MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.08,-79.01 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -79.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21.5 20.5 94 1.0 20.8 203 6 294.1 296.8 293.7 337.6 15.23 1 1000 124 22.3 20.3 89 1.9 20.9 206 10 295.4 298.1 294.1 339.0 15.20 2 950 573 23.6 17.6 69 6.0 19.5 218 20 301.2 303.6 294.5 340.7 13.45 3 900 1044 21.3 14.6 66 6.7 16.8 224 17 303.5 305.6 293.9 338.1 11.67 4 850 1537 17.6 12.2 70 5.4 14.1 228 15 304.6 306.5 293.3 336.1 10.53 5 800 2053 13.9 10.0 78 3.8 11.4 230 14 305.9 307.8 293.1 335.2 9.71 6 750 2595 10.5 5.9 73 4.7 7.8 220 13 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.7 7.77 7 700 3167 8.1 -1.7 50 9.8 3.1 211 17 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.7 4.84 8 650 3776 4.8 -0.8 67 5.7 1.8 214 19 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.0 5.54 9 600 4425 1.3 -3.7 69 5.0 -1.2 224 20 317.7 318.6 292.6 333.3 4.85 10 550 5122 -1.6 -11.4 47 9.8 -5.7 237 27 322.2 322.7 292.2 331.9 2.91 11 500 5875 -6.1 -17.0 42 10.9 -10.1 234 32 325.5 325.9 292.4 332.4 2.01 12 450 6690 -11.7 -21.7 43 10.0 -14.8 237 32 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.7 1.50 13 400 7582 -17.2 -33.6 23 16.4 -20.5 236 33 332.6 332.8 293.0 334.7 0.56 14 350 8572 -23.3 -43.3 14 20.0 -26.1 239 34 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.24 15 300 9678 -32.8 -42.9 36 10.2 -33.9 242 35 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.29 16 250 10940 -41.2 -51.8 31 10.5 -41.9 237 31 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.13 17 200 12413 -54.1 -58.3 60 4.2 -54.2 238 26 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.07 18 150 14203 -67.3 -68.5 85 1.2 -67.3 253 30 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.03 19 100 16611 -72.3 -82.1 21 9.8 -72.4 247 20 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.89 m Freezing level: 577.35 mb = 4740.91 m = 15553.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.28 mb = 4168.63 m = 13676.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.76 mb = 196.12 m = 643.43 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.17 mb = 1820.40 m = 5972.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 18.31 C K Index: 26.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3295.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.08 mb = 1139.96 m = 3739.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.4 neg: -9.2 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 4.91 m/s