MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.21,-76.81 Latitude: 31.21 Longitude: -76.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 1000 -0 26.9 24.8 88 2.1 25.3 88 46 300.1 303.8 298.5 359.0 20.06 2 950 451 22.5 21.9 97 0.6 22.1 96 65 300.0 303.3 297.1 352.0 17.73 3 900 921 19.8 19.8 100 0.1 19.8 106 69 301.9 305.0 296.7 350.2 16.34 4 850 1413 17.5 17.4 99 0.1 17.4 117 70 304.4 307.2 296.3 348.7 14.85 5 800 1931 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 122 69 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.0 13.27 6 750 2477 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.3 128 68 310.1 312.4 295.9 346.7 11.99 7 700 3055 9.8 9.4 98 0.4 9.6 134 66 313.3 315.4 295.8 346.3 10.66 8 650 3668 6.5 5.7 95 0.8 6.0 138 65 316.3 318.0 295.3 344.1 8.85 9 600 4322 3.0 1.5 90 1.5 2.1 142 65 319.6 320.9 294.9 342.3 7.12 10 550 5023 -0.4 -3.4 80 3.0 -1.9 144 65 323.7 324.7 294.7 341.4 5.43 11 500 5781 -4.1 -12.9 50 8.8 -7.7 148 65 328.1 328.7 293.8 337.8 2.84 12 450 6604 -9.5 -20.7 40 11.2 -13.2 147 65 331.3 331.6 293.6 337.1 1.64 13 400 7506 -13.7 -21.2 53 7.5 -16.1 148 59 337.2 337.6 295.1 343.5 1.76 14 350 8512 -18.5 -26.7 48 8.3 -20.7 163 54 343.9 344.1 296.3 348.5 1.23 15 300 9643 -26.8 -30.8 69 4.0 -27.6 169 45 347.7 347.9 297.0 351.4 0.98 16 250 10930 -37.0 -37.3 98 0.2 -37.1 165 38 351.0 351.2 297.4 353.5 0.62 17 200 12433 -49.3 -50.8 84 1.5 -49.4 172 33 354.7 354.8 297.8 355.5 0.18 18 150 14249 -64.2 -65.7 82 1.5 -64.2 189 19 359.5 359.5 298.7 359.7 0.04 19 100 16663 -73.3 -82.2 25 8.9 -73.3 146 10 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.59 m Freezing level: 555.37 mb = 4948.10 m = 16233.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.67 mb = 4683.74 m = 15366.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.63 mb = 270.39 m = 887.11 ft T: 24.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 21.92 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.65 mb = 545.82 m = 1790.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 38.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 556.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.51 mb = 556.32 m = 1825.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.51 mb = 602.78 m = 1977.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.51 mb = 10558.23 m = 34639.43 ft B at Equ Level: 556.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.51 mb = 15405.64 m = 50542.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.9 at 65.8 knts Storm direction: 158.9 at 49.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 736.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 736.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 245.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 199.23 m/s