MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.15,-81.54 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -81.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 31 22.6 20.5 88 2.1 21.1 358 12 295.4 298.2 294.1 339.3 15.27 1 1000 62 22.1 20.2 89 2.0 20.8 360 16 295.3 298.0 293.9 338.4 15.03 2 950 506 18.6 18.6 100 -0.0 18.7 9 31 296.1 298.7 293.7 337.4 14.36 3 900 970 17.0 16.8 98 0.3 16.8 29 36 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.3 13.45 4 850 1458 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 15.0 33 32 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.2 12.45 5 800 1972 13.4 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 28 30 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.9 10.83 6 750 2514 11.0 8.3 83 2.7 9.3 21 28 308.5 310.2 293.4 336.4 9.18 7 700 3088 8.0 5.2 82 2.8 6.4 21 21 311.4 312.9 293.3 336.0 7.96 8 650 3697 4.4 2.7 88 1.8 3.4 5 18 314.0 315.3 293.4 336.3 7.15 9 600 4346 1.3 0.2 92 1.1 0.7 343 24 317.6 318.9 293.9 338.2 6.47 10 550 5044 -1.9 -4.0 85 2.1 -3.0 350 16 321.8 322.9 294.0 338.7 5.17 11 500 5797 -5.9 -7.0 92 1.1 -6.4 15 10 325.9 326.8 294.5 340.9 4.52 12 450 6617 -9.7 -10.6 93 0.9 -10.1 86 13 331.1 331.9 295.3 344.1 3.81 13 400 7520 -14.4 -15.5 91 1.2 -14.8 110 17 336.3 336.9 295.8 346.3 2.85 14 350 8521 -20.2 -21.4 90 1.2 -20.5 117 17 341.6 342.0 296.4 348.8 1.98 15 300 9645 -27.7 -54.5 6 26.8 -30.2 240 16 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.08 16 250 10935 -36.1 -49.9 23 13.8 -37.3 213 28 352.4 352.4 297.3 353.0 0.16 17 200 12440 -49.5 -61.6 23 12.1 -49.8 204 26 354.4 354.5 297.6 354.7 0.05 18 150 14263 -64.0 -68.6 53 4.6 -64.1 222 30 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16670 -73.9 -82.0 28 8.1 -73.9 182 6 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.60 m Freezing level: 579.55 mb = 4631.55 m = 15195.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.86 mb = 4469.31 m = 14662.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.36 mb = 295.37 m = 969.04 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.39 mb = 502.16 m = 1647.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.47 mb = 555.87 m = 1823.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.47 mb = 601.45 m = 1973.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 919.47 mb = 786.20 m = 2579.36 ft B at Equ Level: 14.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 839.47 mb = 1563.62 m = 5129.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.0 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 44.0 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.3 neg: -38.0 tot: 103.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 1.49 m/s