MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1011 67 20.7 20.0 96 0.7 20.2 50 8 292.9 295.5 292.9 334.6 14.67 1 1000 159 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.5 53 13 292.9 295.5 292.7 333.6 14.32 2 950 601 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 69 20 294.9 297.2 292.4 332.7 13.20 3 900 1063 15.5 15.0 97 0.5 15.2 62 20 297.4 299.6 292.3 332.2 12.00 4 850 1547 13.1 12.6 96 0.6 12.8 57 19 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.6 10.82 5 800 2056 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.5 58 18 302.7 304.5 292.3 332.1 9.91 6 750 2593 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 8.0 63 17 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.2 8.77 7 700 3162 5.7 4.7 94 1.0 5.1 66 16 308.7 310.2 292.3 332.2 7.67 8 650 3766 2.1 2.0 99 0.2 2.1 71 15 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.5 6.80 9 600 4409 -1.0 -1.1 99 0.1 -1.0 82 14 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.7 5.91 10 550 5101 -3.7 -4.5 94 0.8 -4.1 89 12 319.7 320.6 293.2 335.7 4.97 11 500 5850 -7.4 -8.6 91 1.2 -7.9 125 10 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.3 4.00 12 450 6664 -12.1 -13.9 87 1.8 -12.8 167 13 328.0 328.6 293.8 337.9 2.90 13 400 7553 -18.9 -20.0 91 1.1 -19.2 195 18 330.5 330.8 293.6 337.3 1.95 14 350 8537 -24.5 -24.8 97 0.3 -24.5 149 28 335.7 336.0 294.6 341.0 1.47 15 300 9641 -33.0 -33.1 99 0.1 -33.0 155 40 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.8 0.78 16 250 10898 -42.5 -42.5 100 -0.0 -42.5 164 66 342.9 343.0 295.4 344.3 0.36 17 200 12379 -49.7 -69.5 8 19.8 -50.2 194 74 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 18 150 14209 -62.1 -77.3 12 15.1 -62.3 205 51 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16651 -70.4 -82.8 14 12.4 -70.4 190 16 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.53 m Freezing level: 615.52 mb = 4209.37 m = 13810.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4188.90 m = 13742.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.87 mb = 151.89 m = 498.31 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.08 mb = 554.85 m = 1820.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.36 mb = 543.28 m = 1782.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.36 mb = 588.39 m = 1930.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 931.36 mb = 769.95 m = 2526.06 ft B at Equ Level: 15.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 581.36 mb = 4660.09 m = 15288.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.1 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 101.1 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -15.4 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.36 Bulk Shear: 1.06 m/s