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: 33.61,-78.95 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -78.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -46 SFC 994 5 24.3 22.6 90 1.8 23.1 83 50 298.0 301.2 296.4 349.1 17.60 2 950 403 21.2 20.7 97 0.6 20.8 92 77 298.7 301.7 295.8 346.4 16.36 3 900 870 18.7 18.7 100 0.0 18.7 99 82 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.5 15.23 4 850 1360 16.5 16.4 100 0.1 16.5 106 85 303.4 306.0 295.5 344.9 13.97 5 800 1876 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.3 113 83 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.3 12.90 6 750 2420 12.1 11.9 99 0.2 12.0 121 79 309.7 312.0 295.7 345.6 11.76 7 700 2997 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.1 123 72 312.9 314.8 295.5 344.8 10.34 8 650 3609 6.7 5.8 94 0.8 6.2 123 65 316.5 318.2 295.4 344.7 8.97 9 600 4264 3.6 3.0 96 0.6 3.2 127 62 320.3 321.8 295.7 345.7 7.96 10 550 4967 0.2 -0.1 98 0.2 0.0 131 61 324.3 325.6 296.0 346.9 6.95 11 500 5727 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.2 -3.1 131 57 329.4 330.6 296.5 349.5 6.05 12 450 6557 -6.7 -7.0 98 0.2 -6.8 131 58 334.8 335.8 297.1 352.0 5.05 13 400 7470 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.8 133 54 340.4 341.2 297.4 353.4 3.68 14 350 8483 -17.7 -25.2 52 7.4 -19.8 138 44 344.9 345.2 296.7 350.2 1.42 15 300 9619 -24.9 -39.0 26 14.1 -27.3 150 32 350.3 350.4 297.1 352.1 0.43 16 250 10917 -35.3 -44.2 40 8.8 -36.3 174 37 353.5 353.6 297.7 354.8 0.30 17 200 12428 -48.2 -48.2 100 0.0 -48.2 165 20 356.4 356.4 298.2 357.4 0.24 18 150 14257 -64.1 -64.3 96 0.3 -64.1 192 27 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.9 0.04 19 100 16670 -72.0 -82.4 20 10.4 -72.1 150 19 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.54 m Freezing level: 547.44 mb = 5005.56 m = 16422.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 549.69 mb = 4971.13 m = 16309.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.25 mb = 227.01 m = 744.78 ft T: 22.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 4.21 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.86 mb = 578.65 m = 1898.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.89 mb = 541.27 m = 1775.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.89 mb = 681.23 m = 2234.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 589.89 mb = 4400.98 m = 14438.75 ft B at Equ Level: 41.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.89 mb = 6216.16 m = 20393.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.6 at 70.0 knts Storm direction: 146.6 at 52.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 916.1 neg: -24.9 tot: 891.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 297.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 138.84 m/s