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: 33.23,-79.81 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -79.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -57 SFC 992 14 23.2 22.3 95 0.9 22.6 71 26 297.0 300.2 296.0 347.1 17.32 2 950 391 21.0 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 83 56 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.3 16.42 3 900 858 18.9 18.9 100 0.0 18.9 91 64 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.4 15.45 4 850 1349 16.9 16.9 100 0.0 16.9 98 69 303.9 306.5 295.9 346.7 14.39 5 800 1866 14.5 14.5 100 0.0 14.5 104 66 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.9 13.07 6 750 2410 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 11.9 105 63 309.6 311.8 295.6 345.3 11.73 7 700 2987 9.4 9.1 98 0.2 9.2 105 62 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.2 10.45 8 650 3600 6.7 6.3 97 0.4 6.5 109 61 316.6 318.4 295.7 345.7 9.28 9 600 4255 3.6 2.9 96 0.7 3.2 115 59 320.2 321.8 295.6 345.5 7.89 10 550 4958 0.3 -0.6 93 0.9 -0.2 118 56 324.4 325.8 295.8 346.2 6.66 11 500 5717 -3.5 -4.4 93 1.0 -4.0 119 52 328.8 329.9 296.0 347.2 5.52 12 450 6544 -7.7 -9.4 88 1.7 -8.5 122 47 333.6 334.4 296.2 347.9 4.19 13 400 7452 -12.7 -14.3 88 1.5 -13.3 120 40 338.5 339.1 296.5 349.6 3.17 14 350 8458 -19.2 -19.7 96 0.5 -19.4 113 36 342.9 343.3 296.9 351.2 2.29 15 300 9587 -26.9 -27.2 97 0.3 -27.0 102 29 347.5 347.7 297.2 352.6 1.37 16 250 10876 -37.1 -37.4 97 0.3 -37.2 108 21 350.9 351.0 297.3 353.3 0.61 17 200 12373 -50.5 -51.5 89 1.0 -50.5 152 21 352.8 352.8 297.4 353.5 0.17 18 150 14195 -60.4 -67.3 40 6.9 -60.6 180 9 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.1 0.03 19 100 16642 -70.6 -82.1 17 11.4 -70.7 143 7 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.79 m Freezing level: 546.05 mb = 5017.80 m = 16462.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 553.16 mb = 4911.49 m = 16113.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.12 mb = 127.03 m = 416.75 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 1.49 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 541.32 m = 1775.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.82 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.10 mb = 508.89 m = 1669.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.10 mb = 742.87 m = 2437.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 872.10 mb = 1128.89 m = 3703.67 ft B at Equ Level: 17.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.10 mb = 6168.06 m = 20236.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.8 at 59.2 knts Storm direction: 135.8 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 630.7 neg: -15.5 tot: 615.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 205.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 93.60 m/s