MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 32.52,-78.08 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -78.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -85 SFC 990 -0 27.1 24.8 88 2.2 25.4 137 56 301.1 304.8 298.9 361.0 20.34 2 950 368 23.2 22.2 94 1.0 22.5 148 75 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.7 18.01 3 900 838 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 153 77 302.5 305.5 296.8 351.0 16.40 4 850 1333 19.0 17.5 91 1.5 18.0 152 77 306.0 308.8 296.8 351.1 15.00 5 800 1854 16.5 14.9 91 1.6 15.4 150 81 308.7 311.2 296.5 349.6 13.47 6 750 2402 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 154 83 311.3 313.6 296.3 348.3 12.07 7 700 2982 10.6 9.1 91 1.4 9.6 159 84 314.2 316.2 295.9 346.6 10.45 8 650 3599 8.8 4.5 74 4.3 6.2 165 79 319.0 320.5 295.5 344.9 8.18 9 600 4260 6.7 1.5 70 5.1 3.7 166 71 323.8 325.2 296.0 347.0 7.14 10 550 4971 2.7 -1.4 75 4.0 0.4 167 68 327.3 328.5 296.2 348.1 6.31 11 500 5736 -1.2 -4.3 80 3.0 -2.9 164 58 331.5 332.6 296.7 350.3 5.58 12 450 6571 -5.6 -12.0 60 6.4 -8.4 166 60 336.2 336.9 296.2 348.0 3.38 13 400 7484 -11.4 -15.1 74 3.7 -12.9 175 52 340.2 340.8 296.8 350.7 2.95 14 350 8494 -18.1 -22.5 68 4.4 -19.5 170 45 344.4 344.8 296.8 351.0 1.80 15 300 9628 -26.0 -28.1 83 2.0 -26.5 181 51 348.7 349.0 297.4 353.5 1.27 16 250 10921 -36.0 -36.1 99 0.1 -36.0 209 41 352.5 352.6 297.7 355.3 0.70 17 200 12435 -47.5 -48.2 92 0.7 -47.6 222 28 357.6 357.6 298.4 358.6 0.24 18 150 14262 -64.2 -64.5 96 0.3 -64.3 215 18 359.4 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.04 19 100 16678 -73.1 -82.1 24 9.0 -73.1 140 18 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.42 m Freezing level: 515.86 mb = 5493.27 m = 18022.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 543.45 mb = 5067.10 m = 16624.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.35 mb = 281.15 m = 922.38 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.29 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.46 mb = 623.76 m = 2046.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.99 mb = 590.53 m = 1937.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.99 mb = 732.79 m = 2404.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.99 mb = 1121.83 m = 3680.49 ft B at Equ Level: 11.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.99 mb = 10893.34 m = 35738.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.2 at 74.1 knts Storm direction: 188.2 at 55.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 521.2 neg: -13.1 tot: 508.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 39.81 m/s