MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 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 19.7 19.1 97 0.5 19.3 41 10 292.1 294.6 292.2 331.7 13.97 1 1000 135 19.2 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 43 15 292.4 294.8 292.0 331.3 13.72 2 950 575 17.1 17.1 100 0.0 17.1 68 26 294.6 296.9 292.2 331.8 13.02 3 900 1037 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 81 22 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.3 12.57 4 850 1523 13.9 13.8 100 0.1 13.8 87 16 300.7 302.8 293.1 335.3 11.76 5 800 2033 11.5 11.1 97 0.4 11.2 83 16 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.41 6 750 2572 8.9 7.9 93 1.0 8.3 85 17 306.3 307.9 292.6 333.3 8.95 7 700 3141 5.8 5.3 96 0.5 5.5 93 16 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.4 8.01 8 650 3746 2.8 2.7 99 0.1 2.7 90 13 312.1 313.5 292.9 334.4 7.15 9 600 4391 -0.4 -0.4 99 0.1 -0.4 88 10 315.7 316.9 293.1 335.2 6.18 10 550 5084 -3.5 -3.9 97 0.3 -3.7 88 5 319.9 320.9 293.5 336.8 5.23 11 500 5833 -7.4 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.7 79 4 324.0 324.8 293.8 338.0 4.23 12 450 6647 -12.2 -12.5 97 0.3 -12.3 93 13 327.9 328.5 294.0 338.9 3.24 13 400 7540 -16.9 -17.1 99 0.2 -17.0 140 26 333.0 333.5 294.7 341.7 2.50 14 350 8531 -22.9 -22.9 100 0.0 -22.9 146 36 337.9 338.3 295.3 344.2 1.74 15 300 9645 -30.4 -30.8 96 0.4 -30.4 155 46 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.3 0.98 16 250 10914 -40.5 -41.7 88 1.3 -40.6 167 53 345.9 346.0 296.1 347.5 0.39 17 200 12391 -52.9 -53.4 94 0.5 -52.9 182 60 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.13 18 150 14214 -60.4 -73.3 17 12.9 -60.6 214 55 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16662 -70.1 -82.3 15 12.1 -70.2 210 17 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.68 m Freezing level: 605.77 mb = 4316.63 m = 14162.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.29 mb = 4307.03 m = 14130.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.53 mb = 130.25 m = 427.33 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 1.97 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.25 mb = 519.05 m = 1702.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.81 C = 71.26 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.55 mb = 534.29 m = 1752.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.55 mb = 579.38 m = 1900.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 939.55 mb = 669.84 m = 2197.60 ft B at Equ Level: 19.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 839.55 mb = 1626.89 m = 5337.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.2 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 112.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.7 neg: -3.7 tot: 90.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 10.61 m/s