MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1006 67 23.0 20.7 87 2.2 21.4 358 3 295.6 298.4 294.4 340.2 15.49 1 1000 117 22.4 20.2 87 2.3 20.9 3 3 295.6 298.3 294.0 338.8 15.03 2 950 563 21.1 17.2 78 3.9 18.5 275 2 298.6 301.0 293.5 336.7 13.10 3 900 1030 19.0 13.2 69 5.8 15.3 223 9 301.1 303.1 292.4 332.5 10.65 4 850 1520 16.3 11.0 71 5.3 13.0 209 14 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.74 5 800 2034 13.1 8.8 75 4.3 10.4 209 18 305.1 306.8 292.2 331.9 8.91 6 750 2574 9.4 6.5 82 2.9 7.6 217 21 306.8 308.3 292.1 331.3 8.10 7 700 3143 5.4 4.8 96 0.6 5.1 217 22 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.73 8 650 3746 2.0 1.8 99 0.2 1.9 205 24 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.0 6.72 9 600 4389 -1.3 -1.5 98 0.2 -1.4 194 27 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.6 5.71 10 550 5078 -5.0 -5.5 96 0.5 -5.3 195 29 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.61 11 500 5823 -8.8 -9.4 95 0.7 -9.1 202 28 322.3 323.1 293.0 334.7 3.74 12 450 6633 -13.3 -13.8 96 0.5 -13.5 196 29 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.4 2.92 13 400 7521 -18.4 -18.8 96 0.5 -18.6 190 31 331.1 331.5 294.0 338.6 2.16 14 350 8504 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 198 37 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.8 1.33 15 300 9601 -34.4 -34.7 97 0.3 -34.4 202 52 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.5 0.67 16 250 10850 -43.3 -46.2 73 2.8 -43.6 194 57 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.24 17 200 12314 -54.7 -60.4 49 5.7 -54.8 206 60 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14121 -61.5 -76.9 11 15.4 -61.6 215 37 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16582 -67.8 -82.5 11 14.7 -67.9 206 19 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.16 m Freezing level: 619.86 mb = 4133.48 m = 13561.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.63 mb = 4104.29 m = 13465.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.60 mb = 349.41 m = 1146.36 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 8.86 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1691.00 m = 5547.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.22 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.01 mb = 991.92 m = 3254.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.01 mb = 2695.55 m = 8843.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.01 mb = 6649.36 m = 21815.22 ft B at Equ Level: 159.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.01 mb = 9856.48 m = 32337.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 235.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -4.5 tot: 30.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 61.71 m/s