MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 33.03,-79.41 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -175 SFC 980 3 25.1 23.8 93 1.3 24.1 45 22 299.9 303.4 298.0 356.3 19.23 2 950 277 23.3 22.7 96 0.6 22.9 58 38 300.9 304.3 297.8 355.5 18.57 3 900 749 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 21.0 68 39 303.3 306.5 297.8 355.4 17.56 4 850 1244 19.3 18.7 96 0.6 18.9 76 37 306.4 309.4 297.7 355.1 16.23 5 800 1765 17.3 16.6 95 0.8 16.8 81 32 309.6 312.5 297.8 355.3 15.01 6 750 2316 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.5 77 28 313.1 315.7 297.7 355.2 13.65 7 700 2900 12.6 11.4 93 1.1 11.8 67 24 316.4 318.7 297.6 354.6 12.21 8 650 3521 9.9 8.2 89 1.7 8.8 66 22 320.2 322.2 297.4 353.8 10.60 9 600 4185 7.6 4.7 82 2.9 5.8 73 20 324.9 326.7 297.5 354.1 8.99 10 550 4900 4.4 1.1 79 3.3 2.5 84 20 329.3 330.8 297.5 354.4 7.57 11 500 5673 1.0 -3.3 73 4.3 -1.3 97 18 334.3 335.5 297.6 354.7 6.01 12 450 6515 -2.8 -8.4 65 5.6 -5.6 120 14 339.7 340.6 297.8 355.4 4.50 13 400 7441 -7.6 -16.7 48 9.0 -11.3 178 10 345.1 345.6 297.6 354.5 2.60 14 350 8466 -15.2 -24.2 46 9.0 -18.0 173 17 348.3 348.6 297.5 354.1 1.54 15 300 9610 -24.8 -28.9 69 4.1 -25.8 216 10 350.5 350.7 297.7 355.0 1.17 16 250 10906 -35.1 -37.3 80 2.2 -35.4 171 20 353.8 354.0 298.0 356.3 0.62 17 200 12424 -47.5 -51.8 61 4.4 -47.7 181 29 357.6 357.6 298.4 358.3 0.16 18 150 14252 -64.3 -64.6 95 0.4 -64.3 179 24 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.6 0.04 19 100 16670 -72.5 -81.5 25 9.0 -72.6 149 26 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.01 m Freezing level: 486.69 mb = 5896.82 m = 19346.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 517.43 mb = 5394.73 m = 17699.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.08 mb = 165.29 m = 542.28 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.16 C/km ThetaE index: 1.49 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 635.59 m = 2085.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: 2.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 2.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1780.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.92 mb = 538.43 m = 1766.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.2 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 104.2 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.2 neg: -38.9 tot: 132.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 17.66 m/s