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: 33.44,-79.33 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -79.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -87 SFC 989 9 23.7 22.4 92 1.3 22.8 59 33 297.8 301.0 296.4 348.7 17.54 2 950 362 21.4 20.9 97 0.6 21.1 66 65 298.9 302.0 296.0 347.2 16.57 3 900 830 19.0 19.0 100 0.1 19.0 74 73 301.1 304.0 295.9 346.8 15.52 4 850 1321 16.9 16.8 99 0.2 16.8 81 78 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.3 14.28 5 800 1837 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 89 79 306.9 309.3 295.8 346.4 13.13 6 750 2382 12.6 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 97 75 310.2 312.5 296.0 347.1 12.07 7 700 2960 10.4 10.1 98 0.4 10.2 100 69 314.0 316.2 296.3 348.5 11.13 8 650 3575 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.7 102 62 318.1 320.1 296.6 349.8 10.06 9 600 4233 5.3 4.6 96 0.6 4.9 105 55 322.2 324.0 296.8 350.9 8.94 10 550 4940 1.9 1.4 97 0.5 1.6 108 51 326.3 327.8 297.0 351.6 7.73 11 500 5705 -1.6 -2.2 96 0.6 -2.0 108 48 331.0 332.3 297.3 352.8 6.51 12 450 6538 -5.5 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.9 106 48 336.3 337.4 297.6 354.6 5.33 13 400 7455 -10.1 -13.7 75 3.7 -11.6 118 39 341.9 342.6 297.4 353.7 3.32 14 350 8472 -17.0 -24.6 52 7.6 -19.3 132 33 345.8 346.1 296.9 351.4 1.48 15 300 9612 -24.5 -30.4 58 5.8 -25.9 156 15 350.8 351.0 297.7 354.8 1.02 16 250 10911 -35.1 -38.2 73 3.1 -35.5 166 26 353.9 354.0 298.0 356.2 0.57 17 200 12424 -48.1 -48.5 95 0.4 -48.1 158 22 356.6 356.7 298.2 357.6 0.23 18 150 14253 -64.1 -64.3 97 0.2 -64.1 182 26 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.9 0.05 19 100 16668 -71.4 -82.5 18 11.0 -71.5 150 21 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.30 m Freezing level: 523.37 mb = 5347.23 m = 17543.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 527.59 mb = 5273.69 m = 17301.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.12 mb = 169.89 m = 557.37 ft T: 22.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.40 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 593.08 m = 1945.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.70 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: 2.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.42 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.56 mb = 531.87 m = 1744.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.56 mb = 767.45 m = 2517.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.56 mb = 2197.65 m = 7210.06 ft B at Equ Level: 21.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 656.56 mb = 3491.57 m = 11455.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.6 at 62.9 knts Storm direction: 123.6 at 47.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 927.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 922.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 307.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 120.27 m/s