MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1006 67 30.9 19.7 51 11.3 22.9 208 11 303.6 306.2 295.8 346.6 14.48 1 1000 122 28.9 19.2 56 9.7 22.1 210 14 302.1 304.7 295.3 343.9 14.18 2 950 576 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 20.0 213 17 301.7 304.3 295.0 342.9 13.97 3 900 1047 20.0 17.0 83 3.1 17.9 217 18 302.1 304.7 294.9 342.5 13.65 4 850 1538 17.4 13.3 77 4.1 14.7 223 19 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.3 11.37 5 800 2054 13.7 10.4 80 3.3 11.6 229 19 305.7 307.6 293.2 335.6 9.93 6 750 2596 10.5 6.6 77 3.9 8.2 229 22 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.8 8.16 7 700 3169 8.5 0.8 58 7.7 4.3 228 24 311.9 313.0 291.7 330.0 5.79 8 650 3778 5.0 -2.6 58 7.6 1.1 231 23 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.87 9 600 4427 1.0 -2.9 75 3.9 -1.0 233 24 317.2 318.2 292.7 333.7 5.15 10 550 5123 -2.0 -10.4 53 8.4 -5.7 230 29 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.1 3.15 11 500 5875 -6.1 -21.7 28 15.6 -11.1 228 34 325.6 325.9 291.8 330.3 1.35 12 450 6690 -12.0 -26.7 28 14.7 -15.9 225 32 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.6 0.96 13 400 7581 -17.4 -34.8 20 17.4 -20.8 235 29 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 14 350 8569 -23.8 -45.9 11 22.2 -26.6 227 29 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.18 15 300 9674 -32.6 -46.8 23 14.2 -34.0 221 28 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 16 250 10932 -42.0 -51.8 34 9.8 -42.6 213 31 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.13 17 200 12405 -53.7 -61.0 40 7.3 -53.9 204 31 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14200 -66.2 -71.8 45 5.7 -66.2 230 29 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16609 -70.6 -82.5 16 11.9 -70.6 241 21 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.53 m Freezing level: 583.92 mb = 4650.41 m = 15257.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.14 mb = 4119.89 m = 13516.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.00 mb = 1487.98 m = 4881.77 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 16.54 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1716.16 m = 5630.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.06 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 29.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.86 mb = 1359.49 m = 4460.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.86 mb = 2129.28 m = 6985.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.86 mb = 10080.13 m = 33070.88 ft B at Equ Level: 236.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.86 mb = 12963.91 m = 42531.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 20.46 Bulk Shear: 11.58 m/s