MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1004 67 32.8 17.9 41 14.9 22.3 226 11 305.6 308.0 295.4 344.4 12.94 1 1000 101 32.0 17.5 42 14.5 21.9 225 13 305.2 307.5 295.1 343.1 12.68 2 950 559 27.5 16.4 51 11.1 19.9 228 18 305.0 307.4 294.8 342.2 12.44 3 900 1035 22.9 15.4 62 7.5 17.8 228 18 305.1 307.4 294.8 341.9 12.29 4 850 1530 18.2 14.2 77 4.0 15.5 228 19 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.4 12.09 5 800 2046 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 229 19 305.6 307.9 294.7 341.8 12.07 6 750 2589 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 231 21 308.5 310.6 294.8 341.9 10.98 7 700 3161 7.3 3.7 78 3.6 5.3 235 25 310.6 311.9 292.4 332.7 7.17 8 650 3770 5.1 0.4 71 4.7 2.5 234 27 314.8 315.9 292.7 333.9 6.07 9 600 4419 0.6 -0.3 94 0.9 0.1 245 31 316.8 318.0 293.5 336.7 6.27 10 550 5114 -3.1 -6.2 79 3.1 -4.6 234 32 320.4 321.3 293.0 334.7 4.38 11 500 5863 -6.8 -22.4 28 15.5 -11.6 226 34 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.2 1.27 12 450 6677 -12.2 -23.1 40 10.9 -15.3 226 33 328.0 328.2 292.4 332.6 1.33 13 400 7568 -17.1 -26.5 44 9.4 -19.5 233 26 332.8 333.0 293.5 336.8 1.10 14 350 8557 -24.0 -32.5 45 8.5 -25.6 236 26 336.4 336.6 294.1 339.1 0.71 15 300 9661 -32.5 -48.3 19 15.8 -34.0 213 32 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.16 16 250 10920 -42.0 -48.5 49 6.5 -42.5 212 34 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.19 17 200 12395 -53.0 -63.3 28 10.2 -53.3 213 34 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14187 -66.9 -71.8 50 4.9 -67.0 216 28 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16602 -70.6 -82.3 16 11.8 -70.6 232 19 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.81 m Freezing level: 591.95 mb = 4530.66 m = 14864.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.54 mb = 4438.31 m = 14561.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.31 mb = 1947.44 m = 6389.17 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 2016.96 m = 6617.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.60 mb = 1954.92 m = 6413.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.60 mb = 2113.55 m = 6934.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.60 mb = 9576.00 m = 31416.93 ft B at Equ Level: 213.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.60 mb = 12276.94 m = 40278.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 17.62 Bulk Shear: 12.14 m/s