MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.64,-83.98 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 982 247 26.0 18.2 62 7.8 20.6 175 5 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.2 13.48 2 950 537 22.0 16.4 70 5.7 18.2 187 6 299.5 301.8 293.3 335.8 12.42 3 900 1004 18.1 14.5 80 3.6 15.8 202 5 300.2 302.3 292.9 334.3 11.64 4 850 1492 15.1 11.6 80 3.4 12.9 221 4 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.18 5 800 2004 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.2 225 6 304.0 305.6 292.0 331.1 9.07 6 750 2543 9.2 6.6 84 2.6 7.6 222 10 306.5 308.1 292.0 331.2 8.15 7 700 3112 6.1 3.2 82 2.9 4.5 226 13 309.2 310.5 291.8 330.4 6.89 8 650 3716 2.6 -0.2 82 2.8 1.1 227 16 311.9 313.0 291.7 330.1 5.82 9 600 4360 -0.9 -7.3 62 6.3 -3.8 231 20 315.0 315.8 290.8 326.9 3.69 10 550 5051 -4.2 -10.3 63 6.1 -6.8 225 23 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.5 3.18 11 500 5796 -8.4 -14.5 61 6.1 -10.7 223 33 322.8 323.2 292.0 331.1 2.48 12 450 6607 -12.6 -19.9 54 7.3 -14.9 215 42 327.4 327.7 292.6 333.4 1.75 13 400 7497 -18.0 -31.5 30 13.5 -20.9 211 48 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.69 14 350 8481 -24.6 -36.9 31 12.3 -26.6 213 55 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.3 0.46 15 300 9585 -33.0 -38.4 58 5.5 -33.7 212 63 338.9 339.0 294.5 340.7 0.46 16 250 10838 -43.6 -43.9 97 0.3 -43.6 214 68 341.3 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.31 17 200 12302 -53.3 -65.7 21 12.4 -53.6 218 68 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14112 -63.3 -76.7 15 13.3 -63.4 221 57 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16564 -68.5 -83.0 11 14.5 -68.6 230 26 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.55 m Freezing level: 613.08 mb = 4191.69 m = 13752.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3860.16 m = 12664.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.65 mb = 1228.66 m = 4030.99 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1662.63 m = 5454.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.25 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.43 mb = 1348.51 m = 4424.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.43 mb = 2659.81 m = 8726.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.43 mb = 5497.88 m = 18037.45 ft B at Equ Level: 41.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 429.43 mb = 6960.46 m = 22835.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.0 neg: -6.2 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 18.54 m/s