MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 33.95,-83.35 Latitude: 33.95 Longitude: -83.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 986 217 28.2 17.1 51 11.1 20.5 323 1 302.6 304.9 294.2 339.6 12.52 2 950 542 24.4 15.3 57 9.1 18.3 327 2 301.9 304.1 293.3 336.0 11.55 3 900 1012 19.9 14.2 69 5.7 16.1 320 4 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.6 11.36 4 850 1502 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.7 311 6 302.4 304.4 293.0 334.6 10.88 5 800 2014 11.9 8.8 81 3.1 10.0 297 9 303.9 305.5 291.9 330.6 8.94 6 750 2552 8.8 3.7 70 5.1 6.0 297 8 306.2 307.4 290.7 326.5 6.68 7 700 3120 4.7 1.1 77 3.7 2.8 282 6 307.7 308.8 290.5 325.9 5.91 8 650 3720 0.5 -3.4 75 3.8 -1.4 261 6 309.5 310.3 289.9 323.8 4.58 9 600 4358 -2.5 -11.4 51 8.8 -6.0 270 8 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.8 2.67 10 550 5044 -5.9 -22.2 26 16.4 -10.8 292 13 317.1 317.4 289.1 321.1 1.17 11 500 5785 -9.7 -30.1 17 20.5 -14.5 292 18 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.5 0.62 12 450 6590 -14.5 -36.2 14 21.7 -18.6 283 23 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.39 13 400 7474 -19.2 -41.7 12 22.5 -22.6 266 31 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.25 14 350 8455 -25.8 -54.7 5 28.9 -28.4 260 34 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 15 300 9553 -33.1 -60.0 5 26.9 -34.7 252 33 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 16 250 10812 -41.9 -63.8 7 22.0 -42.7 239 36 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 17 200 12292 -51.0 -70.5 8 19.5 -51.4 250 34 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14125 -60.0 -78.6 7 18.6 -60.2 252 23 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16582 -67.9 -82.9 10 14.9 -68.1 226 13 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.26 m Freezing level: 642.36 mb = 3817.15 m = 12523.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3514.71 m = 11531.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.47 mb = 1617.27 m = 5305.94 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1860.76 m = 6104.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.47 mb = 1698.28 m = 5571.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.47 mb = 2166.86 m = 7109.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.47 mb = 7372.14 m = 24186.50 ft B at Equ Level: 298.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.47 mb = 10662.82 m = 34982.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 320.1 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -3.6 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.21 Bulk Shear: 6.80 m/s