MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 25.0 20.3 75 4.7 21.7 281 6 297.9 300.7 294.7 341.8 15.12 1 1000 93 24.3 20.0 77 4.3 21.3 280 7 297.5 300.2 294.5 340.6 14.90 2 950 540 21.4 17.6 79 3.7 18.8 267 11 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.1 13.47 3 900 1009 20.1 14.1 69 5.9 16.1 252 14 302.2 304.3 293.2 335.6 11.32 4 850 1501 17.4 12.2 71 5.2 14.0 231 16 304.3 306.3 293.3 335.8 10.53 5 800 2017 14.3 9.8 74 4.5 11.5 223 21 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.2 9.56 6 750 2559 10.9 7.1 77 3.8 8.6 216 29 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.3 8.47 7 700 3132 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.5 216 33 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.4 7.29 8 650 3739 3.1 1.6 90 1.5 2.3 214 34 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.2 6.63 9 600 4384 -0.6 -1.2 96 0.6 -0.9 208 33 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.0 5.86 10 550 5076 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.3 217 33 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.3 4.97 11 500 5823 -7.9 -8.5 96 0.6 -8.2 220 35 323.4 324.2 293.5 336.7 4.03 12 450 6637 -11.9 -13.0 92 1.1 -12.3 217 37 328.2 328.9 294.0 338.9 3.13 13 400 7530 -17.4 -17.7 98 0.2 -17.5 214 37 332.3 332.8 294.5 340.7 2.39 14 350 8517 -24.0 -25.5 87 1.5 -24.4 207 39 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.4 1.37 15 300 9622 -32.9 -33.8 92 0.9 -33.0 214 41 339.0 339.1 294.7 341.8 0.73 16 250 10876 -43.2 -44.6 86 1.4 -43.3 215 46 341.8 341.9 295.0 343.0 0.29 17 200 12341 -54.3 -58.3 62 3.9 -54.4 220 48 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14141 -63.8 -76.4 17 12.5 -64.0 227 41 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16572 -69.2 -82.2 14 13.0 -69.3 233 24 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.68 m Freezing level: 607.53 mb = 4286.86 m = 14064.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.58 mb = 4203.70 m = 13791.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.31 mb = 666.14 m = 2185.46 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.14 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1886.69 m = 6189.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.99 C = 91.39 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.30 mb = 1073.41 m = 3521.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.30 mb = 3390.09 m = 11122.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 478.30 mb = 6166.02 m = 20229.49 ft B at Equ Level: 99.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.30 mb = 8552.25 m = 28058.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: -6.6 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 65.23 m/s