MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.8 19.9 95 0.9 20.2 203 2 293.7 296.3 293.3 335.8 14.77 1 1000 97 21.4 19.9 91 1.5 20.4 201 2 294.6 297.2 293.6 336.9 14.79 2 950 543 21.1 17.6 81 3.5 18.8 191 6 298.6 301.1 293.8 337.9 13.49 3 900 1011 19.4 15.4 78 4.0 16.7 211 8 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.7 12.30 4 850 1502 16.6 13.1 80 3.5 14.3 219 9 303.5 305.6 293.5 336.8 11.20 5 800 2016 13.4 10.3 82 3.1 11.5 219 11 305.4 307.3 293.1 335.2 9.91 6 750 2557 10.2 7.1 81 3.1 8.3 217 13 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.4 8.48 7 700 3129 6.8 4.3 84 2.5 5.4 201 13 310.0 311.4 292.5 333.0 7.46 8 650 3734 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.0 196 17 312.3 313.6 292.4 332.4 6.43 9 600 4378 -0.8 -2.3 90 1.5 -1.6 199 24 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.3 5.40 10 550 5070 -4.2 -6.5 84 2.2 -5.3 200 29 319.1 319.9 292.5 333.0 4.29 11 500 5816 -8.1 -11.6 76 3.5 -9.5 201 30 323.2 323.8 292.7 333.7 3.16 12 450 6627 -12.8 -15.5 80 2.7 -13.8 204 29 327.1 327.6 293.3 335.8 2.53 13 400 7516 -18.7 -19.6 93 0.9 -19.0 207 27 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.8 2.03 14 350 8498 -25.8 -25.9 99 0.1 -25.8 214 31 334.0 334.2 294.0 338.7 1.32 15 300 9598 -33.3 -33.6 97 0.3 -33.3 214 44 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.75 16 250 10848 -44.3 -44.3 100 -0.0 -44.3 207 42 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.4 0.30 17 200 12311 -53.5 -60.5 42 7.0 -53.7 197 53 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.06 18 150 14121 -63.3 -77.3 13 14.1 -63.4 218 46 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16571 -68.3 -82.5 11 14.2 -68.4 222 22 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.14 m Freezing level: 610.65 mb = 4241.27 m = 13914.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.85 mb = 4090.50 m = 13420.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.63 mb = 178.73 m = 586.37 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 5.56 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.30 mb = 1629.21 m = 5345.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.09 mb = 904.92 m = 2968.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.09 mb = 3056.78 m = 10028.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.09 mb = 6523.87 m = 21403.52 ft B at Equ Level: 110.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.09 mb = 9923.47 m = 32556.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 232.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.04 Bulk Shear: 21.87 m/s