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: 34.31,-80.20 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -80.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 998 77 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 25 22 293.6 296.2 292.9 334.4 14.29 2 950 504 17.8 17.8 100 0.1 17.8 33 47 295.3 297.7 292.9 334.3 13.61 3 900 966 16.2 16.2 100 -0.0 16.2 47 57 298.2 300.6 293.3 335.9 12.98 4 850 1453 15.1 14.9 99 0.2 15.0 72 58 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.3 12.64 5 800 1967 13.3 13.2 99 0.2 13.3 87 58 305.4 307.6 294.6 341.3 11.99 6 750 2510 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 101 60 309.0 311.2 295.1 343.5 11.33 7 700 3086 8.4 7.9 97 0.5 8.1 105 54 311.8 313.6 294.6 341.3 9.60 8 650 3697 6.0 3.9 86 2.2 4.8 101 51 315.8 317.3 294.4 340.3 7.80 9 600 4349 2.2 -0.6 82 2.8 0.7 95 49 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.3 6.12 10 550 5048 -1.5 -4.2 82 2.7 -2.9 88 44 322.3 323.3 294.1 339.0 5.10 11 500 5801 -6.5 -7.7 91 1.2 -7.1 88 39 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.3 4.27 12 450 6617 -11.5 -12.3 93 0.8 -11.8 97 39 328.8 329.5 294.3 340.1 3.31 13 400 7511 -16.5 -17.3 94 0.8 -16.8 104 32 333.5 334.0 294.8 342.1 2.45 14 350 8505 -22.1 -22.6 96 0.5 -22.2 93 21 339.0 339.4 295.6 345.5 1.79 15 300 9623 -29.2 -29.5 96 0.4 -29.2 99 22 344.3 344.5 296.3 348.4 1.10 16 250 10900 -38.5 -39.8 88 1.3 -38.7 132 16 348.8 348.9 296.8 350.8 0.48 17 200 12396 -49.5 -53.8 60 4.4 -49.7 162 28 354.5 354.5 297.7 355.0 0.13 18 150 14230 -60.7 -72.8 19 12.1 -60.9 204 17 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16666 -71.4 -83.4 15 12.0 -71.5 175 13 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.41 m Freezing level: 570.11 mb = 4766.69 m = 15638.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.89 mb = 4485.46 m = 14715.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.91 mb = 201.26 m = 660.31 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 531.95 m = 1745.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.16 C = 71.89 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.82 mb = 559.59 m = 1835.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.82 mb = 605.04 m = 1985.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 928.82 mb = 696.67 m = 2285.64 ft B at Equ Level: 18.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 848.82 mb = 1465.22 m = 4807.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.3 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 114.3 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 990.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 990.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 330.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.7 stream: 14.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 217.35 m/s