MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 29.72,-79.02 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -79.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -74 SFC 992 -0 27.2 25.5 90 1.7 25.9 91 11 301.0 304.9 299.3 363.3 21.08 2 950 380 23.6 23.3 98 0.3 23.4 99 17 301.1 304.7 298.3 358.1 19.31 3 900 853 22.1 20.8 93 1.2 21.2 108 19 304.2 307.5 298.0 356.3 17.47 4 850 1350 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.0 123 18 307.3 310.3 297.8 355.4 15.94 5 800 1873 18.1 15.9 87 2.2 16.5 141 14 310.4 313.1 297.5 354.1 14.31 6 750 2425 15.8 13.4 86 2.4 14.1 153 11 313.7 316.2 297.4 353.8 12.96 7 700 3010 13.2 10.6 84 2.6 11.5 165 9 317.1 319.3 297.4 353.4 11.57 8 650 3631 9.9 7.4 84 2.5 8.3 190 9 320.2 322.1 297.1 352.0 10.01 9 600 4294 6.7 4.0 83 2.7 5.1 210 12 323.9 325.6 297.0 351.5 8.54 10 550 5005 2.8 0.7 86 2.1 1.6 201 14 327.4 328.8 297.0 351.6 7.35 11 500 5772 -1.6 -2.7 92 1.1 -2.2 191 16 331.1 332.4 297.1 352.1 6.28 12 450 6605 -6.1 -6.9 94 0.9 -6.5 185 14 335.6 336.7 297.3 353.0 5.06 13 400 7519 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.1 -12.1 204 9 340.0 340.7 297.2 352.7 3.61 14 350 8531 -17.6 -20.3 79 2.7 -18.6 225 11 345.0 345.5 297.3 353.0 2.17 15 300 9668 -25.8 -30.6 64 4.8 -26.9 217 17 349.0 349.2 297.3 352.9 1.00 16 250 10960 -36.6 -37.8 89 1.2 -36.8 217 19 351.6 351.7 297.5 354.0 0.59 17 200 12464 -49.1 -49.4 97 0.3 -49.1 229 23 355.0 355.0 297.9 355.9 0.21 18 150 14282 -65.1 -66.5 82 1.5 -65.1 224 20 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.2 0.03 19 100 16682 -71.9 -82.6 19 10.6 -72.0 155 8 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.59 m Freezing level: 518.10 mb = 5494.06 m = 18024.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 528.97 mb = 5318.56 m = 17449.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.91 C = 93.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.94 mb = 214.35 m = 703.25 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 739.60 m = 2426.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.30 mb = 572.42 m = 1877.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.30 mb = 3448.52 m = 11313.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.30 mb = 14511.69 m = 47609.94 ft B at Equ Level: 622.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.9 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 188.9 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 60.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 22.46 Bulk Shear: 28.91 m/s