MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1008 67 22.6 21.1 92 1.5 21.6 203 6 295.1 297.9 294.4 340.5 15.84 1 1000 132 23.2 20.9 87 2.2 21.6 204 12 296.3 299.2 294.7 341.8 15.77 2 950 582 23.9 17.9 69 6.0 19.8 211 21 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.8 13.72 3 900 1054 21.4 14.8 66 6.6 17.0 213 15 303.5 305.7 294.0 338.7 11.84 4 850 1547 17.9 11.4 66 6.5 13.8 226 12 304.9 306.8 293.0 335.0 10.03 5 800 2063 14.4 8.5 68 5.9 10.8 238 10 306.5 308.1 292.5 333.0 8.75 6 750 2606 11.2 4.4 63 6.7 7.3 230 12 308.7 310.0 291.8 330.2 7.02 7 700 3179 8.3 -1.4 51 9.6 3.3 216 15 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.2 4.95 8 650 3787 4.3 -1.2 68 5.5 1.4 221 16 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.39 9 600 4434 0.4 -2.5 81 2.9 -1.0 232 15 316.6 317.6 292.7 333.6 5.33 10 550 5129 -3.0 -6.0 80 3.0 -4.4 235 20 320.6 321.4 293.1 335.1 4.46 11 500 5880 -6.3 -13.2 58 6.8 -9.1 238 28 325.3 325.9 293.0 334.7 2.77 12 450 6696 -11.4 -21.7 42 10.3 -14.6 238 32 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.2 1.50 13 400 7589 -17.2 -31.4 28 14.2 -20.3 239 34 332.6 332.8 293.1 335.2 0.69 14 350 8579 -23.1 -43.5 14 20.4 -26.0 235 41 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.5 0.23 15 300 9686 -31.9 -43.3 32 11.3 -33.2 237 33 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.28 16 250 10951 -40.8 -54.5 22 13.7 -41.6 236 32 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.09 17 200 12423 -54.3 -57.0 72 2.7 -54.4 265 31 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.09 18 150 14214 -66.6 -71.9 47 5.4 -66.6 248 28 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16618 -71.1 -82.0 19 10.8 -71.2 252 8 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.65 m Freezing level: 593.94 mb = 4518.62 m = 14824.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4155.89 m = 13634.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.73 mb = 249.06 m = 817.12 ft T: 23.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1833.29 m = 6014.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 91.99 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 2.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 17.77 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.38 mb = 1136.63 m = 3729.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.38 mb = 3340.21 m = 10958.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.38 mb = 7656.00 m = 25117.82 ft B at Equ Level: 112.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.38 mb = 10008.35 m = 32835.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -15.8 tot: 27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 31.44 Bulk Shear: 3.59 m/s