MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.61,-78.23 Latitude: 31.61 Longitude: -78.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -158 SFC 982 -0 27.3 25.5 90 1.9 26.0 149 10 302.0 306.0 299.7 365.3 21.33 2 950 296 24.2 23.4 95 0.8 23.6 155 16 301.8 305.4 298.5 359.1 19.40 3 900 770 21.8 20.9 94 0.9 21.2 164 18 304.0 307.3 298.0 356.3 17.55 4 850 1267 20.7 18.3 86 2.5 19.0 172 21 307.9 310.8 297.8 355.4 15.73 5 800 1792 19.3 15.8 80 3.5 16.8 175 24 311.7 314.4 297.8 355.3 14.22 6 750 2346 16.9 13.2 78 3.8 14.4 179 24 315.0 317.4 297.7 354.8 12.81 7 700 2933 14.3 10.1 76 4.2 11.6 183 24 318.3 320.5 297.4 353.6 11.20 8 650 3557 10.9 6.9 76 4.0 8.3 190 22 321.2 323.1 297.1 352.1 9.65 9 600 4221 6.9 3.8 81 3.1 5.1 207 21 324.2 325.8 297.0 351.5 8.43 10 550 4932 3.2 1.0 85 2.2 2.0 215 26 327.9 329.4 297.2 352.8 7.54 11 500 5701 -0.6 -2.6 87 2.0 -1.7 218 28 332.3 333.6 297.4 353.7 6.35 12 450 6539 -4.0 -8.2 73 4.1 -6.1 225 24 338.2 339.1 297.5 354.1 4.60 13 400 7459 -9.6 -14.8 66 5.3 -11.8 243 21 342.5 343.2 297.4 353.4 3.03 14 350 8476 -17.1 -21.2 71 4.0 -18.5 253 20 345.7 346.1 297.3 353.1 2.02 15 300 9612 -26.0 -27.2 90 1.1 -26.3 248 18 348.7 349.0 297.5 353.9 1.38 16 250 10905 -35.5 -35.5 100 0.0 -35.5 234 15 353.3 353.4 298.0 356.2 0.74 17 200 12418 -47.9 -48.0 100 0.0 -47.9 222 20 356.9 356.9 298.3 357.9 0.25 18 150 14246 -63.8 -64.1 95 0.4 -63.8 220 7 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.4 0.05 19 100 16674 -71.1 -82.2 18 11.1 -71.2 109 16 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.00 m Freezing level: 507.90 mb = 5579.47 m = 18305.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 523.11 mb = 5336.47 m = 17507.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.21 % Est. max temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.62 mb = 235.06 m = 771.17 ft T: 24.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 13.80 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 701.68 m = 2302.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 600.20 m = 1969.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.61 mb = 4048.12 m = 13281.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.61 mb = 6319.00 m = 20731.38 ft B at Equ Level: 48.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.61 mb = 15453.40 m = 50699.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.86 Bulk Shear: 25.88 m/s