MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 29.2 18.6 53 10.6 21.8 232 5 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.3 13.58 1 1000 85 28.3 18.3 55 10.0 21.3 231 6 301.4 303.9 294.5 340.9 13.39 2 950 537 23.6 17.4 68 6.3 19.3 222 8 301.2 303.6 294.3 340.1 13.23 3 900 1007 19.3 16.2 82 3.1 17.2 218 9 301.4 303.8 294.2 339.7 12.99 4 850 1498 16.7 12.9 78 3.8 14.3 224 16 303.7 305.7 293.5 336.7 11.09 5 800 2012 13.5 9.9 79 3.6 11.3 237 19 305.5 307.3 292.9 334.5 9.63 6 750 2553 10.1 7.4 83 2.7 8.5 233 21 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.7 8.64 7 700 3125 6.7 5.7 93 1.1 6.1 221 26 309.9 311.5 293.1 335.1 8.21 8 650 3731 3.8 -0.2 75 3.9 1.7 230 31 313.2 314.3 292.1 331.5 5.82 9 600 4378 0.2 -4.3 72 4.4 -2.0 228 33 316.3 317.2 292.0 331.2 4.65 10 550 5071 -3.5 -8.4 69 4.9 -5.7 222 33 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.9 3.69 11 500 5819 -7.3 -13.9 59 6.6 -9.9 224 35 324.1 324.7 292.5 332.9 2.60 12 450 6633 -12.0 -18.8 57 6.8 -14.3 220 37 328.1 328.5 293.0 334.8 1.92 13 400 7525 -17.5 -26.0 47 8.5 -19.7 216 44 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.4 1.15 14 350 8511 -24.3 -30.2 58 5.9 -25.5 215 51 336.0 336.1 294.1 339.3 0.89 15 300 9615 -32.9 -35.4 79 2.4 -33.3 213 56 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.63 16 250 10871 -42.8 -46.9 64 4.1 -43.1 211 58 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.22 17 200 12340 -53.6 -58.5 55 4.8 -53.8 217 45 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14140 -64.1 -76.2 17 12.2 -64.2 228 39 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16572 -68.7 -82.4 12 13.7 -68.8 228 22 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.79 m Freezing level: 597.83 mb = 4408.08 m = 14462.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 4020.44 m = 13190.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.69 mb = 1410.33 m = 4627.01 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.60 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1751.02 m = 5744.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.73 mb = 1350.14 m = 4429.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.73 mb = 2335.67 m = 7662.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.73 mb = 7342.78 m = 24090.18 ft B at Equ Level: 135.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.73 mb = 10878.28 m = 35689.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 38.48 m/s