MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1004 66 26.6 20.3 68 6.3 22.2 234 7 299.4 302.2 295.1 343.5 15.10 1 1000 102 25.4 19.9 72 5.5 21.5 235 9 298.5 301.2 294.7 341.5 14.76 2 950 551 21.1 18.8 87 2.3 19.5 241 13 298.6 301.2 294.5 340.7 14.49 3 900 1019 19.8 15.6 77 4.2 17.0 242 21 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.7 12.45 4 850 1510 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.3 239 22 303.9 306.0 293.6 336.9 11.07 5 800 2025 14.0 9.9 76 4.1 11.4 233 20 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.64 6 750 2568 10.7 7.0 78 3.7 8.5 226 18 308.2 309.7 292.7 333.8 8.42 7 700 3140 6.9 4.4 84 2.5 5.5 220 17 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.3 7.53 8 650 3746 3.2 1.5 89 1.6 2.2 215 18 312.6 313.8 292.6 333.1 6.59 9 600 4391 -0.2 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 215 20 315.9 317.0 293.1 335.2 6.12 10 550 5083 -4.0 -5.2 91 1.2 -4.6 222 24 319.3 320.3 293.0 334.6 4.72 11 500 5831 -7.9 -9.7 87 1.8 -8.7 213 28 323.5 324.2 293.2 335.7 3.68 12 450 6644 -12.4 -13.4 92 1.0 -12.8 215 30 327.6 328.2 293.8 337.9 3.02 13 400 7534 -17.9 -18.6 95 0.6 -18.1 222 30 331.7 332.1 294.1 339.4 2.21 14 350 8520 -24.9 -24.9 100 0.0 -24.9 226 34 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.4 1.44 15 300 9621 -33.4 -33.7 97 0.3 -33.4 220 38 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.74 16 250 10875 -43.0 -45.5 76 2.6 -43.2 223 47 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.26 17 200 12341 -54.2 -57.9 64 3.7 -54.4 217 44 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.08 18 150 14138 -64.3 -77.2 16 12.9 -64.4 225 38 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16569 -69.0 -82.3 13 13.3 -69.1 242 25 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.79 m Freezing level: 603.34 mb = 4348.05 m = 14265.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4280.06 m = 14042.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.55 mb = 870.49 m = 2855.91 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 10.41 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1600.42 m = 5250.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 241.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.75 mb = 982.85 m = 3224.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.75 mb = 2693.09 m = 8835.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.75 mb = 8967.32 m = 29419.97 ft B at Equ Level: 240.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.75 mb = 12380.21 m = 40616.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -17.7 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.02 Bulk Shear: 13.38 m/s