MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 56 8 293.3 296.0 293.3 336.0 15.02 1 1000 148 20.8 20.0 95 0.8 20.3 59 13 294.0 296.6 293.4 336.5 14.91 2 950 593 20.7 16.9 79 3.8 18.1 90 20 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.5 12.84 3 900 1059 17.8 14.7 82 3.1 15.7 111 17 299.8 302.0 292.9 334.2 11.77 4 850 1547 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 123 14 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.8 10.91 5 800 2058 11.8 10.6 92 1.2 11.0 129 13 303.8 305.6 292.7 333.8 10.07 6 750 2597 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 137 11 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.4 8.63 7 700 3167 6.0 4.6 91 1.4 5.2 135 8 309.2 310.6 292.4 332.5 7.63 8 650 3771 2.4 1.3 92 1.1 1.8 115 7 311.7 313.0 292.2 331.9 6.50 9 600 4414 -1.1 -3.2 86 2.0 -2.1 138 5 314.8 315.8 291.9 330.8 5.05 10 550 5104 -4.6 -8.4 75 3.8 -6.2 157 8 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.7 3.70 11 500 5850 -8.5 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.7 166 11 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.1 2.49 12 450 6660 -13.0 -21.0 51 8.0 -15.4 167 14 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.4 1.59 13 400 7548 -18.9 -23.2 69 4.3 -20.1 173 17 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.6 1.47 14 350 8530 -24.8 -24.9 99 0.1 -24.8 177 28 335.3 335.6 294.4 340.5 1.44 15 300 9633 -33.4 -33.4 100 -0.0 -33.4 168 45 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.76 16 250 10886 -42.3 -47.3 58 5.0 -42.6 179 63 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.1 0.22 17 200 12364 -51.5 -65.3 18 13.8 -51.8 187 75 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.03 18 150 14194 -60.9 -78.5 8 17.6 -61.0 207 37 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16642 -69.8 -82.6 14 12.7 -69.9 201 15 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.52 m Freezing level: 616.02 mb = 4208.28 m = 13806.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.96 mb = 4061.07 m = 13323.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.66 mb = 142.56 m = 467.70 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1313.03 m = 4307.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.41 mb = 847.39 m = 2780.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.41 mb = 2514.98 m = 8251.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.41 mb = 5734.71 m = 18814.44 ft B at Equ Level: 78.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.41 mb = 7975.35 m = 26165.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.0 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 155.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 18.85 m/s