MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 21.0 19.6 92 1.4 20.1 229 4 293.9 296.4 293.0 335.0 14.43 1 1000 96 20.9 19.2 90 1.7 19.8 230 6 294.1 296.6 292.9 334.5 14.16 2 950 541 21.2 17.8 81 3.4 18.9 240 16 298.7 301.2 293.9 338.4 13.64 3 900 1010 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.1 241 20 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.4 12.80 4 850 1501 17.3 13.2 77 4.1 14.6 245 22 304.2 306.3 293.8 337.9 11.29 5 800 2017 14.6 9.5 72 5.1 11.4 242 21 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.9 9.36 6 750 2561 11.5 5.1 65 6.4 7.8 237 18 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.6 7.35 7 700 3134 7.5 1.8 67 5.7 4.4 237 19 310.8 311.9 291.7 330.1 6.23 8 650 3740 3.3 0.4 81 2.9 1.7 234 25 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.6 6.06 9 600 4385 -0.6 -1.2 96 0.6 -0.9 229 28 315.4 316.5 292.8 334.0 5.85 10 550 5076 -4.4 -4.9 97 0.5 -4.7 226 30 318.8 319.8 292.9 334.4 4.84 11 500 5824 -7.4 -9.5 85 2.0 -8.3 220 28 324.0 324.7 293.4 336.4 3.73 12 450 6638 -12.0 -14.1 84 2.1 -12.8 232 25 328.1 328.7 293.8 337.8 2.85 13 400 7530 -18.0 -19.0 92 1.0 -18.3 229 31 331.6 332.1 294.1 339.1 2.13 14 350 8514 -25.0 -25.1 99 0.1 -25.1 227 34 335.0 335.3 294.3 340.1 1.42 15 300 9615 -33.5 -33.5 100 -0.0 -33.5 217 35 338.2 338.3 294.6 341.0 0.76 16 250 10870 -42.4 -46.6 64 4.2 -42.7 216 39 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.0 0.23 17 200 12339 -53.9 -59.2 52 5.3 -54.0 219 41 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14132 -64.8 -75.9 20 11.1 -64.9 228 37 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16563 -68.8 -82.2 13 13.4 -68.9 235 29 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.36 m Freezing level: 607.76 mb = 4284.89 m = 14057.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.40 mb = 4154.60 m = 13630.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.80 mb = 246.27 m = 807.95 ft T: 21.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1862.63 m = 6110.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.68 mb = 897.87 m = 2945.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.68 mb = 3532.77 m = 11590.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.68 mb = 5719.89 m = 18765.82 ft B at Equ Level: 89.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 356.68 mb = 8374.74 m = 27475.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: -9.3 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 18.93 m/s