MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 20.5 20.0 96 0.6 20.2 51 9 292.8 295.5 292.9 334.5 14.68 1 1000 153 20.0 19.6 97 0.5 19.7 54 14 293.2 295.7 292.9 334.3 14.46 2 950 595 18.6 16.8 89 1.8 17.4 77 18 296.1 298.4 292.5 332.9 12.77 3 900 1058 16.1 14.3 89 1.8 15.0 87 13 298.1 300.2 292.1 331.4 11.45 4 850 1543 13.3 12.0 92 1.3 12.4 91 9 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.6 10.40 5 800 2052 10.9 10.0 94 0.9 10.3 79 7 302.8 304.5 292.2 331.5 9.69 6 750 2590 8.8 7.6 92 1.2 8.0 62 11 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.5 8.74 7 700 3159 6.0 4.3 89 1.7 5.0 57 12 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.9 7.44 8 650 3763 2.0 1.7 98 0.3 1.9 53 11 311.3 312.5 292.3 332.0 6.69 9 600 4407 -1.0 -1.2 99 0.2 -1.1 47 10 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.5 5.86 10 550 5098 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 67 12 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.6 4.86 11 500 5844 -8.0 -8.6 96 0.6 -8.2 111 14 323.3 324.1 293.4 336.5 4.01 12 450 6657 -12.4 -12.8 97 0.4 -12.6 140 20 327.6 328.3 293.9 338.4 3.18 13 400 7547 -18.2 -18.5 98 0.2 -18.3 160 21 331.3 331.7 294.1 339.1 2.23 14 350 8530 -26.0 -26.3 97 0.3 -26.1 175 31 333.8 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.28 15 300 9629 -33.7 -33.7 100 -0.0 -33.7 164 52 337.9 338.0 294.5 340.7 0.74 16 250 10883 -43.5 -43.7 98 0.2 -43.5 171 70 341.4 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.32 17 200 12360 -49.3 -70.3 7 21.1 -49.8 193 64 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14192 -61.7 -77.1 11 15.4 -61.8 205 47 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16638 -70.3 -82.7 14 12.4 -70.4 194 15 392.0 392.0 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.68 m Freezing level: 616.51 mb = 4194.12 m = 13760.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.30 mb = 4165.14 m = 13664.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.81 mb = 137.05 m = 449.64 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 3.95 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 980.75 m = 3217.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.36 mb = 682.67 m = 2239.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.36 mb = 3696.24 m = 12126.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 615.36 mb = 4203.47 m = 13790.73 ft B at Equ Level: 20.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 535.36 mb = 5309.12 m = 17418.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 101.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.15 Bulk Shear: 2.07 m/s