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: 33.18,-79.29 Latitude: 33.18 Longitude: -79.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -71 SFC 992 4 25.3 23.5 90 1.8 24.0 87 23 299.2 302.6 297.5 353.9 18.72 2 950 380 22.6 21.9 96 0.7 22.1 93 40 300.1 303.3 297.1 352.0 17.71 3 900 851 20.3 19.9 98 0.4 20.0 102 42 302.4 305.5 296.8 351.1 16.46 4 850 1345 18.6 17.4 93 1.2 17.7 112 43 305.6 308.3 296.7 350.0 14.85 5 800 1864 16.3 14.7 90 1.6 15.3 119 41 308.5 311.0 296.4 348.9 13.30 6 750 2412 13.8 12.1 90 1.7 12.7 122 39 311.5 313.8 296.2 348.1 11.93 7 700 2993 11.1 9.1 88 2.0 9.8 125 37 314.8 316.8 296.0 347.3 10.45 8 650 3609 7.9 5.9 87 2.0 6.6 130 36 317.9 319.7 295.8 346.3 8.99 9 600 4267 4.5 2.4 86 2.1 3.3 135 34 321.3 322.8 295.7 345.8 7.62 10 550 4972 0.9 -1.4 85 2.2 -0.3 142 30 325.1 326.4 295.7 345.8 6.31 11 500 5734 -2.7 -5.7 80 2.9 -4.2 154 29 329.7 330.7 295.8 346.6 5.02 12 450 6563 -7.3 -9.3 86 1.9 -8.2 160 28 334.0 334.9 296.3 348.5 4.21 13 400 7472 -12.8 -13.7 93 0.9 -13.2 163 27 338.4 339.1 296.7 350.1 3.33 14 350 8479 -18.9 -20.2 89 1.3 -19.3 177 31 343.3 343.8 296.9 351.4 2.20 15 300 9611 -26.3 -29.7 73 3.4 -27.1 191 25 348.3 348.6 297.2 352.5 1.09 16 250 10902 -36.2 -42.0 55 5.8 -36.9 181 22 352.2 352.3 297.4 353.8 0.38 17 200 12409 -49.0 -50.6 83 1.6 -49.1 175 30 355.2 355.2 297.9 356.0 0.18 18 150 14234 -62.4 -69.7 37 7.3 -62.5 181 31 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.02 19 100 16666 -70.7 -82.7 16 11.9 -70.8 151 16 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.12 m Freezing level: 538.02 mb = 5154.65 m = 16911.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.57 mb = 4905.07 m = 16092.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.71 mb = 226.80 m = 744.10 ft T: 23.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.11 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 663.82 m = 2177.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.12 mb = 564.20 m = 1851.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.12 mb = 2581.11 m = 8468.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.12 mb = 8582.01 m = 28155.84 ft B at Equ Level: 121.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.12 mb = 11316.80 m = 37128.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.9 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 153.9 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 255.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.54 Bulk Shear: 48.07 m/s