MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 29.47,-77.94 Latitude: 29.47 Longitude: -77.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.8 22.9 75 4.9 24.2 147 7 299.7 302.9 296.9 351.2 17.60 1 1000 124 26.5 21.7 75 4.9 23.0 147 8 299.7 302.7 296.2 348.0 16.52 2 950 576 23.2 18.4 74 4.8 19.9 157 8 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.4 14.18 3 900 1047 21.0 14.8 68 6.2 16.9 171 6 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.4 11.85 4 850 1540 18.5 12.7 69 5.8 14.7 194 5 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.3 10.93 5 800 2058 15.7 10.1 69 5.6 12.1 210 6 307.8 309.7 293.7 337.4 9.74 6 750 2604 12.5 7.3 71 5.1 9.3 212 6 310.1 311.8 293.4 336.5 8.61 7 700 3180 8.9 4.8 75 4.1 6.5 204 8 312.4 313.8 293.4 336.3 7.73 8 650 3790 5.3 1.4 76 3.9 3.1 197 11 314.9 316.2 293.2 335.5 6.54 9 600 4441 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.3 191 12 318.0 319.1 293.2 335.7 5.51 10 550 5138 -1.9 -6.6 70 4.8 -4.1 191 14 321.9 322.7 293.3 335.7 4.23 11 500 5892 -5.4 -13.2 54 7.8 -8.5 202 15 326.5 327.0 293.3 335.8 2.76 12 450 6712 -10.0 -18.6 49 8.6 -13.0 224 15 330.7 331.0 293.7 337.5 1.96 13 400 7610 -15.7 -24.2 48 8.5 -18.1 245 11 334.5 334.8 294.1 339.4 1.35 14 350 8602 -23.2 -31.9 45 8.7 -24.9 241 13 337.5 337.6 294.4 340.3 0.75 15 300 9711 -31.9 -42.1 36 10.3 -33.1 233 18 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.7 0.31 16 250 10972 -42.1 -48.9 47 6.8 -42.6 221 20 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12441 -54.2 -58.9 56 4.7 -54.4 224 26 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14230 -66.8 -72.0 48 5.1 -66.8 206 23 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16634 -73.5 -82.6 23 9.2 -73.5 198 13 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.28 m Freezing level: 576.73 mb = 4765.41 m = 15634.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.02 mb = 4386.61 m = 14391.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.36 mb = 618.42 m = 2028.90 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.66 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1846.05 m = 6056.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.96 C = 94.93 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.04 mb = 1084.72 m = 3558.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.04 mb = 3167.55 m = 10392.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.04 mb = 7402.46 m = 24285.98 ft B at Equ Level: 92.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.04 mb = 12726.24 m = 41752.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.8 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 221.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.89 Bulk Shear: 5.27 m/s