MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 30.96,-78.55 Latitude: 30.96 Longitude: -78.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -115 SFC 987 -0 27.5 26.0 92 1.5 26.4 100 20 301.7 305.7 299.9 366.5 21.88 2 950 340 24.2 24.0 98 0.3 24.0 109 24 301.8 305.5 299.0 361.2 20.10 3 900 814 22.0 21.4 96 0.6 21.6 111 24 304.2 307.6 298.4 358.3 18.13 4 850 1311 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.4 110 22 307.2 310.3 298.1 357.2 16.58 5 800 1834 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 113 20 310.2 313.0 298.0 356.3 15.11 6 750 2386 15.4 14.2 92 1.3 14.6 116 19 313.3 316.0 297.8 355.6 13.69 7 700 2971 13.0 11.3 89 1.7 11.8 122 18 316.8 319.2 297.6 354.7 12.08 8 650 3593 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.8 130 18 320.5 322.5 297.4 353.6 10.40 9 600 4256 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.2 131 17 323.5 325.3 297.0 351.9 8.79 10 550 4966 2.4 1.0 90 1.4 1.5 133 15 326.9 328.4 297.0 351.5 7.49 11 500 5733 -1.3 -2.9 89 1.6 -2.1 160 17 331.5 332.8 297.1 352.4 6.21 12 450 6568 -5.6 -7.5 87 1.9 -6.5 178 18 336.1 337.1 297.3 352.8 4.84 13 400 7483 -10.6 -12.9 83 2.3 -11.6 197 20 341.3 342.0 297.4 353.8 3.55 14 350 8500 -16.6 -19.4 79 2.8 -17.6 203 21 346.4 346.9 297.7 355.0 2.36 15 300 9640 -24.9 -26.1 89 1.3 -25.2 225 16 350.3 350.7 297.9 356.1 1.51 16 250 10936 -35.8 -36.2 95 0.5 -35.8 244 14 352.9 353.1 297.8 355.6 0.69 17 200 12445 -48.5 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.5 216 25 356.0 356.0 298.1 357.0 0.23 18 150 14270 -64.2 -64.7 94 0.5 -64.3 198 30 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.6 0.04 19 100 16682 -73.4 -82.0 26 8.6 -73.5 123 7 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.77 m Freezing level: 517.19 mb = 5469.28 m = 17943.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 529.10 mb = 5277.88 m = 17315.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.85 mb = 184.16 m = 604.20 ft T: 25.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.39 mb = 569.88 m = 1869.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.51 mb = 540.40 m = 1772.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.51 mb = 683.18 m = 2241.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.51 mb = 14533.07 m = 47680.10 ft B at Equ Level: 882.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.2 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 153.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -7.9 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 131.67 Bulk Shear: 6.81 m/s