MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.03,-79.35 Latitude: 32.03 Longitude: -79.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -145 SFC 984 -0 25.4 24.6 95 0.9 24.8 281 39 300.0 303.7 298.5 359.1 20.13 2 950 307 22.6 22.5 99 0.1 22.6 293 50 300.1 303.5 297.5 354.0 18.35 3 900 779 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 299 46 303.0 306.2 297.5 354.0 17.20 4 850 1274 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.7 298 38 306.3 309.3 297.5 354.3 15.96 5 800 1797 17.6 16.2 92 1.3 16.7 293 34 309.9 312.7 297.6 354.6 14.68 6 750 2349 15.8 13.5 86 2.3 14.3 287 34 313.7 316.2 297.5 354.2 13.09 7 700 2935 13.7 10.4 80 3.3 11.6 281 33 317.7 319.9 297.4 353.6 11.43 8 650 3559 10.9 7.1 77 3.8 8.5 275 32 321.3 323.3 297.2 352.7 9.81 9 600 4224 7.1 3.4 78 3.7 4.9 271 33 324.3 325.9 296.8 350.9 8.19 10 550 4936 3.4 -0.3 76 3.8 1.3 266 36 328.1 329.5 296.8 350.7 6.81 11 500 5704 -1.0 -4.6 77 3.5 -2.9 270 38 331.8 332.9 296.7 350.2 5.46 12 450 6538 -5.8 -9.4 75 3.6 -7.5 280 36 335.9 336.8 296.7 350.3 4.16 13 400 7455 -9.8 -17.4 54 7.6 -12.7 287 29 342.2 342.8 296.8 351.1 2.44 14 350 8474 -15.7 -27.0 37 11.3 -18.9 276 25 347.6 347.9 297.1 352.2 1.19 15 300 9614 -25.7 -29.9 68 4.2 -26.7 229 36 349.1 349.4 297.3 353.2 1.06 16 250 10908 -36.0 -37.2 88 1.2 -36.1 269 22 352.6 352.7 297.7 355.1 0.63 17 200 12418 -48.4 -51.2 72 2.8 -48.5 204 23 356.2 356.2 298.1 356.9 0.17 18 150 14250 -62.1 -67.2 50 5.2 -62.1 202 12 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.3 0.03 19 100 16682 -72.5 -79.4 34 6.9 -72.5 127 2 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.58 m Freezing level: 511.61 mb = 5525.65 m = 18128.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 534.49 mb = 5166.34 m = 16949.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.69 mb = 108.62 m = 356.35 ft T: 24.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 469.96 m = 1541.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 35.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.02 mb = 501.84 m = 1646.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.02 mb = 548.91 m = 1800.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 894.02 mb = 836.49 m = 2744.37 ft B at Equ Level: 18.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 784.02 mb = 1969.40 m = 6461.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.7 neg: -53.0 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 16.41 m/s