MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.02,-76.18 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -76.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 27.6 24.1 81 3.5 25.0 183 17 299.7 303.2 297.8 355.4 19.02 1 1000 110 26.6 22.5 78 4.1 23.6 184 20 299.7 302.9 296.8 350.6 17.39 2 950 561 23.2 19.0 78 4.1 20.3 191 23 300.7 303.4 295.3 344.0 14.76 3 900 1032 20.4 16.3 77 4.1 17.6 197 23 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.05 4 850 1524 17.9 13.8 77 4.1 15.2 201 24 304.9 307.1 294.3 340.1 11.78 5 800 2042 15.0 11.4 79 3.6 12.7 204 25 307.2 309.2 294.1 339.4 10.67 6 750 2586 11.8 8.8 82 2.9 9.9 207 25 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.5 9.55 7 700 3161 8.0 6.5 90 1.5 7.1 208 26 311.3 313.0 293.9 338.1 8.69 8 650 3770 4.7 4.2 96 0.6 4.4 211 26 314.3 315.8 294.1 339.2 7.96 9 600 4420 1.2 1.0 99 0.2 1.1 209 22 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.3 6.89 10 550 5117 -2.1 -3.5 90 1.4 -2.8 207 22 321.6 322.6 294.1 339.1 5.39 11 500 5870 -6.2 -9.1 80 3.0 -7.5 207 24 325.5 326.3 293.9 338.3 3.83 12 450 6687 -11.1 -14.8 74 3.7 -12.5 211 21 329.3 329.9 294.0 338.6 2.70 13 400 7582 -16.6 -19.0 82 2.4 -17.4 213 23 333.4 333.9 294.6 341.0 2.14 14 350 8573 -23.3 -25.1 85 1.8 -23.7 215 25 337.4 337.7 295.0 342.6 1.43 15 300 9683 -31.3 -32.7 88 1.4 -31.6 212 28 341.2 341.4 295.3 344.3 0.81 16 250 10947 -41.6 -41.6 100 0.0 -41.6 210 31 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.40 17 200 12418 -54.0 -54.9 90 0.9 -54.1 217 33 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.11 18 150 14202 -67.5 -70.5 65 3.0 -67.5 209 28 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16614 -72.0 -82.9 18 10.9 -72.1 241 11 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.16 m Freezing level: 581.99 mb = 4671.15 m = 15325.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.11 mb = 4607.79 m = 15117.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.05 mb = 441.01 m = 1446.86 ft T: 24.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 17.36 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1457.33 m = 4781.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 508.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.99 mb = 964.30 m = 3163.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.99 mb = 2342.54 m = 7685.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.99 mb = 11439.47 m = 37530.63 ft B at Equ Level: 507.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.99 mb = 14962.97 m = 49090.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 69.64 Bulk Shear: 7.29 m/s