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: 32.98,-79.28 Latitude: 32.98 Longitude: -79.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -99 SFC 989 2 25.5 24.0 91 1.6 24.4 101 17 299.7 303.2 298.0 356.3 19.32 2 950 353 23.0 22.5 97 0.5 22.6 106 26 300.5 303.8 297.5 354.3 18.31 3 900 825 21.0 20.3 96 0.7 20.5 116 28 303.2 306.3 297.4 353.4 16.94 4 850 1320 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 130 29 306.3 309.2 297.2 352.8 15.48 5 800 1841 17.1 15.4 90 1.6 16.0 140 26 309.3 312.0 297.0 351.7 13.93 6 750 2391 14.9 12.7 86 2.3 13.4 148 25 312.8 315.2 296.8 351.0 12.40 7 700 2975 12.5 9.5 82 3.0 10.5 154 25 316.3 318.4 296.6 349.8 10.69 8 650 3594 9.3 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 160 27 319.5 321.3 296.3 348.4 9.08 9 600 4256 6.0 2.6 79 3.3 4.0 166 26 323.0 324.5 296.2 348.0 7.74 10 550 4965 2.3 -1.0 79 3.3 0.4 178 24 326.8 328.1 296.2 348.1 6.49 11 500 5730 -1.7 -5.5 75 3.8 -3.7 189 24 331.0 332.0 296.2 348.1 5.08 12 450 6562 -6.7 -9.5 80 2.9 -8.0 187 24 334.8 335.7 296.4 349.0 4.13 13 400 7473 -12.5 -13.8 90 1.3 -13.0 182 23 338.7 339.4 296.7 350.3 3.29 14 350 8480 -18.7 -20.6 84 2.0 -19.3 189 30 343.6 344.0 296.9 351.3 2.11 15 300 9613 -26.5 -30.9 66 4.4 -27.4 199 24 348.1 348.3 297.0 351.8 0.97 16 250 10904 -36.3 -42.5 53 6.2 -37.0 185 23 352.1 352.2 297.4 353.6 0.36 17 200 12409 -49.2 -49.9 93 0.7 -49.3 176 31 354.8 354.9 297.8 355.7 0.20 18 150 14232 -62.4 -70.1 35 7.7 -62.5 184 32 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.02 19 100 16665 -70.7 -82.5 16 11.8 -70.8 147 16 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.08 m Freezing level: 521.47 mb = 5401.55 m = 17721.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.76 mb = 5041.65 m = 16540.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.00 mb = 196.91 m = 646.02 ft T: 24.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 693.10 m = 2273.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.93 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.84 mb = 558.83 m = 1833.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.84 mb = 4492.04 m = 14737.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.84 mb = 10548.89 m = 34608.79 ft B at Equ Level: 152.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.84 mb = 13711.39 m = 44984.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 181.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.11 Bulk Shear: 48.95 m/s