MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.00,-81.15 Latitude: 32.00 Longitude: -81.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 21.3 20.5 95 0.8 20.8 347 13 294.1 296.8 293.8 337.8 15.30 1 1000 41 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 350 18 294.3 297.0 293.7 337.3 15.05 2 950 485 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 3 37 296.3 298.8 293.7 337.6 14.35 3 900 950 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 17.0 14 41 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.6 13.32 4 850 1439 15.4 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 14 37 302.2 304.6 294.1 339.4 12.57 5 800 1952 13.0 12.6 97 0.4 12.8 14 32 305.1 307.2 294.3 339.7 11.58 6 750 2494 10.5 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 13 29 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.8 10.14 7 700 3068 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 17 24 311.7 313.4 294.3 339.9 9.15 8 650 3678 5.4 4.4 93 1.1 4.8 22 23 315.1 316.7 294.4 340.4 8.08 9 600 4330 2.0 1.0 93 1.0 1.5 18 21 318.4 319.8 294.4 340.4 6.89 10 550 5028 -1.7 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.1 10 19 322.1 323.2 294.6 341.0 5.83 11 500 5782 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.7 20 18 326.4 327.4 295.0 342.7 4.91 12 450 6604 -9.3 -9.9 95 0.6 -9.5 30 15 331.6 332.4 295.6 345.2 4.02 13 400 7508 -13.7 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.9 2 4 337.2 337.8 296.3 348.5 3.22 14 350 8514 -18.9 -19.3 97 0.4 -19.1 137 10 343.2 343.7 297.0 351.8 2.37 15 300 9643 -27.4 -30.6 74 3.3 -28.0 133 6 346.8 347.0 296.8 350.6 1.00 16 250 10927 -37.0 -68.0 3 30.9 -38.5 260 20 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 17 200 12432 -48.7 -52.4 65 3.7 -48.8 207 18 355.7 355.7 298.0 356.3 0.15 18 150 14254 -63.9 -67.5 62 3.5 -64.0 220 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16659 -74.4 -81.1 35 6.7 -74.4 146 5 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.26 m Freezing level: 572.83 mb = 4709.39 m = 15450.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.47 mb = 4609.25 m = 15122.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.91 mb = 102.82 m = 337.34 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 0.93 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 743.57 m = 2439.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5023.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.79 mb = 532.27 m = 1746.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.6 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 43.6 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.2 neg: -38.4 tot: 135.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.01 Bulk Shear: 6.53 m/s