MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.09,-79.74 Latitude: 33.09 Longitude: -79.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -131 SFC 984 9 23.1 22.1 94 0.9 22.4 181 18 297.6 300.7 296.1 347.8 17.31 2 950 317 20.8 20.6 99 0.2 20.7 189 26 298.3 301.3 295.7 345.8 16.33 3 900 785 19.1 19.1 100 0.0 19.1 187 27 301.2 304.1 296.0 347.1 15.61 4 850 1277 17.8 17.4 98 0.4 17.5 181 30 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.3 14.91 5 800 1796 16.0 15.3 96 0.7 15.5 188 34 308.2 310.8 296.6 350.0 13.81 6 750 2344 13.5 13.1 98 0.4 13.3 196 33 311.2 313.6 296.7 350.4 12.78 7 700 2924 11.0 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 202 29 314.6 316.9 296.8 351.0 11.72 8 650 3541 8.2 8.1 99 0.1 8.2 208 28 318.3 320.3 297.0 351.4 10.51 9 600 4201 5.4 5.1 98 0.3 5.2 213 26 322.3 324.2 297.1 352.0 9.23 10 550 4909 1.6 1.5 99 0.2 1.5 210 23 326.0 327.6 296.9 351.4 7.76 11 500 5674 -1.9 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.1 206 23 330.8 332.1 297.2 352.5 6.51 12 450 6507 -5.7 -6.8 92 1.1 -6.3 200 23 336.0 337.1 297.4 353.5 5.10 13 400 7424 -9.9 -13.2 77 3.3 -11.3 189 22 342.1 342.8 297.6 354.5 3.46 14 350 8444 -15.9 -23.0 54 7.1 -18.2 169 23 347.3 347.6 297.4 353.7 1.71 15 300 9585 -24.9 -31.8 53 6.9 -26.4 187 12 350.2 350.4 297.4 353.7 0.89 16 250 10880 -36.2 -40.4 65 4.2 -36.7 185 11 352.2 352.3 297.5 354.0 0.45 17 200 12386 -48.0 -59.9 24 11.9 -48.4 186 21 356.8 356.9 298.1 357.1 0.06 18 150 14226 -61.9 -70.7 30 8.8 -62.0 200 19 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.02 19 100 16650 -70.8 -82.3 17 11.5 -70.9 182 6 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.91 m Freezing level: 526.70 mb = 5265.41 m = 17274.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 528.76 mb = 5225.10 m = 17142.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.04 mb = 125.73 m = 412.48 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 1.98 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 489.31 m = 1605.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.86 C = 76.74 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.01 mb = 500.80 m = 1643.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.01 mb = 547.46 m = 1796.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 915.01 mb = 641.53 m = 2104.75 ft B at Equ Level: 19.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 815.01 mb = 1637.00 m = 5370.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 92.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 5.45 m/s