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: 34.45,-80.99 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -80.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 994 127 25.0 20.2 75 4.8 21.6 306 1 298.7 301.4 295.0 342.8 15.17 2 950 530 24.7 17.3 63 7.4 19.6 210 8 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.3 13.21 3 900 1002 20.6 16.3 76 4.3 17.7 220 13 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.09 4 850 1494 16.5 15.0 91 1.4 15.5 225 15 303.4 305.8 294.6 341.3 12.76 5 800 2009 13.4 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 224 15 305.5 307.6 294.2 339.5 11.35 6 750 2551 10.9 7.0 77 3.8 8.6 214 15 308.4 310.0 292.8 334.1 8.43 7 700 3124 7.6 4.6 81 3.1 5.9 208 21 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.4 7.61 8 650 3731 2.6 2.1 96 0.6 2.3 204 26 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.2 6.85 9 600 4375 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 200 25 315.3 316.5 292.8 334.0 5.90 10 550 5068 -4.0 -4.6 96 0.5 -4.3 200 26 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.3 4.96 11 500 5815 -7.9 -8.8 94 0.9 -8.3 200 27 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.94 12 450 6627 -12.7 -13.3 95 0.6 -13.0 205 28 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.6 3.05 13 400 7517 -18.1 -18.2 99 0.1 -18.1 209 30 331.5 331.9 294.1 339.4 2.28 14 350 8501 -24.9 -24.9 100 0.0 -24.9 209 42 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.4 1.45 15 300 9605 -32.9 -32.9 100 -0.0 -32.9 215 51 339.0 339.1 294.8 342.0 0.80 16 250 10861 -43.3 -43.3 100 -0.0 -43.3 225 63 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.33 17 200 12325 -53.6 -64.8 24 11.2 -53.8 225 68 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14132 -64.7 -75.8 20 11.1 -64.7 217 47 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16570 -68.8 -82.9 11 14.2 -68.8 248 28 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.30 m Freezing level: 610.11 mb = 4245.00 m = 13926.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.24 mb = 4186.42 m = 13734.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.88 mb = 745.19 m = 2444.82 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1607.95 m = 5275.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.93 mb = 1334.19 m = 4377.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.93 mb = 2319.66 m = 7610.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.93 mb = 9582.97 m = 31439.81 ft B at Equ Level: 389.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.93 mb = 13311.49 m = 43672.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 14.37 Bulk Shear: 27.17 m/s