MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.59,-78.06 Latitude: 33.59 Longitude: -78.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 2 25.5 22.1 81 3.5 23.0 183 17 297.9 300.9 295.9 346.7 16.81 1 1000 84 25.1 20.8 77 4.3 22.1 184 21 298.2 301.1 295.2 343.7 15.65 2 950 533 21.1 18.9 87 2.2 19.6 182 26 298.6 301.3 294.6 341.2 14.64 3 900 1000 18.1 16.1 88 2.0 16.8 172 29 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.0 12.92 4 850 1488 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.9 169 31 303.0 305.1 293.2 335.5 10.92 5 800 2004 15.1 7.6 61 7.5 10.5 170 34 307.2 308.7 292.3 332.1 8.21 6 750 2549 12.2 4.8 60 7.4 7.9 174 35 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.0 7.20 7 700 3123 8.2 0.7 59 7.6 4.2 173 36 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.6 5.75 8 650 3731 4.8 -9.9 33 14.7 -1.6 174 36 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.76 9 600 4381 2.7 -25.4 10 28.1 -6.0 174 36 319.2 319.4 289.3 322.0 0.80 10 550 5079 -0.6 -32.4 7 31.8 -8.8 183 34 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.46 11 500 5834 -5.1 -40.7 4 35.6 -12.3 194 34 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.22 12 450 6650 -11.9 -44.0 5 32.1 -17.3 189 34 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 13 400 7540 -18.3 -46.2 7 27.9 -22.2 192 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 14 350 8520 -25.4 -50.3 8 24.9 -28.0 192 41 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 15 300 9625 -31.7 -56.9 6 25.2 -33.6 191 49 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.06 16 250 10900 -37.3 -65.5 4 28.3 -38.7 182 54 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 17 200 12403 -49.1 -71.7 5 22.6 -49.6 189 50 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14232 -63.0 -76.9 14 13.8 -63.1 170 19 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16662 -70.8 -81.3 20 10.4 -70.9 212 7 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.08 m Freezing level: 559.06 mb = 4952.53 m = 16248.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.60 mb = 3561.17 m = 11683.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.16 mb = 439.81 m = 1442.93 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 24.66 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 983.00 m = 3225.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.77 C K Index: 26.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.34 mb = 806.80 m = 2646.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.34 mb = 3296.84 m = 10816.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 625.34 mb = 4044.86 m = 13270.37 ft B at Equ Level: 11.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 585.34 mb = 4579.15 m = 15023.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.9 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 206.9 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.82 Bulk Shear: 14.64 m/s