MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1007 67 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.5 35 9 292.3 294.9 292.4 332.6 14.20 1 1000 126 19.4 19.0 98 0.3 19.2 38 14 292.5 295.0 292.3 332.2 13.99 2 950 567 17.5 17.5 100 0.0 17.5 66 25 294.9 297.3 292.6 333.2 13.34 3 900 1029 15.8 15.7 100 0.1 15.7 76 22 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.2 12.57 4 850 1515 13.7 13.7 100 0.0 13.7 77 18 300.5 302.6 293.0 334.8 11.67 5 800 2025 11.5 11.5 100 0.0 11.5 78 16 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.2 10.69 6 750 2564 9.0 8.8 99 0.2 8.9 76 14 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.2 9.54 7 700 3134 6.3 6.0 98 0.3 6.2 82 13 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.3 8.44 8 650 3739 2.9 2.8 99 0.1 2.9 94 15 312.3 313.6 293.0 334.8 7.25 9 600 4385 -0.4 -0.5 100 0.1 -0.4 98 14 315.6 316.8 293.1 335.2 6.18 10 550 5078 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 93 14 319.8 320.9 293.5 336.7 5.23 11 500 5827 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.5 -7.4 102 17 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.5 4.30 12 450 6642 -11.5 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.7 126 21 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.4 3.41 13 400 7537 -16.4 -16.5 99 0.1 -16.4 139 33 333.7 334.2 295.0 342.9 2.64 14 350 8529 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 147 39 338.1 338.5 295.4 344.5 1.76 15 300 9642 -31.1 -31.2 100 0.0 -31.1 154 45 341.5 341.7 295.6 345.1 0.95 16 250 10905 -41.6 -41.7 99 0.1 -41.6 171 51 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.39 17 200 12384 -50.6 -54.4 64 3.8 -50.8 188 71 352.6 352.7 297.3 353.1 0.12 18 150 14213 -60.0 -73.7 15 13.6 -60.2 216 51 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16658 -69.5 -82.3 14 12.8 -69.6 234 7 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.92 m Freezing level: 606.21 mb = 4304.45 m = 14122.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.72 mb = 4294.76 m = 14090.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.59 mb = 112.24 m = 368.22 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.12 mb = 538.73 m = 1767.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.22 C = 72.00 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 2.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5857.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.42 mb = 527.03 m = 1729.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.2 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 113.2 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: -14.4 tot: 76.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 10.05 m/s