MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.09,-79.06 Latitude: 33.09 Longitude: -79.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -75 SFC 991 1 24.9 23.3 91 1.7 23.7 115 52 298.8 302.1 297.2 352.5 18.41 2 950 375 21.5 21.1 98 0.4 21.2 124 75 299.0 302.0 296.1 347.8 16.77 3 900 843 18.9 18.9 100 -0.0 18.9 131 78 301.0 303.9 295.8 346.5 15.49 4 850 1334 17.0 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 133 77 304.0 306.7 295.9 346.7 14.37 5 800 1852 15.5 14.7 95 0.9 15.0 138 81 307.7 310.2 296.1 347.8 13.26 6 750 2398 12.9 11.9 94 1.0 12.3 146 79 310.5 312.8 295.8 346.5 11.76 7 700 2976 10.1 10.1 99 0.1 10.1 152 69 313.7 315.9 296.3 348.2 11.13 8 650 3592 7.8 7.7 99 0.1 7.8 150 59 317.8 319.8 296.6 350.0 10.22 9 600 4249 4.4 4.3 99 0.1 4.4 146 58 321.2 323.0 296.4 349.1 8.72 10 550 4954 0.6 0.5 99 0.1 0.5 146 58 324.9 326.3 296.3 348.5 7.25 11 500 5715 -2.9 -3.1 99 0.2 -3.0 151 55 329.5 330.7 296.6 349.8 6.10 12 450 6545 -7.0 -7.2 98 0.3 -7.1 154 51 334.5 335.5 296.9 351.3 4.94 13 400 7456 -11.8 -12.5 95 0.7 -12.1 157 49 339.7 340.4 297.2 352.6 3.67 14 350 8468 -17.2 -22.5 64 5.3 -18.9 164 46 345.5 345.9 297.1 352.2 1.80 15 300 9606 -25.5 -31.7 56 6.2 -26.8 193 38 349.4 349.6 297.3 352.9 0.90 16 250 10901 -35.7 -38.0 79 2.3 -36.0 206 27 353.0 353.1 297.8 355.3 0.58 17 200 12412 -47.9 -54.8 45 6.9 -48.2 191 23 357.0 357.0 298.2 357.5 0.11 18 150 14247 -61.1 -69.3 33 8.2 -61.2 170 17 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.02 19 100 16672 -73.4 -81.7 27 8.3 -73.4 178 6 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.26 m Freezing level: 540.98 mb = 5091.60 m = 16704.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 542.35 mb = 5066.17 m = 16621.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.21 mb = 208.56 m = 684.24 ft T: 22.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 5.95 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 511.17 m = 1677.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.20 mb = 520.01 m = 1706.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 929.20 mb = 566.49 m = 1858.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.20 mb = 1649.05 m = 5410.21 ft B at Equ Level: 21.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.20 mb = 4124.16 m = 13530.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.6 at 66.9 knts Storm direction: 171.6 at 50.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 669.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 666.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 68.69 m/s