MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 22.4 20.5 89 1.8 21.1 193 6 295.0 297.7 294.0 338.8 15.30 1 1000 125 21.9 20.3 91 1.6 20.8 197 10 295.1 297.8 294.0 338.6 15.18 2 950 573 22.9 17.7 73 5.1 19.4 219 20 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.2 13.57 3 900 1044 20.8 15.4 71 5.4 17.2 224 18 303.0 305.2 294.2 339.5 12.31 4 850 1536 17.3 13.7 80 3.5 15.0 227 15 304.2 306.4 294.1 339.1 11.70 5 800 2052 13.6 10.8 84 2.7 11.9 227 15 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.4 10.26 6 750 2593 10.6 5.5 70 5.1 7.6 220 17 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.1 7.55 7 700 3166 8.6 -0.1 54 8.7 3.9 216 20 312.0 313.0 291.4 329.0 5.43 8 650 3776 5.2 -3.1 55 8.3 1.0 222 23 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.8 4.69 9 600 4426 1.8 -8.3 47 10.1 -2.8 234 25 318.2 318.9 291.5 329.3 3.40 10 550 5122 -1.8 -14.3 38 12.5 -6.7 240 30 321.9 322.4 291.6 329.7 2.30 11 500 5874 -6.3 -21.0 30 14.7 -11.1 232 33 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.3 1.43 12 450 6689 -11.9 -25.6 31 13.7 -15.6 229 32 328.3 328.5 292.3 332.1 1.06 13 400 7581 -17.0 -35.9 18 18.9 -20.7 232 29 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.45 14 350 8571 -23.4 -43.4 14 20.0 -26.2 230 28 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.23 15 300 9677 -32.8 -42.7 37 9.9 -33.9 238 28 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.30 16 250 10934 -42.1 -51.7 35 9.5 -42.7 227 32 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.13 17 200 12406 -53.9 -59.5 50 5.6 -54.0 212 27 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14195 -66.9 -69.6 68 2.7 -66.9 240 23 354.8 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16607 -70.7 -82.5 16 11.8 -70.8 235 17 391.0 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.95 m Freezing level: 575.02 mb = 4773.75 m = 15661.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3944.15 m = 12939.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.44 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.54 mb = 296.90 m = 974.08 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1718.05 m = 5636.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.88 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 28.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3405.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.11 mb = 1042.86 m = 3421.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -8.3 tot: 56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 11.12 m/s