MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 67 23.0 18.2 74 4.8 19.7 164 4 295.7 298.1 292.7 333.5 13.15 1 1000 111 24.4 18.0 68 6.4 20.0 166 5 297.5 299.9 293.2 335.4 13.09 2 950 560 21.9 16.3 71 5.6 18.2 174 6 299.4 301.7 293.2 335.6 12.39 3 900 1027 18.7 13.8 73 4.9 15.5 188 9 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.4 11.10 4 850 1516 15.4 11.2 76 4.3 12.7 207 13 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.5 9.85 5 800 2028 12.6 8.5 76 4.0 10.1 217 16 304.5 306.2 291.9 330.8 8.74 6 750 2568 9.8 5.0 72 4.8 7.1 215 15 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.33 7 700 3138 6.3 0.5 66 5.8 3.2 224 13 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.0 5.68 8 650 3742 2.6 -6.8 50 9.4 -1.7 233 15 311.9 312.6 289.7 323.1 3.53 9 600 4385 -1.2 -12.4 42 11.3 -5.6 237 16 314.8 315.2 289.6 322.8 2.45 10 550 5073 -5.2 -10.1 68 4.9 -7.2 221 23 317.9 318.6 291.3 328.5 3.23 11 500 5817 -9.1 -12.9 73 3.9 -10.6 215 32 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.83 12 450 6625 -13.7 -18.2 69 4.5 -15.2 207 37 326.0 326.4 292.5 332.9 2.02 13 400 7512 -19.0 -19.2 98 0.2 -19.0 193 45 330.3 330.7 293.7 337.6 2.10 14 350 8493 -25.8 -26.0 98 0.2 -25.8 201 47 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.8 1.31 15 300 9592 -33.7 -34.4 93 0.7 -33.8 200 51 337.9 338.0 294.4 340.5 0.69 16 250 10845 -43.2 -45.7 76 2.5 -43.4 200 62 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.9 0.25 17 200 12311 -52.6 -65.4 20 12.8 -52.9 205 54 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14124 -62.2 -75.6 15 13.4 -62.3 207 46 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16588 -67.7 -82.7 10 14.9 -67.8 226 24 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.95 m Freezing level: 615.38 mb = 4187.04 m = 13736.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.06 mb = 3530.98 m = 11584.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.47 mb = 683.87 m = 2243.63 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1752.30 m = 5748.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.30 mb = 1236.08 m = 4055.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.30 mb = 3455.16 m = 11335.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.30 mb = 6237.91 m = 20465.34 ft B at Equ Level: 63.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.30 mb = 8019.36 m = 26309.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.73 Bulk Shear: 23.26 m/s