MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 27.1 18.4 59 8.7 21.1 185 3 299.9 302.3 294.1 339.0 13.37 1 1000 103 26.3 18.0 60 8.3 20.6 188 3 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.6 13.06 2 950 552 21.9 16.8 73 5.1 18.5 200 4 299.4 301.8 293.5 336.8 12.80 3 900 1020 18.7 13.8 73 4.8 15.5 214 8 300.7 302.8 292.6 333.4 11.10 4 850 1508 15.6 11.5 76 4.2 13.0 210 12 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.3 10.06 5 800 2021 13.1 6.9 66 6.2 9.4 214 17 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.6 7.80 6 750 2562 10.7 1.6 53 9.1 5.7 223 16 308.2 309.2 290.5 325.8 5.72 7 700 3133 6.3 0.6 67 5.7 3.3 224 15 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.2 5.73 8 650 3736 2.4 -5.4 56 7.8 -1.2 239 18 311.7 312.5 290.0 324.2 3.94 9 600 4379 -1.4 -13.1 40 11.7 -6.0 242 22 314.5 314.9 289.4 322.1 2.32 10 550 5067 -5.3 -10.1 69 4.8 -7.3 227 31 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.3 3.21 11 500 5810 -9.4 -10.2 94 0.8 -9.8 211 35 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.2 3.51 12 450 6620 -13.0 -13.7 95 0.7 -13.2 200 39 326.9 327.5 293.6 336.9 2.96 13 400 7508 -18.7 -19.8 90 1.2 -19.0 198 41 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.7 1.98 14 350 8490 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 199 44 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.9 1.34 15 300 9591 -33.2 -33.7 96 0.4 -33.3 197 57 338.5 338.7 294.6 341.3 0.74 16 250 10844 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 194 66 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.33 17 200 12307 -53.8 -60.8 42 7.1 -53.9 202 58 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14117 -62.4 -75.9 15 13.4 -62.6 206 44 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16574 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.8 -68.0 217 25 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.32 m Freezing level: 618.29 mb = 4143.73 m = 13594.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.50 mb = 3568.96 m = 11709.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.53 mb = 1167.84 m = 3831.45 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.23 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1785.00 m = 5856.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.65 mb = 1273.67 m = 4178.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.65 mb = 3148.59 m = 10329.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.65 mb = 6473.56 m = 21238.44 ft B at Equ Level: 125.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.65 mb = 9160.13 m = 30052.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.07 Bulk Shear: 31.11 m/s