MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 21.6 20.0 91 1.5 20.5 219 6 294.5 297.1 293.6 337.0 14.87 1 1000 92 22.2 19.8 86 2.4 20.5 220 8 295.3 298.0 293.7 337.5 14.69 2 950 540 22.8 16.2 66 6.6 18.4 241 19 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.3 12.27 3 900 1010 20.9 14.6 67 6.3 16.7 239 20 303.1 305.2 293.8 337.8 11.73 4 850 1503 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.0 232 22 304.8 307.0 294.2 339.5 11.59 5 800 2020 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.5 232 27 306.3 308.4 294.0 338.8 10.77 6 750 2562 10.5 9.2 92 1.3 9.6 237 25 307.9 309.8 293.7 337.6 9.76 7 700 3135 7.6 5.0 84 2.5 6.1 238 23 310.9 312.4 293.1 335.1 7.86 8 650 3743 4.5 1.6 82 2.9 2.9 217 24 314.0 315.3 293.0 334.8 6.62 9 600 4391 0.4 -3.3 77 3.6 -1.4 216 29 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.6 5.02 10 550 5084 -3.4 -12.7 48 9.3 -7.1 219 32 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.61 11 500 5833 -7.2 -16.7 47 9.5 -10.6 221 35 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.3 2.07 12 450 6646 -12.1 -16.9 68 4.7 -13.8 226 37 328.0 328.4 293.3 335.8 2.27 13 400 7538 -17.5 -20.2 80 2.7 -18.4 232 34 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.0 1.92 14 350 8525 -24.3 -26.8 80 2.5 -24.9 236 36 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.5 1.22 15 300 9630 -32.7 -34.0 88 1.3 -32.9 238 38 339.2 339.4 294.8 341.9 0.72 16 250 10886 -43.0 -43.1 99 0.1 -43.0 229 39 342.1 342.1 295.1 343.4 0.34 17 200 12352 -53.5 -59.1 50 5.7 -53.6 225 38 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14151 -65.1 -72.9 33 7.8 -65.2 235 38 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16578 -69.6 -82.3 14 12.7 -69.7 224 24 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.23 m Freezing level: 595.29 mb = 4456.48 m = 14620.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4169.46 m = 13679.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.95 mb = 259.52 m = 851.45 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.75 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 2033.99 m = 6673.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3529.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.95 mb = 1204.33 m = 3951.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 20.18 m/s