MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 20.8 19.5 92 1.3 19.9 42 9 293.2 295.8 292.7 333.9 14.30 1 1000 147 20.1 18.9 93 1.2 19.3 45 14 293.2 295.7 292.4 332.6 13.85 2 950 588 17.2 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 62 23 294.6 296.9 291.9 330.8 12.64 3 900 1049 15.1 14.5 96 0.6 14.7 63 25 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.7 11.62 4 850 1533 13.1 12.6 97 0.5 12.8 62 22 299.9 301.8 292.2 331.6 10.84 5 800 2042 11.0 10.6 97 0.4 10.7 64 20 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.7 10.06 6 750 2580 8.8 8.3 97 0.4 8.5 69 18 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.9 9.22 7 700 3150 5.9 4.8 93 1.1 5.3 70 17 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.8 7.75 8 650 3753 2.4 2.0 97 0.4 2.2 108 12 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.8 6.82 9 600 4398 -0.7 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.8 109 11 315.4 316.5 292.9 334.2 5.97 10 550 5092 -3.0 -4.6 89 1.6 -3.8 126 9 320.5 321.5 293.4 336.6 4.96 11 500 5842 -6.9 -8.8 87 1.9 -7.7 152 5 324.6 325.4 293.7 337.7 3.95 12 450 6656 -13.1 -15.2 84 2.1 -13.8 233 7 326.8 327.3 293.3 335.7 2.62 13 400 7544 -17.8 -18.0 98 0.2 -17.9 145 12 331.8 332.3 294.3 339.9 2.31 14 350 8532 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 144 25 336.6 336.9 294.9 342.4 1.59 15 300 9640 -31.7 -31.7 100 -0.0 -31.7 149 44 340.7 340.9 295.3 344.1 0.90 16 250 10904 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 162 69 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.5 0.42 17 200 12386 -50.6 -66.6 13 16.0 -51.0 197 78 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 18 150 14212 -62.4 -73.8 20 11.4 -62.5 210 74 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16656 -70.9 -82.8 16 11.8 -71.0 189 24 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.92 m Freezing level: 610.86 mb = 4257.97 m = 13969.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.39 mb = 4220.19 m = 13845.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.43 mb = 229.73 m = 753.68 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.41 mb = 665.69 m = 2183.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.78 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5643.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.04 mb = 605.82 m = 1987.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.8 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 107.8 at 11.4 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: 60.4 neg: -10.7 tot: 49.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 6.67 m/s