MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1006 67 22.7 18.4 77 4.3 19.8 135 2 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.7 13.34 1 1000 117 23.4 18.2 73 5.2 19.9 138 3 296.6 299.0 293.0 334.9 13.28 2 950 565 21.7 16.9 74 4.8 18.5 153 6 299.2 301.6 293.5 336.7 12.86 3 900 1032 18.5 14.2 76 4.3 15.7 181 7 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.9 11.37 4 850 1521 15.4 12.1 81 3.3 13.3 226 10 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.4 10.52 5 800 2033 12.8 8.0 73 4.8 9.9 220 14 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.2 8.46 6 750 2574 10.3 3.3 62 7.0 6.4 197 14 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.7 6.48 7 700 3144 5.8 1.2 72 4.6 3.4 194 12 309.0 310.1 291.0 327.4 5.99 8 650 3746 1.1 -1.1 86 2.1 -0.0 196 12 310.2 311.2 290.9 327.1 5.45 9 600 4387 -2.0 -3.3 91 1.3 -2.6 205 15 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.7 5.01 10 550 5075 -5.3 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 198 20 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.5 4.56 11 500 5818 -9.4 -10.7 90 1.3 -9.9 206 20 321.6 322.2 292.4 332.7 3.38 12 450 6626 -14.0 -14.6 95 0.6 -14.2 211 28 325.7 326.2 293.0 335.0 2.74 13 400 7511 -19.7 -19.9 98 0.2 -19.8 202 39 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.2 1.97 14 350 8490 -26.0 -26.1 100 0.0 -26.1 198 49 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.30 15 300 9587 -34.6 -34.6 100 0.0 -34.6 204 47 336.6 336.8 294.1 339.2 0.68 16 250 10837 -42.7 -49.0 50 6.3 -43.1 197 63 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 17 200 12313 -51.8 -63.6 23 11.8 -52.1 208 55 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.04 18 150 14135 -61.1 -76.7 11 15.6 -61.3 216 47 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16606 -68.0 -82.5 11 14.5 -68.1 226 21 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.49 m Freezing level: 632.42 mb = 3971.30 m = 13029.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.57 mb = 3738.80 m = 12266.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.06 mb = 619.06 m = 2031.00 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.63 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1657.81 m = 5438.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.97 mb = 1128.06 m = 3700.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.97 mb = 3085.65 m = 10123.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 424.97 mb = 7055.81 m = 23148.70 ft B at Equ Level: 163.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.97 mb = 9939.23 m = 32608.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.6 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 230.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -9.7 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.73 Bulk Shear: 16.84 m/s