MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.02,-81.17 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -81.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 21.0 20.0 94 1.1 20.4 351 12 293.6 296.2 293.2 335.7 14.76 1 1000 72 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.9 354 21 293.9 296.5 293.1 335.1 14.46 2 950 515 18.0 18.0 100 -0.0 18.0 5 34 295.5 297.9 293.1 335.1 13.82 3 900 980 18.6 16.8 89 1.9 17.4 30 34 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.3 13.47 4 850 1470 16.3 14.9 91 1.4 15.3 39 29 303.2 305.5 294.4 340.6 12.59 5 800 1985 13.7 13.3 98 0.4 13.4 48 26 305.7 308.0 294.8 342.1 12.11 6 750 2528 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 48 23 308.4 310.4 294.6 341.0 10.74 7 700 3102 8.5 7.4 93 1.1 7.8 46 19 311.9 313.6 294.4 340.4 9.24 8 650 3713 5.2 4.3 94 1.0 4.6 25 16 314.9 316.4 294.3 340.0 8.02 9 600 4363 1.3 0.6 95 0.7 0.9 10 14 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.8 6.68 10 550 5061 -1.9 -2.9 93 1.0 -2.4 9 12 321.8 322.9 294.3 340.0 5.61 11 500 5814 -6.1 -10.0 74 3.9 -7.8 357 11 325.6 326.3 293.7 337.5 3.57 12 450 6633 -9.4 -29.8 17 20.4 -14.6 351 8 331.4 331.5 292.8 334.0 0.72 13 400 7535 -14.0 -53.7 2 39.7 -19.4 300 17 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.06 14 350 8535 -21.0 -57.0 2 36.0 -24.8 298 23 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 15 300 9656 -27.0 -62.8 2 35.8 -29.8 257 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 16 250 10948 -36.1 -45.7 36 9.6 -37.1 222 14 352.4 352.5 297.4 353.5 0.26 17 200 12454 -49.1 -53.1 63 3.9 -49.3 213 16 355.0 355.0 297.8 355.6 0.14 18 150 14271 -64.8 -65.3 94 0.4 -64.8 207 26 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.6 0.04 19 100 16687 -73.7 -81.6 29 7.9 -73.7 145 13 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.54 m Freezing level: 580.05 mb = 4641.63 m = 15228.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.55 mb = 4545.12 m = 14911.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.90 mb = 142.55 m = 467.67 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.08 mb = 468.96 m = 1538.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.74 C = 72.93 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 2.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5334.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.31 mb = 548.47 m = 1799.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 26.5 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 56.5 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.5 neg: -4.9 tot: 213.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 18.65 m/s