MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 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 24.5 18.9 71 5.6 20.6 241 4 297.4 299.9 293.7 337.3 13.81 1 1000 93 25.7 18.7 65 7.0 20.9 242 4 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.8 13.70 2 950 545 23.9 17.4 67 6.5 19.5 229 7 301.4 303.9 294.4 340.6 13.30 3 900 1015 19.9 16.0 78 3.9 17.2 215 8 302.0 304.3 294.3 339.8 12.82 4 850 1506 16.2 13.7 85 2.5 14.6 216 12 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.7 11.67 5 800 2020 13.2 10.5 84 2.6 11.5 224 16 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.3 10.05 6 750 2561 10.3 7.2 81 3.2 8.5 230 18 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.7 8.52 7 700 3133 7.6 3.1 73 4.5 5.1 242 18 310.9 312.2 292.3 332.1 6.85 8 650 3740 3.5 0.4 80 3.1 1.8 245 16 312.9 314.1 292.2 331.9 6.07 9 600 4386 -0.1 -2.8 82 2.7 -1.4 232 19 316.0 317.0 292.4 332.5 5.20 10 550 5079 -3.8 -7.3 76 3.5 -5.4 223 25 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.7 4.01 11 500 5826 -7.6 -12.5 68 4.9 -9.6 219 28 323.8 324.4 292.7 333.6 2.92 12 450 6640 -12.0 -17.1 66 5.1 -13.7 220 36 328.2 328.7 293.3 335.9 2.23 13 400 7532 -17.4 -20.6 76 3.2 -18.4 219 43 332.3 332.7 294.0 338.9 1.85 14 350 8519 -24.2 -26.4 82 2.1 -24.7 216 48 336.1 336.4 294.5 340.7 1.27 15 300 9624 -32.6 -33.8 89 1.2 -32.7 215 52 339.5 339.6 294.8 342.3 0.73 16 250 10882 -42.5 -43.4 91 0.9 -42.6 206 53 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.2 0.33 17 200 12349 -54.5 -55.1 93 0.6 -54.5 208 47 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.11 18 150 14146 -64.1 -76.1 18 12.0 -64.2 219 36 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16579 -69.5 -82.4 14 12.8 -69.6 230 25 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.79 m Freezing level: 601.68 mb = 4364.45 m = 14318.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.02 mb = 4095.26 m = 13435.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.32 mb = 783.11 m = 2569.24 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 8.68 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1625.44 m = 5332.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.71 mb = 1289.30 m = 4229.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.71 mb = 2597.39 m = 8521.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.71 mb = 7042.51 m = 23105.08 ft B at Equ Level: 135.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.71 mb = 10435.87 m = 34238.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.65 Bulk Shear: 17.74 m/s