MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 31.1,-78.82 Latitude: 31.10 Longitude: -78.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 1 27.5 22.9 76 4.6 24.2 119 11 299.4 302.6 296.8 350.9 17.63 1 1000 130 26.3 21.1 73 5.2 22.6 119 12 299.5 302.4 295.7 346.1 15.96 2 950 581 22.7 18.3 76 4.4 19.6 122 12 300.2 302.8 294.7 341.4 14.06 3 900 1051 19.7 15.7 78 3.9 17.0 127 12 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.9 12.59 4 850 1542 17.0 13.7 81 3.3 14.8 130 12 304.0 306.1 294.0 338.8 11.70 5 800 2057 14.2 11.3 83 2.9 12.3 135 12 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.1 10.58 6 750 2600 11.1 8.1 82 3.0 9.2 142 12 308.6 310.3 293.4 336.2 9.07 7 700 3174 7.5 4.5 81 3.0 5.8 152 13 310.8 312.2 292.8 334.1 7.55 8 650 3781 3.8 2.4 91 1.4 3.0 166 12 313.2 314.6 293.1 335.2 7.03 9 600 4428 0.3 -0.1 97 0.4 0.1 184 11 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.7 6.36 10 550 5122 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.5 -3.3 215 10 320.4 321.5 293.7 337.7 5.35 11 500 5872 -7.0 -7.8 94 0.8 -7.4 220 10 324.6 325.4 294.0 338.7 4.26 12 450 6688 -11.4 -12.1 95 0.6 -11.7 198 14 328.9 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.37 13 400 7582 -16.6 -16.8 98 0.2 -16.7 177 19 333.4 333.9 294.9 342.3 2.56 14 350 8574 -22.8 -22.8 100 0.0 -22.8 170 24 338.1 338.4 295.4 344.4 1.75 15 300 9687 -30.5 -30.5 100 -0.0 -30.5 183 30 342.4 342.6 295.8 346.2 1.01 16 250 10955 -41.0 -40.9 100 -0.0 -40.9 184 43 345.2 345.3 295.9 346.9 0.43 17 200 12430 -53.6 -53.6 100 0.0 -53.6 190 63 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.4 0.13 18 150 14229 -64.2 -75.5 20 11.3 -64.3 227 38 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16652 -72.8 -82.6 21 9.8 -72.9 209 14 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.58 m Freezing level: 595.11 mb = 4495.64 m = 14749.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.02 mb = 4454.09 m = 14612.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.79 mb = 583.13 m = 1913.14 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1470.89 m = 4825.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.15 mb = 1029.85 m = 3378.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.15 mb = 2410.20 m = 7907.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.15 mb = 8218.42 m = 26962.99 ft B at Equ Level: 264.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.15 mb = 11886.41 m = 38996.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 187.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 35.74 Bulk Shear: 7.43 m/s