MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1008 67 20.3 19.6 95 0.8 19.8 35 9 292.8 295.4 292.7 333.5 14.34 1 1000 135 19.9 19.1 96 0.7 19.4 37 14 293.0 295.5 292.5 333.0 14.06 2 950 576 17.2 17.1 100 0.1 17.2 55 24 294.6 297.0 292.3 332.0 13.04 3 900 1038 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 64 23 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.6 12.18 4 850 1522 13.3 13.3 100 0.1 13.3 67 19 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.4 11.35 5 800 2032 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.2 72 15 303.2 305.1 292.9 334.4 10.49 6 750 2570 8.8 8.7 99 0.1 8.7 82 13 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.43 7 700 3140 6.0 5.7 98 0.3 5.8 91 12 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.4 8.25 8 650 3745 3.0 3.0 100 0.1 3.0 102 12 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.1 7.31 9 600 4391 0.0 -0.0 100 0.0 -0.0 120 14 316.1 317.4 293.4 336.3 6.38 10 550 5085 -3.7 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.8 139 12 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.6 5.25 11 500 5833 -7.8 -9.2 90 1.3 -8.4 60 2 323.5 324.2 293.3 336.1 3.82 12 450 6645 -12.7 -14.9 84 2.2 -13.5 295 6 327.3 327.8 293.4 336.4 2.68 13 400 7537 -17.1 -17.3 99 0.2 -17.1 113 18 332.7 333.2 294.7 341.4 2.47 14 350 8526 -23.3 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 137 31 337.3 337.6 295.1 343.3 1.66 15 300 9637 -30.9 -30.9 100 -0.0 -30.9 150 46 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.5 0.97 16 250 10905 -40.5 -40.8 98 0.2 -40.6 162 58 345.8 345.9 296.1 347.5 0.43 17 200 12386 -52.1 -52.2 100 0.0 -52.1 194 69 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.9 0.15 18 150 14203 -61.7 -70.7 29 9.0 -61.8 216 64 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.02 19 100 16648 -70.5 -82.4 16 11.9 -70.5 206 20 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.01 m Freezing level: 599.79 mb = 4394.04 m = 14415.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.64 mb = 4382.54 m = 14378.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.86 mb = 161.96 m = 531.36 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.10 mb = 539.13 m = 1768.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.03 C = 71.65 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.24 mb = 546.88 m = 1794.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.24 mb = 592.00 m = 1942.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 918.24 mb = 866.45 m = 2842.64 ft B at Equ Level: 15.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 788.24 mb = 2155.61 m = 7072.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.8 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 113.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.0 neg: -6.1 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 15.14 m/s