MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 30.32,-79.6 Latitude: 30.32 Longitude: -79.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -130 SFC 985 -0 26.5 25.5 94 1.0 25.7 351 57 300.9 304.8 299.4 363.6 21.23 2 950 323 23.1 22.6 97 0.5 22.8 1 78 300.6 304.0 297.7 354.9 18.49 3 900 794 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 8 81 302.8 305.9 297.3 352.9 16.92 4 850 1289 18.6 18.1 97 0.5 18.3 15 76 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.4 15.61 5 800 1809 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.3 18 68 309.0 311.8 297.3 353.2 14.54 6 750 2359 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 18 58 312.5 315.0 297.5 354.1 13.53 7 700 2942 12.3 11.6 96 0.7 11.9 13 50 316.1 318.5 297.7 354.7 12.37 8 650 3563 9.6 8.7 94 0.9 9.0 8 47 319.8 321.9 297.5 354.4 10.91 9 600 4225 6.3 5.4 94 0.9 5.7 3 47 323.4 325.3 297.4 353.8 9.41 10 550 4935 2.5 1.4 93 1.1 1.9 359 46 327.1 328.6 297.2 352.5 7.76 11 500 5702 -1.0 -2.2 92 1.2 -1.7 357 45 331.8 333.1 297.4 353.7 6.53 12 450 6537 -5.2 -6.1 93 0.9 -5.7 357 44 336.7 337.9 297.8 355.3 5.40 13 400 7454 -10.0 -10.9 93 0.9 -10.4 354 42 342.0 342.9 298.0 356.7 4.16 14 350 8472 -15.7 -16.9 90 1.2 -16.2 350 39 347.6 348.2 298.4 358.3 2.91 15 300 9617 -23.3 -24.0 94 0.7 -23.5 356 34 352.5 352.9 298.6 359.5 1.83 16 250 10923 -33.4 -33.5 99 0.1 -33.4 6 33 356.4 356.6 298.7 360.0 0.91 17 200 12447 -46.5 -46.5 100 -0.0 -46.5 1 34 359.1 359.2 298.8 360.3 0.29 18 150 14286 -62.9 -63.1 98 0.2 -62.9 354 35 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.9 0.05 19 100 16669 -76.2 -79.7 57 3.5 -76.2 55 6 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.17 m Freezing level: 514.35 mb = 5482.01 m = 17985.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 523.49 mb = 5332.70 m = 17495.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.23 mb = 127.89 m = 419.60 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.12 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 507.39 m = 1664.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.66 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.65 mb = 520.78 m = 1708.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.65 mb = 567.86 m = 1863.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 753.65 mb = 2317.83 m = 7604.33 ft B at Equ Level: 26.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.65 mb = 7382.81 m = 24221.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.8 at 57.0 knts Storm direction: 37.8 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.4 neg: -95.9 tot: 377.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 40.77 m/s