MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 26 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 27.6 19.7 62 7.9 22.1 167 8 300.6 303.2 295.1 343.3 14.59 1 1000 87 27.9 19.7 61 8.1 22.1 168 10 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.0 14.62 2 950 542 26.1 17.7 60 8.4 20.2 187 20 303.7 306.2 295.3 343.9 13.53 3 900 1017 22.7 15.9 65 6.8 18.1 198 17 304.9 307.3 295.0 342.9 12.73 4 850 1512 18.7 14.3 76 4.3 15.8 213 17 305.7 308.0 294.8 342.1 12.16 5 800 2029 14.1 13.0 93 1.1 13.4 228 17 306.2 308.4 294.7 341.7 11.83 6 750 2572 10.8 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 242 23 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.0 10.79 7 700 3146 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 239 26 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.2 9.02 8 650 3755 5.9 1.5 73 4.4 3.4 245 24 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.4 6.58 9 600 4407 2.0 -2.1 75 4.0 -0.2 229 23 318.4 319.5 293.3 336.0 5.49 10 550 5104 -2.8 -5.7 81 2.9 -4.2 227 25 320.7 321.6 293.2 335.6 4.56 11 500 5853 -7.4 -13.5 62 6.0 -9.8 229 30 324.0 324.5 292.6 333.1 2.71 12 450 6666 -12.5 -21.1 49 8.5 -15.2 228 36 327.5 327.8 292.5 333.0 1.58 13 400 7556 -17.3 -31.2 29 13.9 -20.4 227 38 332.5 332.6 293.1 335.1 0.71 14 350 8544 -24.1 -34.6 38 10.4 -26.0 225 41 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.4 0.58 15 300 9649 -32.5 -39.6 49 7.2 -33.4 230 34 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.2 0.41 16 250 10907 -42.7 -43.2 95 0.5 -42.8 241 32 342.6 342.7 295.3 343.9 0.34 17 200 12376 -53.3 -61.8 35 8.5 -53.5 233 33 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14171 -65.9 -71.1 48 5.3 -65.9 233 39 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16592 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.0 -69.4 237 18 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.55 m Freezing level: 579.46 mb = 4693.14 m = 15397.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4377.45 m = 14361.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.88 mb = 1075.67 m = 3529.05 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.96 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1880.54 m = 6169.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 40.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.22 mb = 1539.74 m = 5051.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.22 mb = 2218.29 m = 7277.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.22 mb = 10845.81 m = 35582.94 ft B at Equ Level: 374.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.22 mb = 13682.20 m = 44888.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 32.84 m/s