MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.37,-78.84 Latitude: 31.37 Longitude: -78.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 27.3 20.2 65 7.1 22.3 238 9 299.5 302.2 295.0 343.1 14.91 1 1000 97 26.2 18.7 63 7.5 21.0 238 10 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.2 13.67 2 950 546 21.8 17.7 77 4.2 19.0 236 10 299.4 301.8 294.0 338.8 13.51 3 900 1014 18.8 13.2 70 5.6 15.2 240 11 300.9 302.9 292.3 332.3 10.66 4 850 1503 16.0 10.3 69 5.7 12.4 247 12 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.5 9.28 5 800 2016 12.8 7.4 70 5.4 9.6 245 14 304.8 306.3 291.5 329.2 8.12 6 750 2556 10.6 0.8 51 9.8 5.4 241 18 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.7 5.42 7 700 3127 7.0 -0.6 59 7.5 3.0 232 21 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.5 5.24 8 650 3732 3.4 -8.4 42 11.8 -1.8 215 21 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.9 3.13 9 600 4379 2.0 -32.0 6 34.1 -6.9 226 23 318.5 318.5 288.8 320.0 0.43 10 550 5075 -2.0 -41.2 3 39.2 -10.1 237 28 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.19 11 500 5824 -7.3 -43.2 4 35.9 -13.8 238 33 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.17 12 450 6635 -13.4 -42.6 7 29.2 -18.2 235 41 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 13 400 7520 -18.9 -51.0 4 32.1 -22.7 237 51 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.09 14 350 8503 -24.6 -54.5 4 29.9 -27.5 243 55 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 15 300 9608 -32.1 -50.9 14 18.9 -33.7 244 58 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.12 16 250 10873 -40.1 -58.8 12 18.8 -41.1 248 52 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 17 200 12365 -49.4 -70.2 7 20.8 -49.9 251 44 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14202 -61.1 -77.0 10 15.9 -61.2 236 33 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16644 -72.7 -81.3 26 8.6 -72.7 191 11 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.86 m Freezing level: 574.95 mb = 4727.74 m = 15510.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.70 mb = 3500.81 m = 11485.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.17 mb = 897.61 m = 2944.86 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.31 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1596.70 m = 5238.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 17.59 C K Index: 26.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.63 mb = 1151.45 m = 3777.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.63 mb = 3119.88 m = 10235.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.63 mb = 3976.70 m = 13046.76 ft B at Equ Level: 14.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 590.63 mb = 4504.87 m = 14779.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 13.32 m/s