MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.42,-79.89 Latitude: 31.42 Longitude: -79.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.1 22.4 90 1.7 22.9 36 27 296.4 299.5 295.7 345.8 17.14 1 1000 93 22.6 20.8 90 1.7 21.3 37 31 295.7 298.5 294.5 340.8 15.67 2 950 538 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 38 31 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.2 14.52 3 900 1002 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 44 29 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.2 13.11 4 850 1490 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 51 28 302.0 304.2 293.8 337.9 12.15 5 800 2003 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 50 28 305.0 307.0 293.8 337.9 11.00 6 750 2545 10.5 9.3 93 1.1 9.7 52 24 307.9 309.8 293.8 337.9 9.89 7 700 3118 8.1 5.8 86 2.2 6.7 55 16 311.4 313.0 293.6 337.0 8.30 8 650 3728 5.2 2.7 84 2.5 3.7 41 16 314.8 316.2 293.6 337.2 7.15 9 600 4378 1.0 -0.0 93 1.0 0.4 42 15 317.2 318.5 293.7 337.5 6.38 10 550 5076 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.6 54 14 321.5 322.6 294.3 339.8 5.64 11 500 5829 -5.9 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 69 10 325.8 326.8 294.7 341.5 4.72 12 450 6649 -10.0 -10.6 95 0.6 -10.2 97 11 330.7 331.5 295.2 343.7 3.81 13 400 7549 -14.9 -15.3 97 0.3 -15.0 116 16 335.6 336.2 295.7 345.8 2.92 14 350 8546 -21.4 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 119 17 339.9 340.3 296.0 347.0 1.97 15 300 9665 -29.5 -29.6 100 0.0 -29.6 116 30 343.7 344.0 296.1 347.9 1.10 16 250 10941 -39.0 -39.1 99 0.1 -39.0 122 52 348.1 348.2 296.7 350.2 0.52 17 200 12427 -51.3 -55.9 58 4.5 -51.5 160 43 351.5 351.5 297.1 351.9 0.10 18 150 14246 -63.8 -67.4 61 3.6 -63.9 176 52 360.1 360.1 298.8 360.3 0.03 19 100 16660 -73.7 -82.5 25 8.8 -73.7 194 12 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.93 m Freezing level: 584.76 mb = 4590.76 m = 15061.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.81 mb = 4474.85 m = 14681.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.47 mb = 211.11 m = 692.60 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 8.58 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.83 mb = 512.23 m = 1680.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.59 mb = 541.74 m = 1777.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 944.59 mb = 587.08 m = 1926.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 874.59 mb = 1246.62 m = 4089.92 ft B at Equ Level: 12.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.59 mb = 2831.31 m = 9288.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.6 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 77.6 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -16.2 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 16.80 m/s