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: 35.13,-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 1004 66 32.8 18.0 42 14.8 22.4 226 10 305.6 308.0 295.4 344.6 13.04 1 1000 101 31.9 17.6 43 14.3 21.9 225 13 305.1 307.5 295.1 343.3 12.78 2 950 559 27.4 16.5 52 10.8 19.9 228 18 305.0 307.3 294.9 342.4 12.54 3 900 1035 22.8 15.5 63 7.3 17.9 228 18 305.0 307.3 294.8 342.1 12.41 4 850 1529 18.1 14.4 79 3.7 15.7 228 19 305.2 307.4 294.7 341.8 12.24 5 800 2046 13.6 13.4 98 0.2 13.4 227 19 305.7 307.9 294.8 342.1 12.15 6 750 2588 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.8 231 21 308.4 310.4 294.7 341.4 10.89 7 700 3160 7.2 4.0 80 3.3 5.4 234 25 310.5 311.9 292.5 332.9 7.28 8 650 3769 5.1 0.3 71 4.8 2.5 235 27 314.8 315.9 292.7 333.8 6.04 9 600 4419 0.7 -0.4 93 1.1 0.1 244 31 316.9 318.1 293.4 336.6 6.21 10 550 5113 -3.1 -6.3 78 3.2 -4.6 233 32 320.4 321.3 292.9 334.5 4.33 11 500 5862 -6.8 -21.9 29 15.1 -11.5 226 34 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.3 1.32 12 450 6676 -12.1 -23.2 39 11.0 -15.3 226 33 328.0 328.2 292.4 332.6 1.32 13 400 7568 -17.1 -25.9 46 8.8 -19.4 233 27 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.0 1.16 14 350 8557 -23.9 -33.0 43 9.0 -25.6 236 26 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.0 0.68 15 300 9662 -32.5 -48.0 20 15.5 -34.0 212 32 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.16 16 250 10921 -42.0 -48.3 50 6.3 -42.5 212 35 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.19 17 200 12395 -53.1 -63.1 29 10.0 -53.3 213 35 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14187 -66.9 -72.0 48 5.1 -67.0 217 28 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16602 -70.7 -82.3 16 11.6 -70.8 233 19 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.43 m Freezing level: 591.24 mb = 4540.26 m = 14895.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.16 mb = 4429.74 m = 14533.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.22 mb = 1927.24 m = 6322.88 ft T: 14.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.00 mb = 2003.32 m = 6572.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.82 C = 91.07 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 237.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.22 mb = 1927.23 m = 6322.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.22 mb = 2191.92 m = 7191.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.22 mb = 9749.28 m = 31985.45 ft B at Equ Level: 236.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.22 mb = 12513.70 m = 41054.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 18.39 Bulk Shear: 12.92 m/s