MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 29.8,-78.47 Latitude: 29.80 Longitude: -78.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 27.7 23.7 79 4.0 24.8 175 10 299.8 303.1 297.5 354.0 18.51 1 1000 117 27.0 21.9 74 5.1 23.3 175 12 300.2 303.2 296.5 349.3 16.78 2 950 570 23.6 18.9 75 4.7 20.4 181 12 301.2 303.8 295.3 344.2 14.64 3 900 1041 20.6 16.6 78 4.0 17.8 189 12 302.7 305.2 294.8 342.1 13.30 4 850 1533 17.8 14.2 79 3.6 15.4 189 12 304.8 307.0 294.5 340.8 12.05 5 800 2051 15.1 11.2 77 3.9 12.6 187 14 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.9 10.48 6 750 2595 12.0 8.3 78 3.7 9.7 187 16 309.6 311.3 293.8 337.8 9.22 7 700 3171 8.7 5.3 79 3.4 6.7 189 17 312.1 313.6 293.6 336.9 8.00 8 650 3781 5.2 0.9 74 4.3 2.9 194 18 314.9 316.1 293.0 334.8 6.31 9 600 4431 1.4 -3.4 70 4.8 -1.0 201 19 317.7 318.7 292.7 333.7 4.96 10 550 5127 -2.7 -8.8 63 6.2 -5.4 203 21 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.7 3.57 11 500 5876 -7.0 -14.4 56 7.4 -9.8 195 23 324.5 325.0 292.5 333.0 2.52 12 450 6692 -10.9 -18.7 53 7.8 -13.6 191 25 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.2 1.94 13 400 7587 -16.5 -22.1 62 5.6 -18.1 201 26 333.6 333.9 294.1 339.4 1.63 14 350 8578 -23.2 -29.1 59 5.9 -24.5 202 24 337.5 337.7 294.6 341.1 0.99 15 300 9688 -31.5 -34.8 72 3.3 -32.0 203 21 341.0 341.2 295.1 343.5 0.66 16 250 10952 -41.1 -45.4 63 4.3 -41.4 189 21 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.1 0.27 17 200 12427 -53.6 -57.2 65 3.6 -53.7 215 20 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14214 -66.8 -71.2 54 4.3 -66.9 205 28 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16626 -72.5 -83.9 16 11.4 -72.5 212 13 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.75 m Freezing level: 582.85 mb = 4669.43 m = 15319.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.18 mb = 4254.39 m = 13957.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.95 mb = 514.59 m = 1688.26 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 21.30 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1495.88 m = 4907.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.61 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 466.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.65 mb = 1044.10 m = 3425.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.65 mb = 2543.27 m = 8343.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.65 mb = 10824.26 m = 35512.23 ft B at Equ Level: 464.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.65 mb = 14430.12 m = 47342.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 222.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 90.16 Bulk Shear: 5.17 m/s