MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.98,-80.62 Latitude: 32.98 Longitude: -80.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 25 20.7 20.1 96 0.6 20.3 16 12 293.3 295.9 293.2 335.6 14.87 1 1000 81 20.5 19.8 96 0.7 20.0 18 20 293.6 296.3 293.2 335.4 14.65 2 950 524 18.1 18.1 100 -0.0 18.1 28 35 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.5 13.91 3 900 988 17.6 16.8 95 0.8 17.0 52 33 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.9 13.46 4 850 1477 15.5 14.4 93 1.1 14.8 64 29 302.3 304.6 293.9 338.5 12.22 5 800 1990 12.9 12.3 96 0.6 12.5 74 28 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.31 6 750 2532 10.5 10.1 98 0.4 10.2 82 26 307.9 309.9 294.2 339.5 10.41 7 700 3105 7.5 7.4 99 0.1 7.4 87 24 310.8 312.5 294.1 339.2 9.27 8 650 3714 4.5 4.5 100 0.0 4.5 86 22 314.1 315.7 294.2 339.5 8.15 9 600 4363 1.1 1.1 100 0.0 1.1 91 19 317.4 318.8 294.2 339.5 6.94 10 550 5060 -1.9 -2.1 99 0.2 -2.0 93 14 321.8 323.0 294.6 341.2 5.98 11 500 5814 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.5 101 7 326.5 327.5 295.0 343.0 4.99 12 450 6635 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.6 -10.1 148 4 330.8 331.6 295.3 343.9 3.84 13 400 7535 -15.1 -16.0 93 0.9 -15.4 106 5 335.4 336.0 295.6 345.1 2.76 14 350 8533 -21.2 -21.6 96 0.4 -21.4 134 8 340.1 340.5 296.0 347.2 1.94 15 300 9653 -28.7 -31.9 74 3.2 -29.3 219 25 345.0 345.2 296.3 348.4 0.88 16 250 10938 -37.1 -38.2 89 1.1 -37.2 181 34 350.9 351.0 297.3 353.1 0.56 17 200 12441 -49.3 -56.0 46 6.7 -49.6 208 34 354.7 354.7 297.7 355.1 0.10 18 150 14263 -63.9 -65.5 80 1.7 -63.9 221 41 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.04 19 100 16662 -73.5 -82.5 24 8.9 -73.6 269 8 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.58 m Freezing level: 581.39 mb = 4622.79 m = 15166.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.10 mb = 4606.05 m = 15111.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.33 mb = 95.87 m = 314.54 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.25 mb = 467.46 m = 1533.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.72 C = 72.89 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.63 mb = 518.33 m = 1700.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.63 mb = 563.66 m = 1849.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.63 mb = 654.99 m = 2148.88 ft B at Equ Level: 20.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.63 mb = 1321.18 m = 4334.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.0 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 101.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 52.19 m/s