MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.91,-79.03 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -79.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 997 17 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.1 111 33 296.7 299.7 295.4 344.4 16.48 2 950 442 20.3 19.7 97 0.6 19.9 119 61 297.8 300.6 294.9 342.4 15.39 3 900 908 17.4 17.4 100 0.0 17.4 124 68 299.5 302.0 294.4 340.5 14.05 4 850 1396 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 124 72 302.0 304.3 294.2 339.6 12.75 5 800 1909 13.6 12.7 94 0.9 13.0 131 75 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.5 11.62 6 750 2452 11.1 10.5 96 0.6 10.7 141 75 308.6 310.6 294.6 341.0 10.67 7 700 3027 8.3 7.8 97 0.5 8.0 147 71 311.7 313.5 294.6 341.0 9.54 8 650 3638 5.7 5.3 97 0.4 5.4 147 64 315.4 317.1 294.9 342.4 8.61 9 600 4291 3.0 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 144 62 319.6 321.1 295.3 344.2 7.72 10 550 4993 -0.2 -0.3 99 0.1 -0.3 145 61 323.9 325.2 295.7 346.0 6.82 11 500 5752 -3.8 -3.9 99 0.1 -3.9 151 60 328.4 329.6 296.1 347.5 5.73 12 450 6580 -7.4 -10.0 82 2.6 -8.6 162 57 333.9 334.8 296.1 347.6 3.98 13 400 7488 -13.2 -16.2 78 3.0 -14.3 163 57 337.9 338.4 296.1 347.5 2.71 14 350 8495 -18.6 -20.0 89 1.4 -19.1 166 42 343.7 344.1 297.0 351.8 2.24 15 300 9631 -25.6 -28.2 78 2.7 -26.2 176 24 349.3 349.6 297.5 354.1 1.24 16 250 10925 -35.8 -48.6 26 12.8 -37.0 180 34 352.9 353.0 297.4 353.7 0.19 17 200 12434 -48.2 -64.5 14 16.3 -48.7 165 31 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.03 18 150 14260 -64.2 -65.1 88 1.0 -64.2 174 29 359.5 359.5 298.7 359.7 0.04 19 100 16682 -71.4 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.4 166 18 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.69 m Freezing level: 553.04 mb = 4950.16 m = 16240.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.48 mb = 4927.34 m = 16165.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.93 mb = 242.99 m = 797.20 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.43 C/km ThetaE index: 4.74 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 601.16 m = 1972.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: 2.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.47 mb = 556.46 m = 1825.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.47 mb = 695.46 m = 2281.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.47 mb = 1988.98 m = 6525.46 ft B at Equ Level: 28.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 562.47 mb = 4811.96 m = 15787.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.5 at 65.2 knts Storm direction: 168.5 at 48.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 735.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 735.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 245.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 93.44 m/s