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: 33.16,-79.47 Latitude: 33.16 Longitude: -79.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -147 SFC 983 6 24.3 23.2 93 1.2 23.5 32 26 299.0 302.3 297.3 353.0 18.50 2 950 303 22.6 22.0 97 0.6 22.2 49 49 300.1 303.4 297.1 352.3 17.80 3 900 774 20.4 20.3 100 0.1 20.3 59 53 302.5 305.6 297.1 352.4 16.87 4 850 1268 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 67 53 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.1 15.62 5 800 1787 16.3 16.0 98 0.3 16.1 73 50 308.5 311.2 297.1 352.1 14.40 6 750 2335 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.7 74 46 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.2 13.14 7 700 2917 11.6 11.1 96 0.6 11.3 72 42 315.4 317.7 297.2 352.6 11.94 8 650 3535 9.2 8.2 94 1.0 8.5 72 38 319.3 321.4 297.3 352.8 10.56 9 600 4197 6.8 4.9 87 1.9 5.6 76 34 324.0 325.8 297.4 353.4 9.09 10 550 4909 3.7 1.3 85 2.4 2.3 82 32 328.5 330.0 297.4 353.9 7.70 11 500 5680 0.4 -2.8 79 3.2 -1.4 87 28 333.5 334.8 297.6 354.5 6.22 12 450 6520 -3.4 -7.5 73 4.1 -5.5 97 24 338.9 339.9 297.8 355.8 4.85 13 400 7444 -8.2 -15.8 54 7.6 -11.3 128 13 344.4 344.9 297.6 354.5 2.79 14 350 8468 -15.7 -24.5 47 8.8 -18.4 150 18 347.6 348.0 297.3 353.3 1.50 15 300 9609 -24.8 -28.1 74 3.3 -25.6 203 6 350.4 350.7 297.7 355.2 1.26 16 250 10906 -35.2 -36.2 91 1.0 -35.4 168 18 353.7 353.9 298.0 356.5 0.70 17 200 12423 -47.6 -50.7 70 3.1 -47.8 174 26 357.4 357.4 298.3 358.1 0.18 18 150 14251 -64.2 -64.5 96 0.3 -64.2 177 25 359.5 359.5 298.7 359.7 0.04 19 100 16669 -72.2 -81.7 22 9.6 -72.2 149 24 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.12 m Freezing level: 494.80 mb = 5767.37 m = 18921.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 518.78 mb = 5381.87 m = 17656.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.60 mb = 151.35 m = 496.56 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.69 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 598.21 m = 1962.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 35.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.97 C Cross Totals Index: 17.76 C K Index: 35.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.04 mb = 525.76 m = 1724.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.04 mb = 957.91 m = 3142.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 871.04 mb = 1056.49 m = 3466.15 ft B at Equ Level: 17.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 671.04 mb = 3269.49 m = 10726.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.0 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 101.0 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 410.6 neg: -36.7 tot: 373.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 40.65 m/s