MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.55,-79.36 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -79.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -159 SFC 982 -0 27.1 25.2 89 1.9 25.7 192 19 301.8 305.6 299.4 363.7 20.92 2 950 295 24.1 23.2 95 0.9 23.5 199 26 301.6 305.2 298.4 358.4 19.23 3 900 768 21.4 21.0 97 0.4 21.1 204 27 303.6 306.8 297.9 356.0 17.63 4 850 1264 19.4 18.6 95 0.8 18.8 209 26 306.4 309.4 297.6 354.7 16.07 5 800 1785 17.5 16.1 92 1.4 16.5 205 23 309.8 312.5 297.5 353.9 14.51 6 750 2337 15.1 13.4 90 1.6 14.0 204 25 312.9 315.4 297.3 353.2 13.04 7 700 2920 12.3 10.8 90 1.6 11.3 211 27 316.2 318.4 297.2 352.7 11.68 8 650 3540 9.6 7.8 88 1.8 8.5 219 27 319.8 321.8 297.1 352.5 10.28 9 600 4202 6.4 4.7 89 1.8 5.4 224 24 323.5 325.3 297.1 352.4 8.95 10 550 4913 2.9 1.2 88 1.7 1.9 232 25 327.5 329.1 297.2 352.6 7.62 11 500 5681 -0.6 -2.9 85 2.3 -1.9 242 24 332.3 333.6 297.3 353.2 6.21 12 450 6518 -4.2 -8.1 74 4.0 -6.1 244 22 338.0 339.0 297.5 354.0 4.62 13 400 7440 -8.9 -14.6 63 5.7 -11.3 261 17 343.4 344.1 297.6 354.5 3.08 14 350 8460 -15.9 -20.6 67 4.8 -17.5 282 19 347.4 347.8 297.7 355.2 2.11 15 300 9605 -23.5 -30.4 53 6.9 -25.1 273 17 352.3 352.5 298.0 356.2 1.02 16 250 10909 -34.7 -44.1 38 9.4 -35.8 248 23 354.5 354.5 297.8 355.7 0.31 17 200 12424 -47.8 -56.4 36 8.6 -48.2 228 22 357.0 357.0 298.2 357.4 0.09 18 150 14255 -63.3 -71.0 35 7.6 -63.4 251 17 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.02 19 100 16667 -72.6 -82.0 23 9.4 -72.6 170 10 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.01 m Freezing level: 508.55 mb = 5549.39 m = 18206.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 524.74 mb = 5291.62 m = 17360.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.62 mb = 242.76 m = 796.45 ft T: 24.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.28 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 621.06 m = 2037.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.58 mb = 570.13 m = 1870.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.58 mb = 713.86 m = 2342.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.58 mb = 6247.80 m = 20497.77 ft B at Equ Level: 79.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.58 mb = 13625.86 m = 44703.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 246.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.8 neg: -12.7 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.62 Bulk Shear: 8.68 m/s