MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.09,-81.23 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -81.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 20.9 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 13 12 293.5 296.3 293.4 336.6 15.12 1 1000 72 20.8 20.0 96 0.7 20.3 17 20 293.9 296.6 293.4 336.4 14.91 2 950 515 18.5 18.5 100 -0.0 18.5 30 35 296.0 298.5 293.6 337.0 14.27 3 900 981 18.2 18.1 100 0.0 18.1 64 38 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.3 14.70 4 850 1471 16.5 15.9 96 0.6 16.1 75 33 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.4 13.47 5 800 1987 14.4 12.6 89 1.7 13.2 75 29 306.5 308.6 294.6 341.2 11.56 6 750 2531 12.0 9.8 87 2.2 10.6 68 26 309.6 311.5 294.5 340.7 10.21 7 700 3108 9.2 6.7 84 2.5 7.7 54 23 312.7 314.4 294.3 340.1 8.84 8 650 3720 5.8 3.6 86 2.1 4.5 46 21 315.5 317.0 294.2 339.6 7.67 9 600 4371 1.6 0.8 95 0.8 1.1 46 18 317.9 319.2 294.2 339.5 6.77 10 550 5069 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.4 -2.1 50 15 322.5 323.6 294.6 340.9 5.67 11 500 5825 -4.7 -10.1 66 5.4 -7.1 33 10 327.3 328.0 294.1 339.3 3.56 12 450 6647 -9.7 -13.8 72 4.1 -11.3 353 3 331.0 331.6 294.6 341.1 2.93 13 400 7547 -14.7 -16.6 85 2.0 -15.4 172 3 335.9 336.5 295.6 345.1 2.61 14 350 8548 -20.4 -21.1 94 0.7 -20.6 184 17 341.3 341.7 296.3 348.7 2.03 15 300 9673 -27.6 -27.9 97 0.3 -27.6 162 30 346.5 346.8 296.9 351.4 1.28 16 250 10962 -37.0 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.4 177 40 351.0 351.1 297.3 352.9 0.46 17 200 12464 -49.4 -56.9 41 7.5 -49.7 190 45 354.5 354.5 297.7 354.8 0.09 18 150 14284 -64.0 -74.9 21 10.9 -64.1 222 33 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -73.3 -81.8 26 8.5 -73.3 176 12 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.82 m Freezing level: 573.45 mb = 4741.66 m = 15556.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.58 mb = 4607.25 m = 15115.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.26 mb = 87.42 m = 286.80 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 3.91 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.91 mb = 407.82 m = 1337.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.87 C = 73.17 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 2.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.74 mb = 490.65 m = 1609.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.74 mb = 536.02 m = 1758.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 937.74 mb = 627.32 m = 2058.10 ft B at Equ Level: 22.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 867.74 mb = 1293.81 m = 4244.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 54.9 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 84.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.1 neg: -31.8 tot: 266.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 23.45 m/s