MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1009 67 25.9 20.0 70 5.9 21.7 55 7 298.2 300.9 294.6 340.9 14.70 1 1000 147 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.6 57 9 297.3 299.8 293.7 337.7 13.95 2 950 593 20.0 17.7 87 2.3 18.4 69 9 297.4 299.9 293.4 336.6 13.52 3 900 1058 17.4 14.4 82 3.0 15.4 106 8 299.5 301.6 292.6 333.1 11.52 4 850 1545 14.6 12.1 85 2.5 13.0 142 6 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.5 10.51 5 800 2057 11.9 9.8 87 2.1 10.6 181 4 303.8 305.6 292.3 332.4 9.56 6 750 2595 8.9 7.1 89 1.8 7.8 205 6 306.2 307.8 292.2 331.9 8.49 7 700 3164 5.5 4.3 92 1.2 4.8 209 11 308.6 310.0 292.1 331.4 7.45 8 650 3767 2.0 -0.8 82 2.8 0.5 205 19 311.2 312.2 291.3 328.5 5.55 9 600 4409 -1.9 -7.3 66 5.4 -4.3 198 22 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.7 3.68 10 550 5096 -5.6 -15.3 46 9.7 -9.1 196 25 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.5 2.12 11 500 5838 -9.6 -23.8 30 14.2 -13.6 203 31 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.12 12 450 6644 -14.1 -33.5 18 19.4 -18.1 201 35 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.50 13 400 7529 -19.0 -41.7 12 22.6 -22.5 200 37 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 14 350 8509 -25.7 -41.7 21 16.0 -27.9 200 36 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.28 15 300 9609 -33.2 -51.8 14 18.6 -34.7 203 49 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 16 250 10866 -42.2 -55.3 22 13.2 -42.9 209 55 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.08 17 200 12345 -50.7 -69.2 9 18.5 -51.1 208 62 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14165 -62.7 -77.9 11 15.2 -62.9 214 42 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16614 -68.7 -82.4 12 13.7 -68.8 209 20 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.12 m Freezing level: 624.40 mb = 4095.75 m = 13437.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.31 mb = 3837.74 m = 12590.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.21 mb = 811.47 m = 2662.27 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1254.80 m = 4116.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.06 mb = 943.95 m = 3096.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.06 mb = 2087.48 m = 6848.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.06 mb = 7214.84 m = 23670.46 ft B at Equ Level: 222.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.06 mb = 10157.56 m = 33324.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 222.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.61 Bulk Shear: 61.93 m/s