MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 31.34,-83.59 Latitude: 31.34 Longitude: -83.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 1000 91 24.4 20.4 79 4.0 21.6 204 4 297.5 300.3 294.7 341.8 15.28 2 950 537 20.7 18.2 86 2.5 19.0 203 10 298.2 300.8 294.0 338.9 14.00 3 900 1004 18.7 15.0 79 3.7 16.3 206 14 300.8 303.0 293.3 336.1 12.03 4 850 1494 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 215 14 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.6 10.94 5 800 2008 13.2 9.9 80 3.3 11.1 220 15 305.2 307.0 292.8 334.0 9.59 6 750 2549 9.8 7.5 85 2.3 8.4 219 18 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.5 8.68 7 700 3120 6.8 4.2 83 2.6 5.4 216 14 310.1 311.5 292.5 332.9 7.43 8 650 3726 3.8 -2.8 62 6.5 0.5 252 10 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.4 4.79 9 600 4371 -1.3 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.8 279 14 314.7 315.5 291.5 329.2 4.58 10 550 5062 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.5 -3.8 240 19 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.6 5.17 11 500 5812 -6.6 -7.1 97 0.5 -6.8 215 27 325.0 325.9 294.3 339.9 4.50 12 450 6629 -11.6 -11.9 97 0.4 -11.7 213 30 328.7 329.4 294.4 340.3 3.41 13 400 7522 -17.3 -17.3 100 0.1 -17.3 221 33 332.5 333.0 294.6 341.1 2.45 14 350 8511 -23.7 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 214 42 336.7 337.1 294.9 342.5 1.61 15 300 9618 -32.3 -32.3 99 0.1 -32.3 220 54 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.1 0.84 16 250 10876 -43.0 -43.4 96 0.4 -43.0 223 60 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.5 0.33 17 200 12340 -54.3 -60.1 49 5.8 -54.4 222 65 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14144 -63.8 -76.3 17 12.5 -63.9 234 45 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16573 -70.2 -83.1 14 12.8 -70.3 229 25 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.19 m Freezing level: 612.63 mb = 4207.84 m = 13805.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.56 mb = 3818.89 m = 12529.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.82 mb = 593.75 m = 1947.96 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1484.29 m = 4869.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.66 mb = 940.79 m = 3086.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.66 mb = 2419.55 m = 7938.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.66 mb = 5478.46 m = 17973.72 ft B at Equ Level: 106.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 351.66 mb = 8475.64 m = 27806.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -7.2 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.26 Bulk Shear: 11.56 m/s