MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 32.48,-78.80 Latitude: 32.48 Longitude: -78.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -57 SFC 994 -0 26.7 24.1 86 2.6 24.8 80 46 300.5 304.0 298.2 357.4 19.38 2 950 394 22.6 21.2 92 1.3 21.6 90 65 300.1 303.2 296.5 349.7 16.94 3 900 864 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 96 69 301.7 304.6 296.4 348.8 15.97 4 850 1356 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 103 68 304.6 307.3 296.4 348.9 14.86 5 800 1874 15.5 15.0 96 0.6 15.1 112 64 307.7 310.2 296.3 348.5 13.51 6 750 2420 13.1 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 121 59 310.8 313.0 296.0 347.1 11.85 7 700 2998 9.8 8.9 94 0.9 9.2 128 55 313.3 315.3 295.6 345.1 10.28 8 650 3610 6.4 5.7 96 0.7 6.0 133 51 316.2 317.9 295.3 344.2 8.91 9 600 4263 3.2 2.4 94 0.8 2.7 137 44 319.8 321.3 295.3 344.0 7.59 10 550 4966 0.2 -1.5 88 1.7 -0.7 139 35 324.3 325.5 295.4 344.7 6.23 11 500 5726 -2.9 -6.5 76 3.6 -4.7 154 32 329.5 330.4 295.6 345.4 4.72 12 450 6555 -7.0 -11.8 69 4.8 -9.1 165 36 334.4 335.1 295.8 346.4 3.45 13 400 7466 -11.8 -14.9 78 3.1 -13.0 169 32 339.7 340.3 296.7 350.4 3.02 14 350 8478 -17.8 -21.0 76 3.2 -18.8 177 31 344.8 345.3 297.1 352.4 2.05 15 300 9614 -25.5 -28.7 75 3.2 -26.3 182 35 349.4 349.6 297.5 353.9 1.19 16 250 10909 -35.9 -38.2 79 2.3 -36.2 195 41 352.7 352.8 297.7 354.9 0.56 17 200 12417 -48.7 -48.8 99 0.1 -48.7 187 29 355.7 355.8 298.0 356.7 0.23 18 150 14241 -64.1 -65.5 83 1.4 -64.1 178 29 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.04 19 100 16675 -72.1 -82.4 20 10.3 -72.1 140 10 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.60 m Freezing level: 546.85 mb = 5013.58 m = 16448.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 560.73 mb = 4809.71 m = 15779.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.74 mb = 332.08 m = 1089.49 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.64 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.85 mb = 646.08 m = 2119.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.64 mb = 610.51 m = 2002.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.64 mb = 752.22 m = 2467.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.64 mb = 6354.34 m = 20847.33 ft B at Equ Level: 175.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.64 mb = 9814.47 m = 32199.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.4 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 149.4 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 625.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 625.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 124.56 m/s