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: 35.13,-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 1006 66 30.9 19.6 51 11.3 22.9 209 11 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.4 14.44 1 1000 122 28.9 19.2 56 9.7 22.1 210 14 302.0 304.6 295.2 343.7 14.13 2 950 575 24.1 18.1 69 6.0 20.0 214 17 301.7 304.2 295.0 342.7 13.92 3 900 1046 20.0 16.9 82 3.1 17.9 218 18 302.1 304.6 294.8 342.2 13.58 4 850 1538 17.4 13.3 77 4.1 14.7 224 19 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.2 11.35 5 800 2054 13.7 10.3 80 3.4 11.6 229 19 305.7 307.6 293.2 335.5 9.89 6 750 2595 10.6 6.3 75 4.2 8.0 228 22 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.5 8.02 7 700 3169 8.5 0.4 57 8.1 4.2 228 24 311.9 313.0 291.6 329.6 5.65 8 650 3778 5.0 -2.5 58 7.5 1.1 231 23 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.88 9 600 4426 1.0 -3.4 72 4.4 -1.2 233 24 317.3 318.2 292.6 333.2 4.97 10 550 5123 -2.1 -10.4 53 8.3 -5.7 230 29 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.1 3.16 11 500 5874 -6.1 -21.5 28 15.4 -11.1 228 34 325.6 325.8 291.8 330.4 1.37 12 450 6689 -12.0 -26.4 29 14.4 -15.8 225 32 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.7 0.98 13 400 7581 -17.4 -34.3 21 16.9 -20.8 235 29 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.52 14 350 8568 -23.7 -46.0 11 22.2 -26.5 226 29 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.18 15 300 9674 -32.6 -46.6 24 13.9 -34.0 222 28 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.19 16 250 10932 -42.0 -51.9 33 9.9 -42.6 213 31 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.13 17 200 12404 -53.7 -61.0 40 7.3 -53.9 205 31 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14199 -66.1 -71.8 45 5.7 -66.2 230 29 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16608 -70.6 -82.4 16 11.8 -70.7 239 20 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.34 m Freezing level: 583.73 mb = 4652.90 m = 15265.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.83 mb = 4084.91 m = 13401.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.46 mb = 1493.15 m = 4898.73 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.54 mb = 1724.93 m = 5659.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 28.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.57 mb = 1362.14 m = 4468.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.57 mb = 2132.09 m = 6994.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.57 mb = 10087.08 m = 33093.70 ft B at Equ Level: 211.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.57 mb = 12640.64 m = 41471.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 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: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.89 Bulk Shear: 11.90 m/s