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: 32.15,-79.17 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -79.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -152 SFC 983 -0 26.1 25.0 93 1.2 25.3 215 12 300.8 304.6 299.0 361.7 20.68 2 950 301 23.2 23.0 99 0.2 23.0 222 13 300.7 304.2 298.0 356.3 18.91 3 900 773 21.3 20.8 97 0.4 21.0 217 14 303.4 306.7 297.8 355.4 17.48 4 850 1269 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.8 210 16 306.7 309.7 297.7 354.8 15.97 5 800 1792 17.7 16.2 91 1.6 16.7 211 18 310.1 312.8 297.6 354.6 14.62 6 750 2344 15.8 13.5 86 2.2 14.3 214 20 313.7 316.2 297.5 354.3 13.13 7 700 2929 13.5 10.7 83 2.9 11.6 215 23 317.5 319.7 297.5 353.9 11.60 8 650 3552 10.4 7.4 82 3.0 8.5 218 27 320.7 322.7 297.2 352.7 10.03 9 600 4215 6.5 4.0 84 2.5 4.9 223 28 323.6 325.3 296.9 351.2 8.53 10 550 4926 2.8 0.4 84 2.4 1.4 227 28 327.4 328.8 296.8 351.0 7.18 11 500 5693 -1.0 -3.9 81 2.9 -2.6 238 26 331.8 333.0 296.9 351.2 5.74 12 450 6528 -5.5 -8.5 79 3.0 -7.0 247 24 336.3 337.3 297.0 351.8 4.48 13 400 7446 -9.7 -15.8 61 6.1 -12.2 245 18 342.4 343.0 297.1 352.5 2.80 14 350 8465 -15.8 -24.1 49 8.4 -18.4 241 20 347.5 347.9 297.4 353.4 1.55 15 300 9607 -25.2 -28.6 73 3.5 -26.0 225 31 349.9 350.2 297.6 354.5 1.20 16 250 10903 -35.4 -36.5 90 1.1 -35.5 242 20 353.4 353.6 297.9 356.1 0.67 17 200 12416 -48.0 -51.6 66 3.7 -48.2 192 28 356.8 356.8 298.2 357.5 0.16 18 150 14249 -62.0 -67.3 49 5.2 -62.1 175 11 363.2 363.2 299.4 363.3 0.03 19 100 16684 -72.4 -79.5 34 7.0 -72.5 167 5 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.54 m Freezing level: 513.11 mb = 5491.72 m = 18017.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 532.10 mb = 5191.92 m = 17033.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.37 % Est. max temperature: 33.16 C = 91.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.14 mb = 143.63 m = 471.21 ft T: 24.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.69 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 541.51 m = 1776.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.16 mb = 523.20 m = 1716.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.16 mb = 570.48 m = 1871.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.16 mb = 859.11 m = 2818.56 ft B at Equ Level: 16.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 771.16 mb = 2105.74 m = 6908.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.31 Bulk Shear: 11.84 m/s