MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 29 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 22.3 20.3 88 2.0 20.9 53 6 294.8 297.5 293.8 337.8 15.03 1 1000 143 23.5 19.6 79 3.9 20.8 60 11 296.7 299.3 294.0 338.6 14.55 2 950 591 21.0 17.7 81 3.3 18.8 72 15 298.5 301.0 293.8 337.8 13.52 3 900 1058 18.1 15.3 84 2.8 16.3 81 13 300.2 302.4 293.3 336.1 12.25 4 850 1546 15.3 13.2 87 2.1 13.9 97 10 302.2 304.2 293.2 335.5 11.29 5 800 2059 12.5 10.8 90 1.6 11.4 110 9 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.0 10.24 6 750 2598 9.5 7.5 87 2.0 8.3 116 7 306.9 308.5 292.6 333.2 8.71 7 700 3168 5.9 3.7 86 2.2 4.6 142 5 309.0 310.4 292.0 331.0 7.16 8 650 3772 2.4 -0.9 79 3.3 0.7 177 8 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.8 5.50 9 600 4415 -1.1 -7.2 63 6.1 -3.8 193 12 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.7 3.71 10 550 5104 -5.2 -11.6 61 6.4 -7.8 203 14 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.3 2.86 11 500 5847 -9.2 -16.9 54 7.6 -11.9 209 13 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.7 2.04 12 450 6655 -13.2 -21.2 51 7.9 -15.6 207 18 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.1 1.57 13 400 7543 -18.6 -24.6 59 6.0 -20.2 201 20 330.8 331.1 293.2 335.4 1.30 14 350 8525 -25.4 -27.0 86 1.7 -25.7 192 27 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.9 1.19 15 300 9625 -33.3 -36.2 76 2.8 -33.7 196 46 338.4 338.5 294.5 340.6 0.58 16 250 10885 -41.4 -41.4 100 0.0 -41.4 182 63 344.5 344.6 295.8 346.1 0.41 17 200 12363 -51.7 -59.2 40 7.5 -52.0 194 77 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.06 18 150 14185 -61.9 -77.9 10 15.9 -62.1 215 45 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16637 -68.8 -82.5 12 13.7 -68.8 229 14 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.33 m Freezing level: 616.26 mb = 4205.71 m = 13798.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.64 mb = 3863.35 m = 12674.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.49 mb = 324.06 m = 1063.17 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 11.92 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1338.44 m = 4391.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 221.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.40 mb = 939.47 m = 3082.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.40 mb = 2298.23 m = 7540.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.40 mb = 7221.57 m = 23692.53 ft B at Equ Level: 221.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.40 mb = 10683.25 m = 35049.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.3 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 178.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.5 neg: -4.6 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 29.72 m/s