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: 34.18,-79.17 Latitude: 34.18 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 11 SFC 998 25 22.9 22.0 95 0.9 22.2 84 23 296.2 299.2 295.4 344.8 16.87 2 950 458 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 94 49 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.7 16.10 3 900 925 18.4 18.4 100 -0.0 18.4 104 57 300.5 303.2 295.4 344.5 15.00 4 850 1415 16.2 16.2 100 0.1 16.2 116 62 303.1 305.7 295.3 343.9 13.73 5 800 1929 13.7 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 119 63 305.7 308.0 294.9 342.6 12.29 6 750 2472 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 119 63 308.4 310.4 294.6 341.0 10.74 7 700 3045 8.0 7.0 93 1.1 7.4 118 64 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.1 9.01 8 650 3654 4.7 4.0 96 0.6 4.3 119 63 314.2 315.8 294.0 338.9 7.89 9 600 4303 1.2 0.9 98 0.2 1.0 122 60 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.2 6.85 10 550 5000 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 124 58 321.7 322.9 294.5 340.8 5.89 11 500 5754 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.7 127 54 326.5 327.4 295.0 342.8 4.93 12 450 6575 -9.3 -9.7 97 0.4 -9.5 132 48 331.6 332.4 295.6 345.5 4.07 13 400 7479 -14.1 -14.4 98 0.2 -14.2 137 45 336.6 337.3 296.1 347.6 3.14 14 350 8480 -20.2 -20.3 99 0.1 -20.2 142 42 341.6 342.0 296.5 349.5 2.18 15 300 9607 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 154 39 347.1 347.4 297.1 352.2 1.37 16 250 10892 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 177 27 349.8 349.9 297.1 352.1 0.59 17 200 12393 -48.9 -51.1 78 2.2 -49.0 191 21 355.3 355.3 297.9 356.0 0.17 18 150 14227 -62.4 -67.3 52 4.9 -62.4 205 18 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.8 0.03 19 100 16649 -71.1 -82.8 16 11.7 -71.2 229 5 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.42 m Freezing level: 581.52 mb = 4561.01 m = 14963.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.95 mb = 4520.67 m = 14831.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.26 mb = 139.98 m = 459.24 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.41 mb = 536.20 m = 1759.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.02 mb = 512.25 m = 1680.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 929.02 mb = 650.62 m = 2134.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.02 mb = 6252.66 m = 20513.72 ft B at Equ Level: 192.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.02 mb = 9157.84 m = 30045.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.4 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 147.4 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 547.3 neg: -3.4 tot: 543.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 181.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 114.25 m/s