MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 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 1009 67 24.1 20.8 82 3.3 21.8 186 8 296.6 299.4 294.6 341.3 15.52 1 1000 141 24.5 20.6 79 3.9 21.8 188 14 297.7 300.5 294.9 342.6 15.49 2 950 592 24.9 17.7 65 7.1 19.9 200 19 302.4 304.9 294.9 342.5 13.57 3 900 1065 21.6 14.7 65 6.9 17.0 213 14 303.8 305.9 294.0 338.8 11.78 4 850 1558 17.9 12.4 70 5.5 14.3 232 12 304.9 306.8 293.5 336.8 10.69 5 800 2074 14.2 8.9 70 5.3 10.9 248 12 306.3 308.0 292.6 333.4 8.97 6 750 2617 11.5 2.9 56 8.6 6.6 248 11 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.4 6.29 7 700 3190 8.3 -0.9 53 9.1 3.5 232 11 311.6 312.6 291.0 327.7 5.13 8 650 3798 4.0 -1.5 68 5.4 1.2 248 12 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.2 5.30 9 600 4445 0.4 -3.9 72 4.4 -1.7 259 14 316.6 317.6 292.2 331.9 4.77 10 550 5139 -2.7 -10.9 53 8.2 -6.2 255 20 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.9 3.02 11 500 5890 -6.6 -13.6 57 7.0 -9.4 246 27 324.9 325.5 292.8 334.0 2.67 12 450 6706 -11.4 -17.7 60 6.3 -13.6 236 27 328.9 329.3 293.4 336.2 2.12 13 400 7600 -17.0 -23.7 56 6.7 -18.9 238 26 332.9 333.2 293.8 337.9 1.41 14 350 8590 -23.2 -38.5 23 15.3 -25.7 236 36 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.39 15 300 9698 -31.4 -43.7 29 12.3 -32.8 239 30 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.2 0.26 16 250 10963 -41.2 -51.3 33 10.1 -41.9 243 30 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.14 17 200 12434 -54.2 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 278 32 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14228 -66.5 -74.5 31 8.0 -66.5 242 32 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -70.8 -82.2 17 11.3 -70.9 294 14 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.50 m Freezing level: 592.99 mb = 4542.39 m = 14902.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.66 mb = 4055.11 m = 13304.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.98 mb = 491.06 m = 1611.08 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1848.76 m = 6065.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 27.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.44 mb = 1284.06 m = 4212.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.44 mb = 3279.52 m = 10759.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 382.44 mb = 7932.61 m = 26025.31 ft B at Equ Level: 151.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.44 mb = 10625.73 m = 34860.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 18.27 m/s