MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 33.86,-83.85 Latitude: 33.86 Longitude: -83.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 980 270 25.4 22.1 82 3.4 23.0 236 6 300.3 303.5 296.9 351.2 17.32 2 950 540 23.6 19.2 76 4.4 20.5 238 14 301.1 303.9 295.5 344.9 14.90 3 900 1011 19.7 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 239 16 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.3 14.07 4 850 1502 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 244 16 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.0 12.92 5 800 2018 14.0 12.5 90 1.6 13.0 255 20 306.1 308.2 294.4 340.5 11.44 6 750 2561 11.0 8.8 86 2.2 9.6 258 24 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.4 9.50 7 700 3134 7.8 5.4 85 2.4 6.4 252 27 311.1 312.7 293.3 336.1 8.08 8 650 3743 4.5 2.6 88 1.8 3.4 244 29 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.4 7.14 9 600 4391 0.9 -1.3 85 2.2 -0.3 241 31 317.2 318.3 293.2 335.6 5.79 10 550 5086 -3.0 -5.0 86 1.9 -4.0 243 31 320.5 321.4 293.3 336.1 4.81 11 500 5836 -7.5 -8.3 94 0.9 -7.8 240 32 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.5 4.09 12 450 6649 -12.6 -13.1 96 0.5 -12.8 232 35 327.4 328.0 293.8 337.9 3.10 13 400 7539 -17.5 -18.2 94 0.7 -17.8 226 38 332.2 332.6 294.3 340.1 2.27 14 350 8527 -24.0 -24.8 93 0.8 -24.2 229 42 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.7 1.46 15 300 9633 -32.4 -33.7 88 1.3 -32.6 237 53 339.8 339.9 295.0 342.6 0.74 16 250 10892 -42.0 -42.3 97 0.3 -42.1 231 57 343.6 343.6 295.5 345.0 0.37 17 200 12362 -54.1 -57.1 69 3.1 -54.2 243 59 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14162 -64.0 -77.5 14 13.4 -64.1 236 39 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16582 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.4 -69.3 239 23 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.88 m Freezing level: 588.46 mb = 4551.80 m = 14933.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.70 mb = 4341.53 m = 14243.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.44 mb = 693.20 m = 2274.26 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1347.37 m = 4420.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 37.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 588.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.52 mb = 1140.47 m = 3741.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.52 mb = 1791.88 m = 5878.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.52 mb = 11119.68 m = 36481.45 ft B at Equ Level: 585.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.52 mb = 14509.25 m = 47601.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 25.61 Bulk Shear: 22.98 m/s