MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.61,-81.85 Latitude: 31.61 Longitude: -81.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 31 24.1 18.6 72 5.4 20.4 328 9 296.7 299.1 293.3 335.8 13.55 1 1000 89 23.3 18.0 72 5.3 19.7 330 16 296.5 298.9 292.9 334.4 13.13 2 950 534 18.9 16.7 87 2.2 17.5 333 25 296.4 298.7 292.6 333.1 12.72 3 900 997 15.6 14.9 96 0.7 15.2 343 29 297.6 299.8 292.3 332.3 11.96 4 850 1481 13.3 12.8 96 0.6 13.0 343 27 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.3 10.98 5 800 1992 12.5 9.4 81 3.1 10.6 337 30 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.3 9.29 6 750 2532 10.6 6.4 75 4.2 8.1 326 29 308.1 309.6 292.4 332.7 8.07 7 700 3105 7.7 4.1 78 3.6 5.6 317 26 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.6 7.33 8 650 3712 3.4 -0.8 74 4.3 1.2 313 27 312.8 313.9 291.7 330.2 5.54 9 600 4359 1.1 -11.2 39 12.3 -4.1 296 25 317.3 317.9 290.6 326.2 2.70 10 550 5055 -1.7 -27.4 12 25.7 -9.0 286 26 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.7 0.73 11 500 5808 -4.8 -38.4 5 33.5 -12.1 288 29 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.28 12 450 6627 -10.9 -41.0 6 30.1 -16.4 280 28 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 13 400 7519 -18.2 -37.9 16 19.7 -21.7 270 23 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.8 0.36 14 350 8502 -25.0 -37.3 31 12.3 -26.9 252 23 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 15 300 9610 -29.3 -29.3 100 0.0 -29.3 76 27 344.1 344.3 296.3 348.3 1.12 16 250 10888 -38.4 -38.4 100 -0.0 -38.4 79 31 348.9 349.0 296.8 351.1 0.55 17 200 12382 -49.9 -56.0 48 6.1 -50.1 129 25 353.7 353.8 297.5 354.2 0.10 18 150 14207 -62.6 -74.2 20 11.5 -62.7 184 26 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16658 -70.9 -82.2 17 11.3 -71.0 123 14 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.44 m Freezing level: 580.81 mb = 4626.10 m = 15177.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.70 mb = 3854.13 m = 12644.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.66 mb = 719.17 m = 2359.46 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.52 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 942.97 m = 3093.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.19 C Cross Totals Index: 17.63 C K Index: 27.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5733.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.44 mb = 841.71 m = 2761.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -37.7 tot: -4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 12.43 m/s