MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.89,-79.91 Latitude: 32.89 Longitude: -79.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -102 SFC 988 8 23.5 22.5 94 1.0 22.8 63 15 297.7 300.9 296.4 348.8 17.60 2 950 346 21.3 21.0 98 0.3 21.1 84 39 298.8 301.8 296.0 347.4 16.68 3 900 815 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 95 46 301.3 304.2 296.1 347.4 15.66 4 850 1307 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 104 47 304.5 307.2 296.3 348.3 14.70 5 800 1824 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.4 113 43 307.8 310.4 296.5 349.3 13.73 6 750 2372 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.2 112 39 311.1 313.5 296.6 350.0 12.71 7 700 2951 10.6 10.2 97 0.4 10.3 107 37 314.2 316.4 296.4 349.1 11.22 8 650 3567 7.6 6.9 96 0.7 7.2 108 35 317.5 319.4 296.2 348.0 9.66 9 600 4225 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 3.8 116 32 321.4 323.0 296.1 347.4 8.10 10 550 4932 1.2 -0.3 89 1.6 0.4 116 30 325.6 326.9 296.1 347.9 6.82 11 500 5695 -2.5 -4.0 90 1.5 -3.3 118 27 330.0 331.1 296.4 349.1 5.71 12 450 6525 -7.0 -8.8 87 1.8 -7.9 130 25 334.4 335.3 296.5 349.4 4.36 13 400 7435 -12.3 -14.0 87 1.7 -13.0 130 22 339.0 339.7 296.7 350.5 3.25 14 350 8444 -18.4 -19.5 91 1.1 -18.8 107 21 343.9 344.4 297.1 352.4 2.33 15 300 9578 -26.2 -26.9 93 0.8 -26.3 106 22 348.5 348.8 297.4 353.8 1.40 16 250 10869 -36.5 -37.2 93 0.7 -36.6 116 20 351.8 351.9 297.5 354.3 0.62 17 200 12373 -49.4 -50.7 86 1.3 -49.5 157 15 354.5 354.5 297.7 355.3 0.18 18 150 14196 -61.7 -64.7 67 3.0 -61.8 210 19 363.8 363.8 299.5 364.0 0.04 19 100 16641 -70.4 -81.8 17 11.5 -70.4 130 9 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.69 m Freezing level: 533.45 mb = 5184.05 m = 17007.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.89 mb = 5006.24 m = 16424.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.97 mb = 137.61 m = 451.46 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 544.54 m = 1786.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.10 mb = 511.14 m = 1676.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.10 mb = 746.68 m = 2449.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.10 mb = 938.96 m = 3080.56 ft B at Equ Level: 17.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 777.10 mb = 2070.74 m = 6793.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.6 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 137.6 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.2 neg: -35.7 tot: 326.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 33.14 m/s