MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1005 66 25.8 20.2 71 5.6 21.9 293 2 298.5 301.3 294.8 342.1 14.99 1 1000 108 24.5 19.5 74 5.0 21.0 286 2 297.6 300.3 294.1 339.4 14.42 2 950 555 20.9 16.9 78 4.0 18.2 232 5 298.4 300.7 293.3 335.8 12.87 3 900 1022 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.5 221 11 300.6 302.7 292.6 333.3 11.13 4 850 1511 16.0 11.5 75 4.5 13.1 208 15 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.7 10.05 5 800 2024 12.9 8.2 73 4.7 10.0 216 18 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.6 8.57 6 750 2564 9.8 4.6 70 5.2 6.8 233 17 307.3 308.6 291.4 328.9 7.11 7 700 3134 5.6 2.6 81 3.0 3.9 231 26 308.7 309.9 291.4 328.9 6.59 8 650 3736 2.2 1.4 94 0.8 1.7 208 30 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.7 6.52 9 600 4379 -1.4 -1.9 96 0.5 -1.6 198 30 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.1 5.56 10 550 5069 -5.0 -5.5 96 0.5 -5.3 193 34 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.61 11 500 5814 -8.6 -9.2 95 0.6 -8.9 200 30 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.1 3.80 12 450 6624 -13.0 -13.6 95 0.6 -13.2 195 31 326.9 327.5 293.6 337.0 2.98 13 400 7513 -18.4 -19.0 95 0.6 -18.6 197 37 331.0 331.5 293.9 338.4 2.12 14 350 8497 -25.2 -26.5 89 1.3 -25.5 195 44 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.3 1.25 15 300 9597 -33.5 -34.8 88 1.3 -33.7 198 59 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.6 0.66 16 250 10848 -43.8 -45.5 83 1.7 -43.9 189 65 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.26 17 200 12314 -52.8 -66.7 17 14.0 -53.1 201 54 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14123 -62.8 -76.4 14 13.7 -62.9 210 40 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16580 -68.9 -82.4 13 13.5 -69.0 210 24 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.01 m Freezing level: 619.44 mb = 4129.27 m = 13547.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.27 mb = 4060.83 m = 13322.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.28 mb = 773.23 m = 2536.80 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.22 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.18 mb = 1669.72 m = 5478.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.30 mb = 1075.98 m = 3530.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.30 mb = 2794.90 m = 9169.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.30 mb = 6301.02 m = 20672.38 ft B at Equ Level: 126.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.30 mb = 8931.88 m = 29303.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 51.90 m/s