MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1004 66 21.7 20.3 92 1.3 20.8 171 1 294.5 297.2 293.8 337.8 15.13 1 1000 98 22.4 20.2 88 2.1 20.9 171 2 295.5 298.2 294.0 338.8 15.07 2 950 545 22.2 17.6 75 4.6 19.0 178 7 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.9 13.42 3 900 1014 19.8 15.1 74 4.7 16.7 189 10 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.5 12.06 4 850 1505 16.9 13.1 78 3.8 14.4 195 9 303.8 305.9 293.6 337.2 11.21 5 800 2020 13.5 10.3 81 3.2 11.5 197 10 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.4 9.91 6 750 2562 10.4 7.5 82 2.9 8.6 200 12 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.69 7 700 3134 7.1 4.3 82 2.8 5.5 199 13 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.4 7.46 8 650 3740 3.3 1.9 91 1.3 2.5 192 13 312.7 314.0 292.7 333.8 6.79 9 600 4385 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.6 204 21 314.7 315.7 292.3 332.2 5.54 10 550 5076 -3.7 -9.2 65 5.5 -6.1 203 26 319.7 320.4 292.0 331.1 3.47 11 500 5824 -8.0 -13.0 67 5.0 -10.0 205 27 323.3 323.8 292.4 332.7 2.81 12 450 6635 -12.8 -16.0 77 3.1 -14.0 206 29 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.4 2.44 13 400 7524 -18.8 -19.9 90 1.2 -19.1 208 34 330.6 331.0 293.7 337.5 1.96 14 350 8505 -25.4 -28.0 79 2.6 -25.9 202 45 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.5 1.09 15 300 9607 -32.8 -35.6 76 2.8 -33.2 199 53 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.5 0.61 16 250 10863 -43.0 -44.7 83 1.7 -43.1 206 47 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.3 0.28 17 200 12327 -54.2 -58.4 59 4.3 -54.3 195 45 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.07 18 150 14133 -63.2 -77.5 13 14.3 -63.3 215 42 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16578 -69.2 -82.3 13 13.1 -69.3 227 24 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.93 m Freezing level: 613.78 mb = 4207.18 m = 13802.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.48 mb = 4127.60 m = 13541.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.28 mb = 235.92 m = 773.99 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 5.52 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1688.92 m = 5540.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.64 mb = 1017.80 m = 3339.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.64 mb = 3079.34 m = 10102.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.64 mb = 8005.18 m = 26263.39 ft B at Equ Level: 152.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.64 mb = 10470.81 m = 34352.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.65 Bulk Shear: 17.70 m/s