MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 33.17,-84.37 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 982 244 23.3 17.9 72 5.4 19.6 163 3 298.0 300.4 293.4 336.5 13.27 2 950 533 24.4 15.6 58 8.8 18.5 184 9 302.0 304.1 293.6 336.9 11.83 3 900 1004 20.8 13.2 62 7.6 15.8 216 9 302.9 304.9 292.9 334.6 10.66 4 850 1495 16.5 11.2 71 5.3 13.1 237 9 303.5 305.3 292.5 332.9 9.88 5 800 2008 12.2 9.1 81 3.1 10.3 249 9 304.1 305.8 292.1 331.3 9.10 6 750 2546 7.9 6.6 92 1.3 7.2 244 10 305.1 306.7 291.6 329.8 8.20 7 700 3113 5.8 0.1 67 5.7 2.8 221 17 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.9 5.50 8 650 3716 2.2 -7.2 50 9.3 -2.0 216 18 311.4 312.0 289.5 322.3 3.44 9 600 4358 -1.5 -16.6 30 15.1 -6.8 218 18 314.4 314.7 288.8 320.1 1.73 10 550 5045 -5.2 -24.0 21 18.8 -10.6 226 19 317.9 318.1 289.2 321.4 1.00 11 500 5788 -9.2 -27.2 22 18.0 -13.9 223 26 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.82 12 450 6595 -13.7 -23.2 44 9.5 -16.4 215 40 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.6 1.31 13 400 7483 -18.6 -26.6 49 8.0 -20.5 205 54 330.8 331.1 293.0 334.7 1.08 14 350 8463 -26.1 -28.2 82 2.1 -26.5 219 64 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.5 1.07 15 300 9564 -32.6 -33.1 95 0.5 -32.7 207 71 339.4 339.6 294.9 342.4 0.78 16 250 10818 -44.1 -44.1 100 0.0 -44.1 214 80 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.30 17 200 12278 -53.4 -64.7 24 11.2 -53.7 217 63 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14099 -60.6 -76.9 10 16.3 -60.7 226 44 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16571 -68.0 -82.8 10 14.8 -68.1 242 17 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.85 m Freezing level: 620.61 mb = 4093.30 m = 13429.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.14 mb = 3455.94 m = 11338.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.42 mb = 932.42 m = 3059.09 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.79 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 1948.60 m = 6392.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 149.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.96 mb = 1676.79 m = 5501.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.96 mb = 2251.71 m = 7387.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.96 mb = 6646.50 m = 21805.83 ft B at Equ Level: 148.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.96 mb = 9171.18 m = 30088.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.66 Bulk Shear: 15.53 m/s