MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.6 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 238 5 293.6 296.1 292.9 334.2 14.28 1 1000 85 21.2 19.2 89 1.9 19.8 239 6 294.3 296.8 293.0 334.8 14.15 2 950 532 21.9 17.2 75 4.6 18.7 243 16 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.8 13.14 3 900 1001 20.1 15.6 75 4.5 17.1 235 21 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.0 12.45 4 850 1493 17.5 13.1 75 4.4 14.6 237 24 304.5 306.6 293.8 338.0 11.22 5 800 2009 14.4 10.4 77 4.0 11.9 239 23 306.5 308.4 293.4 336.6 9.95 6 750 2553 11.3 6.8 74 4.5 8.6 237 19 308.9 310.4 292.9 334.2 8.30 7 700 3126 7.7 1.4 64 6.4 4.2 237 18 311.0 312.2 291.7 329.8 6.04 8 650 3733 3.9 -3.1 60 7.0 0.4 233 21 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.3 4.69 9 600 4379 0.1 -3.4 77 3.5 -1.7 231 25 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.0 4.95 10 550 5073 -3.3 -6.1 81 2.8 -4.6 238 33 320.2 321.0 292.9 334.5 4.41 11 500 5823 -7.0 -12.7 64 5.6 -9.3 234 34 324.4 325.0 292.9 334.2 2.89 12 450 6636 -12.3 -16.6 70 4.3 -13.8 231 35 327.8 328.2 293.2 335.7 2.32 13 400 7526 -18.4 -20.0 87 1.6 -18.8 229 34 331.1 331.5 293.8 338.0 1.96 14 350 8511 -24.6 -25.9 88 1.4 -24.9 223 32 335.6 335.9 294.4 340.4 1.32 15 300 9615 -32.7 -34.3 86 1.6 -32.9 223 35 339.3 339.4 294.8 341.9 0.70 16 250 10874 -42.7 -45.9 71 3.2 -43.0 226 39 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.25 17 200 12341 -53.6 -58.7 54 5.1 -53.8 226 43 347.8 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14137 -64.4 -77.1 16 12.6 -64.6 238 36 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16563 -69.9 -82.3 15 12.4 -70.0 228 29 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.34 m Freezing level: 598.87 mb = 4395.14 m = 14419.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.81 mb = 3860.71 m = 12666.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.03 mb = 216.62 m = 710.68 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 1949.33 m = 6395.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.03 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 31.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.24 mb = 1018.01 m = 3339.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.24 mb = 4072.64 m = 13361.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 563.24 mb = 4883.78 m = 16022.71 ft B at Equ Level: 34.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 463.24 mb = 6412.55 m = 21038.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: -12.6 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 20.39 m/s