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: 32.82,-79.00 Latitude: 32.82 Longitude: -79.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -78 SFC 991 -0 25.6 24.0 91 1.6 24.5 94 53 299.6 303.1 298.0 356.2 19.33 2 950 373 22.2 21.7 97 0.5 21.9 103 74 299.7 302.9 296.8 350.9 17.50 3 900 842 19.8 19.6 99 0.2 19.7 111 78 301.9 304.9 296.5 349.7 16.18 4 850 1335 17.9 17.7 99 0.2 17.8 118 74 304.9 307.7 296.7 350.2 15.18 5 800 1853 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.3 122 69 307.6 310.2 296.4 349.2 13.77 6 750 2399 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 123 66 310.4 312.8 296.3 348.2 12.38 7 700 2977 10.0 9.9 100 0.1 10.0 123 64 313.6 315.7 296.1 347.7 11.04 8 650 3591 7.1 7.0 100 0.1 7.1 122 62 317.0 318.8 296.1 347.5 9.73 9 600 4246 3.9 3.8 100 0.1 3.8 123 60 320.6 322.3 296.1 347.6 8.43 10 550 4949 0.5 0.3 99 0.1 0.4 124 58 324.6 326.0 296.1 347.9 7.14 11 500 5710 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 124 55 329.3 330.5 296.4 349.2 5.99 12 450 6538 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 128 51 334.2 335.2 296.8 350.6 4.80 13 400 7448 -11.7 -12.4 95 0.7 -12.1 129 48 339.7 340.5 297.2 352.7 3.68 14 350 8460 -17.5 -18.5 92 1.0 -17.9 135 45 345.1 345.6 297.5 354.4 2.54 15 300 9597 -25.2 -26.2 91 1.0 -25.5 141 34 349.8 350.2 297.8 355.5 1.50 16 250 10896 -35.0 -35.8 93 0.8 -35.1 173 35 354.0 354.1 298.1 356.9 0.72 17 200 12411 -47.8 -49.2 86 1.4 -47.9 166 34 357.1 357.2 298.3 358.0 0.22 18 150 14248 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 106 14 365.1 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.02 19 100 16684 -72.4 -82.4 21 10.0 -72.5 180 9 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.73 m Freezing level: 543.63 mb = 5046.24 m = 16555.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.89 mb = 5023.91 m = 16482.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.74 mb = 201.16 m = 659.98 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.51 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 531.28 m = 1743.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.05 mb = 529.04 m = 1735.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.05 mb = 575.71 m = 1888.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.05 mb = 6745.67 m = 22131.18 ft B at Equ Level: 176.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.05 mb = 10138.34 m = 33261.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.2 at 64.2 knts Storm direction: 149.2 at 48.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 504.1 neg: -27.9 tot: 476.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.94 Bulk Shear: 60.16 m/s