MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 33.98,-81.94 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 998 151 29.6 17.5 48 12.1 21.3 57 8 302.9 305.3 294.5 340.6 12.74 2 950 589 23.6 16.0 62 7.6 18.5 58 13 301.1 303.4 293.5 336.8 12.12 3 900 1058 19.1 15.0 77 4.1 16.4 59 13 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.5 11.98 4 850 1547 14.7 13.9 95 0.7 14.2 59 12 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.87 5 800 2057 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.1 62 11 302.5 304.3 291.9 330.8 9.53 6 750 2595 9.7 1.0 54 8.7 5.1 66 10 307.1 308.1 289.9 323.9 5.47 7 700 3165 6.6 -5.5 42 12.1 0.9 68 8 309.8 310.4 289.1 321.2 3.63 8 650 3769 3.5 -11.9 31 15.4 -2.7 90 4 313.0 313.4 288.9 320.6 2.37 9 600 4415 0.2 -17.2 26 17.4 -6.0 119 2 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.8 1.65 10 550 5106 -3.6 -32.3 9 28.7 -10.6 303 1 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.4 0.46 11 500 5852 -7.9 -36.1 8 28.1 -13.9 279 2 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.35 12 450 6664 -11.9 -48.0 3 36.0 -17.4 278 6 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.11 13 400 7554 -18.6 -52.6 3 34.1 -22.5 273 5 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07 14 350 8534 -26.1 -55.9 4 29.7 -28.7 216 9 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 15 300 9630 -34.3 -59.4 6 25.0 -35.8 201 20 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 16 250 10880 -43.4 -57.8 19 14.4 -44.0 193 41 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.06 17 200 12348 -52.8 -63.7 26 10.9 -53.1 194 63 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14179 -59.4 -80.1 5 20.6 -59.6 212 26 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16638 -68.8 -82.4 12 13.6 -68.9 245 9 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.63 m Freezing level: 597.71 mb = 4446.23 m = 14587.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.63 mb = 3310.23 m = 10860.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.85 mb = 1668.06 m = 5472.56 ft T: 13.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1591.46 m = 5221.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 24.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.15 mb = 1585.04 m = 5200.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.15 mb = 1634.93 m = 5363.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 491.15 mb = 5989.90 m = 19651.67 ft B at Equ Level: 68.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.15 mb = 9370.07 m = 30741.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.5 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 93.5 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.30 Bulk Shear: 2.26 m/s