MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.2 96 0.7 20.4 64 7 293.2 295.9 293.2 335.7 14.93 1 1000 146 20.6 19.8 95 0.8 20.1 70 12 293.8 296.4 293.2 335.7 14.71 2 950 590 19.7 16.5 81 3.3 17.5 106 18 297.2 299.5 292.6 333.3 12.48 3 900 1055 17.2 14.1 82 3.0 15.2 115 14 299.2 301.3 292.3 332.4 11.34 4 850 1542 14.3 11.9 85 2.4 12.8 118 12 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.7 10.36 5 800 2052 11.5 10.0 90 1.5 10.6 117 11 303.4 305.2 292.3 332.2 9.67 6 750 2590 8.7 8.3 97 0.4 8.4 109 10 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.6 9.17 7 700 3159 5.6 5.3 98 0.3 5.5 102 9 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.2 8.01 8 650 3763 2.1 1.8 98 0.2 2.0 100 7 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.3 6.75 9 600 4407 -0.9 -2.7 88 1.7 -1.8 86 5 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.7 5.24 10 550 5097 -4.9 -6.2 91 1.3 -5.5 119 3 318.2 319.1 292.3 332.3 4.36 11 500 5842 -8.4 -9.1 95 0.7 -8.7 120 10 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.6 3.86 12 450 6653 -12.9 -13.4 96 0.5 -13.1 126 16 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.2 3.02 13 400 7542 -18.3 -18.3 100 0.0 -18.3 146 24 331.2 331.7 294.1 339.1 2.25 14 350 8526 -25.3 -25.9 95 0.6 -25.4 167 35 334.7 334.9 294.2 339.5 1.33 15 300 9624 -34.3 -39.9 57 5.6 -35.0 176 40 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.5 0.39 16 250 10875 -43.0 -49.5 49 6.5 -43.4 174 62 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.17 17 200 12352 -50.4 -67.6 11 17.2 -50.8 184 81 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14184 -61.2 -77.7 10 16.4 -61.4 204 46 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16631 -69.6 -82.8 13 13.2 -69.7 196 15 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.59 m Freezing level: 615.50 mb = 4207.02 m = 13802.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.96 mb = 4091.78 m = 13424.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.73 mb = 148.79 m = 488.14 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 4.03 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1276.07 m = 4186.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.67 mb = 813.48 m = 2668.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.67 mb = 2919.44 m = 9578.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 540.67 mb = 5230.44 m = 17160.01 ft B at Equ Level: 36.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 460.67 mb = 6472.97 m = 21236.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.8 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 137.8 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -4.7 tot: 41.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 4.84 m/s