22 m = 1673.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 932.23 mb = 556.75 m = 1826.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.23 mb = 9545.63 m = 31317.31 ft B at Equ Level: 421.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.23 mb = 14530.67 m = 47672.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.2 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 158.2 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 384.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 7.50 Bulk Shear: 56.34 m/s