MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 1008 67 20.4 19.5 95 0.9 19.8 35 5 292.9 295.5 292.7 333.6 14.33 1 1000 133 20.3 19.0 92 1.3 19.5 41 9 293.5 296.0 292.6 333.3 13.98 2 950 577 19.9 16.3 80 3.6 17.5 63 11 297.4 299.6 292.6 333.2 12.35 3 900 1042 17.6 14.1 80 3.5 15.3 91 9 299.7 301.7 292.4 332.8 11.31 4 850 1530 15.1 11.8 81 3.2 13.0 171 5 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.4 10.31 5 800 2042 12.0 9.5 85 2.5 10.4 211 7 304.0 305.7 292.2 331.9 9.36 6 750 2580 8.9 7.1 88 1.8 7.8 218 10 306.2 307.8 292.2 331.8 8.47 7 700 3149 5.5 4.5 93 1.0 4.9 218 13 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.8 7.58 8 650 3752 2.0 1.1 94 0.9 1.5 207 18 311.2 312.5 292.0 331.1 6.40 9 600 4394 -1.5 -4.5 80 2.9 -3.0 198 21 314.3 315.2 291.4 328.9 4.58 10 550 5083 -5.3 -14.1 50 8.8 -8.6 199 23 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.6 2.34 11 500 5824 -9.9 -22.6 35 12.7 -13.6 199 28 320.9 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.24 12 450 6629 -14.7 -24.5 43 9.7 -17.3 198 32 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.17 13 400 7511 -20.2 -35.0 25 14.8 -22.9 202 36 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.49 14 350 8489 -25.9 -53.3 6 27.4 -28.5 208 42 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 15 300 9588 -33.4 -57.3 7 23.9 -35.0 205 49 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 16 250 10843 -42.3 -61.9 10 19.6 -43.1 209 51 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 17 200 12321 -51.8 -67.4 14 15.5 -52.2 213 61 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14140 -62.0 -77.9 10 15.9 -62.1 226 41 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16596 -67.7 -82.6 10 14.9 -67.8 201 17 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.63 m Freezing level: 621.71 mb = 4115.67 m = 13502.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.90 mb = 3966.23 m = 13012.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.71 mb = 178.60 m = 585.95 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1555.15 m = 5102.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.63 mb = 875.40 m = 2872.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.63 mb = 3353.65 m = 11002.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 472.63 mb = 6254.58 m = 20520.03 ft B at Equ Level: 45.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.63 mb = 7836.51 m = 25710.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.7 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 226.7 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.7 neg: -2.3 tot: 60.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 74.34 m/s