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: 33.21,-79.19 Latitude: 33.21 Longitude: -79.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -64 SFC 992 3 25.5 23.5 89 2.0 24.0 100 30 299.3 302.7 297.5 353.9 18.69 2 950 387 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.1 106 46 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.5 17.59 3 900 857 20.2 19.7 97 0.5 19.9 114 48 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.4 16.27 4 850 1351 18.7 17.0 90 1.7 17.5 123 50 305.8 308.5 296.5 349.2 14.51 5 800 1871 16.5 14.4 88 2.1 15.1 128 49 308.7 311.2 296.3 348.2 13.02 6 750 2420 13.8 11.9 88 1.9 12.6 131 48 311.6 313.8 296.1 347.7 11.75 7 700 3000 11.1 9.1 88 2.0 9.8 134 46 314.7 316.7 296.0 347.2 10.42 8 650 3616 7.9 5.9 87 1.9 6.7 138 44 317.9 319.6 295.8 346.3 9.02 9 600 4274 4.4 2.4 87 2.0 3.2 141 41 321.2 322.7 295.7 345.6 7.60 10 550 4979 0.7 -1.5 85 2.2 -0.5 147 37 324.9 326.1 295.6 345.4 6.25 11 500 5740 -2.9 -6.1 79 3.1 -4.5 156 36 329.4 330.4 295.7 345.8 4.86 12 450 6568 -7.7 -9.3 88 1.7 -8.4 161 35 333.6 334.4 296.2 348.0 4.20 13 400 7476 -13.0 -13.7 95 0.6 -13.3 164 35 338.0 338.7 296.5 349.7 3.33 14 350 8482 -19.3 -20.2 93 0.9 -19.6 175 37 342.7 343.2 296.8 350.7 2.20 15 300 9612 -26.3 -29.3 76 2.9 -27.0 188 31 348.3 348.5 297.2 352.6 1.13 16 250 10904 -36.2 -41.5 58 5.3 -36.8 181 27 352.3 352.4 297.5 353.9 0.40 17 200 12411 -49.0 -50.4 85 1.4 -49.1 176 31 355.2 355.2 297.9 356.0 0.19 18 150 14235 -62.5 -69.3 40 6.8 -62.6 179 29 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16666 -70.8 -82.7 16 11.8 -70.9 150 16 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.48 m Freezing level: 540.43 mb = 5124.43 m = 16812.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 556.77 mb = 4879.66 m = 16009.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.89 mb = 250.08 m = 820.45 ft T: 23.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.34 mb = 672.26 m = 2205.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.71 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.92 mb = 572.63 m = 1878.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.92 mb = 3060.62 m = 10041.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.92 mb = 8804.59 m = 28886.10 ft B at Equ Level: 133.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.92 mb = 11324.16 m = 37152.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.4 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 162.4 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 300.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 54.69 m/s