MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.51,-78.48 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -78.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 SFC 997 -0 25.8 24.3 91 1.5 24.7 173 44 299.2 302.8 298.0 356.2 19.50 2 950 424 21.0 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 181 60 298.5 301.4 295.8 346.1 16.38 3 900 891 18.4 18.2 99 0.1 18.3 188 61 300.4 303.1 295.3 343.9 14.82 4 850 1382 16.7 16.6 100 0.1 16.7 197 57 303.6 306.2 295.7 345.6 14.13 5 800 1898 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 184 53 306.9 309.4 295.9 346.8 13.25 6 750 2444 12.4 11.7 96 0.6 11.9 185 54 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.4 11.61 7 700 3022 10.1 8.0 86 2.2 8.8 194 56 313.7 315.5 295.2 343.6 9.64 8 650 3636 6.9 5.4 90 1.5 6.0 195 55 316.8 318.5 295.3 344.2 8.71 9 600 4291 3.1 2.3 94 0.8 2.7 197 53 319.8 321.2 295.3 344.0 7.58 10 550 4992 -0.7 -1.8 92 1.2 -1.3 207 54 323.3 324.5 295.1 343.2 6.11 11 500 5749 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 208 56 326.6 327.6 295.1 343.3 5.03 12 450 6570 -9.3 -9.6 97 0.3 -9.5 220 46 331.6 332.4 295.6 345.5 4.10 13 400 7477 -12.4 -15.4 79 2.9 -13.6 234 42 338.8 339.4 296.4 349.1 2.90 14 350 8485 -18.7 -20.0 90 1.3 -19.1 232 39 343.5 344.0 297.0 351.7 2.24 15 300 9618 -26.2 -28.6 80 2.4 -26.8 196 25 348.5 348.7 297.3 353.1 1.21 16 250 10912 -35.3 -44.4 39 9.1 -36.3 198 20 353.5 353.6 297.7 354.7 0.29 17 200 12424 -48.4 -60.1 24 11.8 -48.8 217 23 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.4 0.06 18 150 14249 -63.9 -66.6 69 2.7 -64.0 270 16 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16664 -72.4 -82.1 22 9.8 -72.4 183 8 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.13 m Freezing level: 558.60 mb = 4871.71 m = 15983.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 566.17 mb = 4758.84 m = 15612.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.53 mb = 191.89 m = 629.57 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.28 mb = 421.39 m = 1382.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.50 mb = 510.81 m = 1675.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 935.50 mb = 556.90 m = 1827.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 705.50 mb = 2956.12 m = 9698.43 ft B at Equ Level: 39.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.50 mb = 9018.69 m = 29588.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.2 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 224.2 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.5 neg: -92.7 tot: 259.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 4.86 Bulk Shear: 31.16 m/s