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: 31.87,-78.03 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -78.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -132 SFC 985 -0 26.7 25.3 92 1.4 25.7 107 46 301.1 305.0 299.3 363.2 21.02 2 950 320 23.4 22.8 96 0.6 23.0 117 64 301.0 304.4 297.9 356.1 18.74 3 900 792 21.0 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 123 68 303.1 306.3 297.6 354.5 17.31 4 850 1286 19.2 18.4 95 0.7 18.7 129 70 306.2 309.2 297.5 353.9 15.88 5 800 1807 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 136 69 309.5 312.3 297.5 354.1 14.66 6 750 2356 14.9 13.9 94 1.0 14.2 141 67 312.7 315.3 297.5 354.0 13.40 7 700 2938 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 143 64 316.0 318.3 297.4 353.4 11.97 8 650 3556 9.2 8.2 93 1.0 8.5 144 60 319.4 321.4 297.3 352.8 10.56 9 600 4216 6.0 5.0 94 0.9 5.4 147 54 323.0 324.8 297.2 352.6 9.19 10 550 4924 2.3 1.6 95 0.7 1.9 153 47 326.8 328.4 297.2 352.5 7.84 11 500 5689 -1.5 -2.4 93 0.9 -2.0 158 42 331.2 332.5 297.3 352.8 6.44 12 450 6522 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.0 -6.1 154 37 336.3 337.3 297.5 354.1 5.20 13 400 7438 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -11.0 151 32 341.6 342.4 297.7 355.2 3.85 14 350 8454 -16.9 -17.9 92 1.0 -17.3 154 26 345.9 346.5 297.8 355.7 2.67 15 300 9592 -25.1 -25.2 99 0.1 -25.1 148 23 350.0 350.3 298.0 356.2 1.65 16 250 10892 -34.5 -34.5 100 0.0 -34.5 152 23 354.8 355.0 298.3 358.1 0.82 17 200 12411 -47.3 -47.3 100 0.0 -47.3 167 23 357.9 358.0 298.5 359.1 0.27 18 150 14246 -63.1 -63.5 95 0.4 -63.1 156 18 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.6 0.05 19 100 16673 -71.8 -82.4 19 10.5 -71.9 112 12 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.42 m Freezing level: 519.48 mb = 5391.08 m = 17687.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 525.50 mb = 5289.80 m = 17354.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.51 mb = 177.70 m = 583.01 ft T: 24.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 9.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 552.98 m = 1814.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.63 mb = 537.65 m = 1763.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.63 mb = 584.83 m = 1918.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 811.63 mb = 1682.79 m = 5520.90 ft B at Equ Level: 17.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.63 mb = 13025.63 m = 42734.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.0 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 169.0 at 43.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 558.0 neg: -4.3 tot: 553.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 80.88 m/s