MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1010 67 21.2 20.0 93 1.2 20.4 70 7 293.5 296.2 293.2 335.5 14.72 1 1000 151 21.4 19.5 89 1.9 20.1 74 13 294.5 297.1 293.2 335.7 14.38 2 950 596 20.9 15.5 71 5.5 17.3 97 16 298.4 300.6 292.4 332.5 11.72 3 900 1063 17.9 14.3 79 3.6 15.5 111 14 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.5 11.43 4 850 1550 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 120 12 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.3 10.77 5 800 2061 11.9 10.9 94 1.0 11.2 127 10 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.4 10.26 6 750 2601 9.4 8.3 93 1.0 8.7 129 7 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.6 9.21 7 700 3171 6.2 5.2 93 1.1 5.6 129 7 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.7 7.92 8 650 3775 2.5 1.3 92 1.1 1.8 141 8 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.9 6.49 9 600 4419 -0.8 -3.9 80 3.1 -2.3 157 8 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.4 4.79 10 550 5109 -4.9 -8.0 79 3.1 -6.2 166 9 318.3 319.0 291.9 330.7 3.81 11 500 5853 -8.7 -12.0 77 3.3 -10.0 167 11 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.6 3.06 12 450 6663 -13.3 -16.6 76 3.3 -14.5 170 14 326.5 327.0 292.9 334.5 2.33 13 400 7550 -19.2 -20.8 87 1.6 -19.7 174 17 330.0 330.3 293.4 336.4 1.82 14 350 8530 -25.8 -28.3 79 2.5 -26.3 193 24 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.9 1.06 15 300 9631 -31.9 -32.2 97 0.3 -32.0 190 54 340.4 340.5 295.2 343.6 0.85 16 250 10892 -42.6 -42.6 100 -0.0 -42.6 175 60 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.36 17 200 12368 -50.9 -64.8 18 13.9 -51.2 195 74 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.03 18 150 14195 -60.8 -78.5 8 17.7 -60.9 214 37 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16648 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.1 -69.4 214 12 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.88 m Freezing level: 612.13 mb = 4262.94 m = 13985.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.93 mb = 4053.17 m = 13297.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.08 mb = 219.73 m = 720.89 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1509.06 m = 4950.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.67 mb = 1008.47 m = 3308.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.67 mb = 3766.89 m = 12358.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.67 mb = 4018.14 m = 13182.72 ft B at Equ Level: 21.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.67 mb = 6156.53 m = 20198.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.2 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 161.2 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 13.32 m/s