MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1003 66 22.8 21.1 90 1.7 21.6 221 5 295.7 298.5 294.7 341.4 15.92 1 1000 97 23.4 20.8 86 2.5 21.6 221 6 296.5 299.3 294.7 341.8 15.68 2 950 546 23.0 18.3 75 4.7 19.8 253 10 300.6 303.1 294.8 341.9 14.09 3 900 1017 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.9 228 12 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.2 12.97 4 850 1511 18.3 14.2 77 4.1 15.5 225 14 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.5 12.06 5 800 2029 14.5 12.1 85 2.4 13.0 227 17 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.3 11.17 6 750 2572 10.6 9.4 92 1.2 9.9 233 21 308.1 309.9 293.9 338.2 9.94 7 700 3145 7.8 4.8 82 2.9 6.1 247 25 311.1 312.6 293.0 335.0 7.75 8 650 3754 5.3 1.4 76 3.9 3.2 239 22 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.6 6.54 9 600 4405 1.1 -2.5 76 3.7 -0.7 223 26 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.3 5.29 10 550 5099 -3.4 -7.8 72 4.4 -5.4 221 28 320.1 320.8 292.4 332.8 3.88 11 500 5847 -7.4 -18.6 41 11.1 -11.2 220 32 324.0 324.3 291.7 330.1 1.77 12 450 6660 -12.4 -26.6 29 14.2 -16.1 222 38 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.97 13 400 7550 -17.4 -23.5 59 6.2 -19.1 229 41 332.4 332.7 293.7 337.6 1.43 14 350 8538 -24.3 -29.5 62 5.2 -25.4 230 40 336.0 336.1 294.2 339.4 0.94 15 300 9642 -33.0 -34.8 84 1.8 -33.3 225 34 338.8 339.0 294.6 341.3 0.66 16 250 10897 -42.7 -44.4 84 1.6 -42.9 217 34 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.7 0.30 17 200 12367 -53.5 -60.1 44 6.7 -53.7 237 36 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.06 18 150 14163 -65.3 -71.7 41 6.4 -65.4 227 36 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16591 -69.4 -82.4 13 13.0 -69.5 232 21 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.58 m Freezing level: 587.54 mb = 4577.57 m = 15018.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.45 mb = 4277.58 m = 14033.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.45 mb = 278.50 m = 913.69 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.15 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.75 mb = 1789.45 m = 5870.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 232.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.58 mb = 1059.88 m = 3477.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.58 mb = 2454.00 m = 8051.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.58 mb = 9861.10 m = 32352.30 ft B at Equ Level: 232.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.58 mb = 12668.37 m = 41562.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.81 Bulk Shear: 23.74 m/s