MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 21.6 20.0 91 1.6 20.5 306 1 294.4 297.0 293.5 336.8 14.83 1 1000 105 21.3 19.7 90 1.7 20.2 284 1 294.5 297.1 293.3 336.1 14.56 2 950 551 21.1 17.7 81 3.4 18.8 227 4 298.6 301.0 293.8 337.8 13.50 3 900 1019 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.5 239 9 301.5 303.7 293.6 336.9 12.01 4 850 1509 16.2 12.0 76 4.2 13.5 238 11 303.1 305.0 292.8 334.1 10.43 5 800 2022 13.1 8.8 75 4.3 10.4 228 12 305.1 306.7 292.2 331.8 8.91 6 750 2563 9.9 5.8 76 4.1 7.5 208 13 307.3 308.8 291.9 330.9 7.74 7 700 3133 6.2 4.4 88 1.8 5.2 191 17 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.5 7.54 8 650 3738 2.3 1.2 93 1.0 1.7 193 22 311.5 312.7 292.2 331.5 6.44 9 600 4381 -1.3 -2.1 94 0.8 -1.7 196 26 314.6 315.7 292.3 332.0 5.49 10 550 5071 -4.6 -5.5 94 0.8 -5.0 201 28 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.6 4.64 11 500 5817 -8.5 -9.5 92 1.1 -8.9 204 29 322.7 323.5 293.0 335.0 3.71 12 450 6627 -13.3 -14.5 90 1.3 -13.7 201 27 326.5 327.1 293.3 335.9 2.75 13 400 7515 -18.9 -19.2 97 0.4 -19.0 213 26 330.4 330.9 293.7 337.7 2.09 14 350 8496 -25.9 -26.5 95 0.6 -26.0 217 32 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.4 1.26 15 300 9594 -33.9 -35.1 89 1.2 -34.1 200 42 337.6 337.7 294.3 340.0 0.64 16 250 10843 -44.0 -45.6 84 1.6 -44.1 196 52 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.7 0.26 17 200 12305 -54.2 -64.2 28 10.0 -54.4 202 58 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14113 -63.1 -76.4 15 13.3 -63.2 212 45 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16570 -67.9 -82.5 11 14.5 -68.0 215 20 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.90 m Freezing level: 618.11 mb = 4147.92 m = 13608.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.92 mb = 4053.79 m = 13299.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.95 mb = 263.27 m = 863.73 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1573.34 m = 5161.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.98 mb = 913.81 m = 2998.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.98 mb = 2832.07 m = 9291.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.98 mb = 7040.94 m = 23099.93 ft B at Equ Level: 154.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.98 mb = 10418.40 m = 34180.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 33.11 m/s