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: 33.03,-77.99 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -77.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 0 26.1 24.1 89 2.0 24.6 109 35 298.9 302.4 297.7 354.7 19.12 1 1000 38 25.6 23.2 87 2.4 23.9 110 40 298.7 302.0 297.0 351.8 18.19 2 950 488 21.8 21.4 98 0.4 21.6 113 52 299.3 302.5 296.5 349.5 17.17 3 900 957 19.6 19.0 97 0.6 19.2 122 54 301.7 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.56 4 850 1449 17.1 16.3 95 0.7 16.6 130 53 304.0 306.6 295.6 345.4 13.89 5 800 1966 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 132 52 306.6 308.8 295.0 342.7 12.02 6 750 2510 11.8 9.6 86 2.2 10.4 134 51 309.3 311.2 294.3 339.9 10.04 7 700 3085 8.6 5.4 80 3.3 6.7 137 50 312.0 313.6 293.6 336.9 8.04 8 650 3695 5.0 0.8 74 4.2 2.7 145 51 314.6 315.8 292.9 334.2 6.23 9 600 4344 1.6 -4.5 64 6.0 -1.4 152 51 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.7 4.58 10 550 5041 -2.6 -7.5 69 4.9 -4.8 156 47 321.0 321.8 292.8 334.0 3.96 11 500 5792 -6.1 -13.5 56 7.4 -9.0 169 47 325.6 326.2 293.0 334.8 2.70 12 450 6609 -10.7 -15.7 67 5.0 -12.5 180 44 329.8 330.3 293.9 338.5 2.51 13 400 7507 -14.9 -21.5 57 6.6 -17.0 177 36 335.6 336.0 294.7 341.8 1.72 14 350 8507 -20.8 -32.3 35 11.5 -23.2 184 36 340.7 340.9 295.1 343.5 0.73 15 300 9628 -28.3 -39.0 35 10.7 -29.9 165 40 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.3 0.44 16 250 10912 -37.7 -49.8 27 12.0 -38.7 170 39 349.9 350.0 296.8 350.6 0.16 17 200 12408 -49.7 -50.3 94 0.6 -49.8 171 35 354.0 354.1 297.7 354.8 0.19 18 150 14228 -63.0 -77.0 13 14.0 -63.1 191 41 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16647 -71.6 -81.8 20 10.3 -71.6 132 9 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.41 m Freezing level: 581.13 mb = 4607.21 m = 15115.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.15 mb = 4115.83 m = 13503.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.37 mb = 256.35 m = 841.02 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 22.05 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 624.36 m = 2048.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 614.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.26 mb = 577.08 m = 1893.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.26 mb = 716.73 m = 2351.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.26 mb = 9501.97 m = 31174.07 ft B at Equ Level: 614.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.26 mb = 14419.27 m = 47306.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.6 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 169.6 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 303.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 8.28 Bulk Shear: 74.30 m/s