MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 27.7 16.4 50 11.3 20.1 181 6 300.2 302.4 292.9 334.5 11.69 1 1000 130 29.2 16.2 46 13.0 20.4 183 11 302.4 304.5 293.6 336.9 11.68 2 950 586 26.7 14.7 48 12.0 18.7 205 13 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.5 11.13 3 900 1060 22.4 13.6 58 8.8 16.6 220 12 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.3 10.95 4 850 1554 17.9 12.3 70 5.6 14.3 232 11 304.9 306.9 293.5 336.7 10.63 5 800 2070 13.7 10.2 79 3.5 11.5 238 10 305.8 307.6 293.2 335.3 9.83 6 750 2611 10.4 5.3 71 5.1 7.4 243 11 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.6 7.46 7 700 3183 7.5 0.2 60 7.3 3.6 257 12 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.55 8 650 3790 3.8 -5.0 53 8.8 -0.4 266 16 313.3 314.1 290.6 326.2 4.07 9 600 4436 0.8 -11.7 39 12.4 -4.4 266 19 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.6 2.61 10 550 5132 -1.1 -21.4 20 20.3 -7.9 255 26 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.1 1.25 11 500 5886 -5.7 -21.3 28 15.6 -10.8 246 32 326.1 326.3 292.0 331.0 1.40 12 450 6703 -11.1 -16.6 63 5.6 -13.0 249 29 329.3 329.8 293.7 337.4 2.32 13 400 7598 -16.2 -21.8 62 5.5 -17.9 255 28 333.9 334.2 294.3 339.9 1.68 14 350 8591 -22.8 -38.1 23 15.3 -25.4 251 31 338.1 338.1 294.2 339.6 0.41 15 300 9700 -32.0 -38.9 50 6.9 -32.9 251 25 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.0 0.44 16 250 10960 -41.9 -48.3 50 6.4 -42.3 253 28 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.19 17 200 12428 -54.6 -56.9 75 2.3 -54.7 284 29 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14223 -66.6 -77.2 21 10.6 -66.7 256 27 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16625 -70.8 -82.1 17 11.3 -70.9 287 20 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.76 m Freezing level: 579.81 mb = 4716.98 m = 15475.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.90 mb = 3728.14 m = 12231.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.88 mb = 1514.60 m = 4969.10 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2406.09 m = 7893.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3699.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.18 mb = 2004.32 m = 6575.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 41.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 24.43 m/s