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: 33.00,-79.21 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -79.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 25.7 24.1 91 1.7 24.5 112 25 299.9 303.4 298.1 356.8 19.42 2 950 353 23.1 22.5 97 0.5 22.7 119 34 300.6 304.0 297.6 354.6 18.39 3 900 825 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.5 128 36 303.2 306.3 297.3 353.2 16.86 4 850 1320 19.3 17.9 91 1.4 18.4 139 36 306.4 309.3 297.2 352.6 15.37 5 800 1842 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 147 35 309.5 312.1 297.0 351.8 13.88 6 750 2393 15.1 12.7 85 2.5 13.4 152 33 313.0 315.3 296.9 351.2 12.37 7 700 2976 12.7 9.5 81 3.2 10.6 158 33 316.5 318.6 296.7 350.1 10.73 8 650 3596 9.5 6.0 79 3.5 7.3 163 35 319.7 321.5 296.3 348.6 9.10 9 600 4258 6.1 2.6 78 3.6 4.0 166 33 323.2 324.7 296.2 348.1 7.70 10 550 4968 2.4 -1.1 78 3.5 0.4 176 30 326.9 328.2 296.2 348.1 6.43 11 500 5733 -1.7 -5.8 74 4.1 -3.8 187 29 331.0 332.0 296.1 347.7 4.97 12 450 6565 -6.8 -9.5 81 2.7 -8.1 184 28 334.7 335.5 296.4 348.9 4.14 13 400 7475 -12.7 -13.7 92 1.0 -13.1 180 29 338.5 339.2 296.7 350.2 3.33 14 350 8482 -19.0 -20.5 88 1.5 -19.5 187 35 343.2 343.6 296.8 351.0 2.14 15 300 9613 -26.5 -30.5 69 4.0 -27.3 196 29 348.1 348.3 297.1 352.0 1.01 16 250 10905 -36.2 -42.7 51 6.5 -36.9 185 27 352.3 352.4 297.4 353.8 0.36 17 200 12410 -49.2 -49.8 93 0.7 -49.2 177 31 354.9 354.9 297.8 355.7 0.20 18 150 14234 -62.4 -70.1 35 7.7 -62.6 183 31 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 19 100 16665 -70.8 -82.6 16 11.8 -70.8 145 17 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.97 m Freezing level: 520.94 mb = 5412.44 m = 17757.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.90 mb = 5042.32 m = 16542.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.42 mb = 211.47 m = 693.78 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 719.60 m = 2360.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 188.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.71 mb = 569.85 m = 1869.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.71 mb = 4651.93 m = 15262.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.71 mb = 10580.41 m = 34712.20 ft B at Equ Level: 188.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.71 mb = 13757.36 m = 45135.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.2 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 185.2 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 56.49 m/s