MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 21.6 19.7 89 1.8 20.4 235 1 294.2 296.8 293.3 335.8 14.55 1 1000 117 22.0 19.3 85 2.6 20.2 211 1 295.1 297.7 293.3 336.0 14.26 2 950 564 21.1 15.9 72 5.2 17.7 181 4 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.7 12.07 3 900 1031 18.7 13.5 72 5.2 15.3 190 6 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.7 10.86 4 850 1519 15.7 11.0 73 4.8 12.7 193 9 302.6 304.4 292.1 331.5 9.72 5 800 2032 12.6 8.3 75 4.2 10.0 186 9 304.5 306.1 291.8 330.4 8.63 6 750 2571 9.1 5.6 79 3.5 7.1 179 10 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.6 7.64 7 700 3140 5.1 3.3 88 1.8 4.1 181 9 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.5 6.97 8 650 3741 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 195 11 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.5 6.18 9 600 4382 -1.9 -2.1 99 0.2 -2.0 201 18 313.9 315.0 292.0 331.2 5.49 10 550 5072 -4.9 -5.1 98 0.2 -5.0 204 24 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.6 4.75 11 500 5816 -9.0 -9.8 94 0.8 -9.4 205 26 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.1 3.64 12 450 6625 -13.8 -16.2 82 2.4 -14.6 203 31 325.9 326.4 292.8 334.1 2.41 13 400 7509 -19.8 -19.9 100 0.1 -19.8 196 35 329.2 329.6 293.3 336.1 1.98 14 350 8488 -26.3 -26.9 95 0.6 -26.4 194 47 333.3 333.6 293.7 337.7 1.21 15 300 9583 -34.7 -34.8 99 0.1 -34.7 200 55 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.0 0.66 16 250 10830 -43.9 -49.2 56 5.3 -44.2 202 62 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.17 17 200 12305 -51.1 -68.5 11 17.4 -51.5 211 67 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.02 18 150 14132 -61.3 -78.1 9 16.8 -61.5 219 46 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16598 -67.1 -82.6 9 15.5 -67.2 239 18 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.74 m Freezing level: 630.55 mb = 3990.66 m = 13092.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.35 mb = 3936.50 m = 12914.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.61 mb = 296.49 m = 972.74 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1745.78 m = 5727.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.95 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.93 mb = 1069.26 m = 3508.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.93 mb = 2896.82 m = 9503.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.93 mb = 5495.72 m = 18030.36 ft B at Equ Level: 96.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 350.93 mb = 8468.34 m = 27782.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.21 Bulk Shear: 15.59 m/s