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: 34.1,-84.46 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -84.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 971 335 27.2 15.2 48 12.0 19.1 249 4 302.9 305.0 293.4 336.2 11.23 2 950 525 25.1 14.2 51 10.9 17.9 247 6 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.6 10.76 3 900 996 20.6 13.2 62 7.4 15.8 244 5 302.8 304.7 292.9 334.4 10.66 4 850 1487 16.1 12.0 77 4.1 13.4 235 4 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.9 10.40 5 800 1999 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.5 217 3 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.0 9.48 6 750 2537 7.9 6.3 90 1.6 7.0 218 4 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.3 8.02 7 700 3104 5.9 -4.9 46 10.8 0.8 225 12 309.1 309.8 289.0 321.0 3.80 8 650 3707 2.7 -10.9 36 13.6 -2.9 221 15 312.0 312.5 288.8 320.3 2.56 9 600 4350 -0.9 -18.9 24 18.0 -7.0 212 16 315.1 315.4 288.7 319.9 1.43 10 550 5039 -5.0 -29.7 12 24.7 -11.2 209 20 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.59 11 500 5780 -10.3 -45.5 4 35.2 -15.8 209 23 320.5 320.6 289.0 321.0 0.13 12 450 6582 -15.7 -39.8 11 24.2 -19.7 223 36 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.27 13 400 7463 -19.3 -20.9 87 1.6 -19.8 216 60 329.9 330.3 293.4 336.2 1.81 14 350 8445 -26.3 -26.4 99 0.2 -26.3 207 61 333.3 333.6 293.8 337.9 1.26 15 300 9540 -34.3 -45.8 30 11.5 -35.4 207 72 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.21 16 250 10789 -43.9 -47.6 67 3.7 -44.2 203 78 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12256 -52.2 -68.2 13 16.0 -52.5 214 71 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14079 -60.7 -76.9 10 16.2 -60.9 221 46 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16553 -67.7 -82.7 10 15.0 -67.8 257 21 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.10 m Freezing level: 612.00 mb = 4195.86 m = 13765.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.80 mb = 3235.41 m = 10614.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.54 mb = 1847.18 m = 6060.24 ft T: 13.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2046.35 m = 6713.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 27.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.74 mb = 1918.12 m = 6292.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.74 mb = 2288.07 m = 7506.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 422.74 mb = 7049.52 m = 23128.08 ft B at Equ Level: 95.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 332.74 mb = 8803.93 m = 28883.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.74 Bulk Shear: 9.88 m/s