MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.7 19.6 93 1.1 19.9 333 4 293.3 295.9 292.9 334.3 14.39 1 1000 121 20.8 19.3 91 1.6 19.8 334 7 294.0 296.5 292.9 334.5 14.20 2 950 566 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.7 336 5 297.5 299.8 292.8 334.0 12.60 3 900 1031 17.7 13.7 77 4.0 15.1 100 2 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.9 10.98 4 850 1518 14.7 12.0 84 2.7 13.0 135 8 301.5 303.5 292.3 332.2 10.40 5 800 2030 11.8 10.2 90 1.6 10.8 161 11 303.8 305.6 292.5 333.0 9.80 6 750 2568 8.7 7.7 93 1.1 8.1 176 14 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.6 8.80 7 700 3137 5.4 4.9 97 0.5 5.1 184 15 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.2 7.78 8 650 3740 2.2 1.5 95 0.7 1.8 189 18 311.5 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.58 9 600 4383 -1.5 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.7 195 22 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.53 10 550 5071 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.8 196 26 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.6 4.42 11 500 5814 -9.7 -11.1 89 1.4 -10.2 203 30 321.2 321.9 292.3 332.1 3.28 12 450 6621 -14.0 -17.5 75 3.4 -15.2 201 29 325.6 326.0 292.5 333.0 2.15 13 400 7505 -19.8 -25.8 59 6.0 -21.2 198 31 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.5 1.17 14 350 8483 -25.9 -43.0 19 17.1 -28.1 201 47 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.24 15 300 9581 -34.1 -52.0 15 18.0 -35.4 201 53 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.10 16 250 10832 -42.8 -59.8 14 17.0 -43.5 208 57 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 17 200 12310 -51.3 -68.7 11 17.4 -51.7 211 64 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14130 -62.1 -77.7 11 15.6 -62.2 224 51 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16591 -67.7 -82.5 10 14.8 -67.8 226 16 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.50 m Freezing level: 620.40 mb = 4120.56 m = 13518.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4063.80 m = 13332.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.82 mb = 209.80 m = 688.30 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1428.73 m = 4687.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.07 mb = 888.17 m = 2913.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.07 mb = 2903.74 m = 9526.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 480.07 mb = 6125.15 m = 20095.38 ft B at Equ Level: 70.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.07 mb = 7879.63 m = 25851.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -7.3 tot: 81.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 59.44 m/s