MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1002 66 30.6 18.8 49 11.8 22.3 272 3 303.5 306.1 295.4 344.3 13.74 1 1000 88 30.5 18.5 49 11.9 22.1 270 4 303.6 306.1 295.3 343.9 13.55 2 950 545 26.7 17.1 56 9.6 20.1 233 8 304.3 306.7 295.1 343.1 13.04 3 900 1020 22.6 15.9 66 6.7 18.0 220 13 304.8 307.2 295.0 342.8 12.73 4 850 1515 18.2 14.4 78 3.9 15.7 223 15 305.3 307.5 294.7 341.8 12.21 5 800 2032 14.1 12.4 89 1.7 13.0 228 20 306.2 308.3 294.4 340.5 11.40 6 750 2574 10.1 9.3 94 0.8 9.6 231 25 307.6 309.4 293.7 337.3 9.84 7 700 3146 9.1 0.9 57 8.2 4.6 245 27 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.8 5.84 8 650 3757 5.0 1.9 80 3.1 3.2 251 30 314.6 315.9 293.3 335.9 6.77 9 600 4407 1.4 -1.1 83 2.5 0.1 241 28 317.7 318.9 293.4 336.6 5.90 10 550 5103 -2.9 -6.3 77 3.4 -4.5 236 29 320.7 321.5 293.0 334.8 4.34 11 500 5852 -6.9 -19.6 36 12.7 -11.1 231 34 324.7 325.0 291.8 330.3 1.62 12 450 6666 -12.2 -22.7 41 10.5 -15.3 226 34 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.7 1.37 13 400 7557 -17.3 -33.2 24 15.9 -20.6 223 30 332.5 332.6 293.0 334.7 0.58 14 350 8546 -23.7 -39.1 23 15.4 -26.1 224 32 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.2 0.37 15 300 9651 -32.8 -43.3 34 10.5 -34.0 222 37 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.2 0.28 16 250 10909 -42.2 -50.7 39 8.5 -42.7 225 41 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.15 17 200 12381 -53.3 -62.2 33 8.9 -53.5 231 34 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14172 -65.7 -71.5 45 5.7 -65.8 218 33 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16589 -69.0 -82.3 13 13.3 -69.1 232 19 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.06 m Freezing level: 583.64 mb = 4634.49 m = 15204.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.14 mb = 4418.13 m = 14494.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.72 mb = 1567.69 m = 5143.29 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.15 mb = 1966.19 m = 6450.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.68 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 285.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.02 mb = 1737.96 m = 5701.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.02 mb = 2211.79 m = 7256.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.02 mb = 3110.74 m = 10205.72 ft B at Equ Level: 21.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.02 mb = 12933.61 m = 42432.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 6.99 Bulk Shear: 40.89 m/s