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: 33.04,-79.13 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -79.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -178 SFC 980 1 25.9 24.3 91 1.7 24.7 111 32 300.8 304.4 298.5 359.2 19.83 2 950 276 23.9 23.1 95 0.9 23.3 117 43 301.5 305.0 298.2 357.5 19.01 3 900 749 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.2 122 43 304.0 307.2 298.0 356.2 17.53 4 850 1246 20.4 18.3 88 2.0 18.9 130 42 307.5 310.5 297.7 355.2 15.81 5 800 1769 18.5 16.1 86 2.3 16.8 138 42 310.9 313.6 297.8 355.4 14.58 6 750 2323 16.5 13.6 83 2.9 14.6 148 40 314.5 317.0 297.8 355.4 13.19 7 700 2909 13.8 10.8 82 3.0 11.9 157 36 317.8 320.1 297.6 354.7 11.73 8 650 3533 11.0 7.7 80 3.3 8.9 163 35 321.4 323.4 297.5 353.9 10.19 9 600 4198 8.0 4.4 78 3.6 5.8 163 33 325.4 327.1 297.5 354.0 8.80 10 550 4913 4.2 1.1 80 3.2 2.4 157 33 329.1 330.6 297.5 354.0 7.54 11 500 5684 0.1 -2.9 81 2.9 -1.6 154 34 333.1 334.4 297.5 354.1 6.21 12 450 6523 -4.0 -8.2 72 4.3 -6.1 155 32 338.2 339.2 297.5 354.2 4.58 13 400 7445 -8.6 -15.7 57 7.1 -11.5 171 26 343.8 344.4 297.5 354.0 2.82 14 350 8467 -15.7 -21.3 62 5.6 -17.6 176 29 347.6 348.0 297.7 354.9 1.99 15 300 9611 -24.3 -31.8 50 7.5 -26.0 199 28 351.1 351.3 297.6 354.5 0.89 16 250 10911 -34.6 -44.0 38 9.4 -35.7 165 35 354.6 354.7 297.9 355.9 0.31 17 200 12427 -47.7 -50.6 71 3.0 -47.9 176 32 357.3 357.3 298.3 358.1 0.18 18 150 14255 -64.4 -64.6 97 0.2 -64.4 192 23 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.3 0.04 19 100 16671 -72.5 -81.7 24 9.1 -72.6 149 25 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.76 m Freezing level: 499.29 mb = 5696.08 m = 18687.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 519.90 mb = 5368.43 m = 17612.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 92.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.07 mb = 210.30 m = 689.95 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 878.05 m = 2880.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1233.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.64 mb = 598.05 m = 1962.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.0 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 176.0 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 52.56 m/s