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: 35.13,-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 22.4 20.6 89 1.8 21.2 193 6 295.0 297.7 294.0 338.9 15.33 1 1000 125 22.0 20.3 90 1.6 20.8 196 10 295.1 297.9 294.0 338.7 15.19 2 950 573 22.9 17.7 72 5.2 19.3 219 20 300.5 302.9 294.3 340.1 13.52 3 900 1044 20.9 15.3 71 5.6 17.1 224 18 303.0 305.3 294.1 339.3 12.24 4 850 1536 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 227 15 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.6 11.52 5 800 2052 13.6 10.6 82 3.0 11.7 226 15 305.7 307.6 293.3 336.1 10.11 6 750 2593 10.7 5.3 69 5.4 7.5 220 17 308.2 309.6 292.0 330.9 7.46 7 700 3167 8.5 -0.5 53 9.0 3.8 217 21 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.5 5.27 8 650 3776 5.2 -3.3 54 8.4 0.9 221 24 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.5 4.61 9 600 4425 1.7 -8.3 47 10.0 -2.8 233 25 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.41 10 550 5122 -1.9 -14.1 38 12.3 -6.7 239 30 321.9 322.3 291.6 329.7 2.33 11 500 5874 -6.3 -20.7 31 14.4 -11.0 231 33 325.4 325.6 291.9 330.5 1.47 12 450 6689 -11.8 -25.4 31 13.6 -15.6 229 32 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.2 1.08 13 400 7581 -17.0 -35.4 19 18.4 -20.6 232 29 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.6 0.47 14 350 8571 -23.4 -42.3 16 18.9 -26.1 230 29 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.26 15 300 9677 -32.8 -41.9 40 9.1 -33.8 239 29 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.4 0.32 16 250 10934 -42.1 -51.7 34 9.6 -42.7 227 32 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.0 0.13 17 200 12406 -53.9 -59.5 51 5.6 -54.1 213 28 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14195 -66.9 -69.6 69 2.7 -67.0 241 23 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16607 -70.8 -82.5 16 11.7 -70.9 238 17 390.9 390.9 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.87 m Freezing level: 575.74 mb = 4763.43 m = 15627.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.83 mb = 3929.30 m = 12891.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.65 mb = 295.77 m = 970.35 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 11.63 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1736.01 m = 5695.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 28.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2807.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.03 mb = 1053.16 m = 3455.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.8 neg: -8.6 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 11.33 m/s