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: 33.00,-79.58 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -79.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -68 SFC 992 5 24.1 22.7 92 1.4 23.1 109 40 298.0 301.2 296.5 349.6 17.78 2 950 381 20.9 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 119 67 298.4 301.4 295.7 346.0 16.37 3 900 848 18.6 18.6 100 0.0 18.6 124 71 300.7 303.5 295.6 345.1 15.13 4 850 1339 16.8 16.7 100 0.0 16.8 122 77 303.7 306.4 295.8 346.1 14.26 5 800 1855 14.7 14.7 100 0.0 14.7 129 76 306.9 309.3 295.9 346.8 13.28 6 750 2400 12.5 12.4 100 0.0 12.4 137 70 310.1 312.4 296.0 347.4 12.20 7 700 2978 10.2 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 139 61 313.8 315.9 296.3 348.4 11.18 8 650 3592 7.5 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 135 57 317.4 319.3 296.3 348.5 9.90 9 600 4249 4.0 3.6 97 0.4 3.8 134 55 320.7 322.3 296.0 347.3 8.30 10 550 4952 -0.1 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.4 136 54 324.0 325.3 295.7 345.7 6.66 11 500 5712 -3.5 -4.5 93 1.0 -4.0 133 53 328.8 329.9 296.0 347.1 5.49 12 450 6540 -7.2 -11.3 72 4.1 -9.0 141 46 334.2 334.9 295.8 346.5 3.57 13 400 7450 -12.5 -16.2 73 3.8 -13.9 144 35 338.8 339.3 296.3 348.3 2.69 14 350 8457 -19.2 -20.4 90 1.2 -19.6 131 36 342.8 343.3 296.8 350.7 2.16 15 300 9586 -26.8 -27.7 92 0.9 -27.0 119 30 347.6 347.9 297.2 352.6 1.31 16 250 10876 -36.8 -36.9 99 0.1 -36.8 131 23 351.3 351.5 297.5 353.9 0.64 17 200 12377 -49.9 -50.4 95 0.5 -50.0 170 22 353.7 353.8 297.6 354.5 0.19 18 150 14197 -61.6 -66.4 53 4.8 -61.6 196 15 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.2 0.03 19 100 16644 -70.6 -81.8 18 11.2 -70.6 149 9 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.57 m Freezing level: 550.77 mb = 4941.50 m = 16212.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.69 mb = 4883.60 m = 16022.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.85 mb = 182.16 m = 597.64 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.53 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 498.96 m = 1636.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.70 mb = 511.93 m = 1679.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.70 mb = 558.26 m = 1831.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.70 mb = 1742.10 m = 5715.49 ft B at Equ Level: 19.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 670.70 mb = 3332.36 m = 10932.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.1 at 62.0 knts Storm direction: 161.1 at 46.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 533.4 neg: -27.9 tot: 505.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 31.84 m/s