MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.93,-78.08 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -78.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 24.3 22.5 89 1.9 23.0 76 21 296.9 300.0 295.9 346.7 17.24 1 1000 65 24.7 21.8 84 2.9 22.6 76 32 297.8 300.9 295.8 346.2 16.65 2 950 514 21.5 19.8 90 1.6 20.4 84 44 299.0 301.8 295.3 344.2 15.51 3 900 982 18.8 17.2 91 1.6 17.8 98 47 300.9 303.4 294.7 341.7 13.89 4 850 1472 16.3 15.2 93 1.1 15.6 107 48 303.3 305.7 294.7 341.6 12.92 5 800 1987 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 113 48 305.8 308.0 294.8 342.3 12.17 6 750 2530 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 10.9 119 47 308.6 310.6 294.8 341.9 10.97 7 700 3104 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.8 125 46 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.5 9.44 8 650 3714 4.7 3.7 93 1.1 4.1 129 45 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.3 7.68 9 600 4363 1.3 -1.5 81 2.8 -0.2 131 43 317.6 318.7 293.3 335.8 5.71 10 550 5059 -2.4 -8.6 63 6.2 -5.1 136 43 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.3 3.65 11 500 5810 -7.0 -13.7 59 6.6 -9.6 143 41 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.5 2.66 12 450 6625 -11.4 -16.3 67 4.9 -13.2 150 36 328.9 329.4 293.6 337.1 2.38 13 400 7520 -15.7 -21.9 59 6.2 -17.6 150 33 334.6 334.9 294.4 340.5 1.66 14 350 8516 -21.7 -24.5 78 2.8 -22.5 153 32 339.5 339.8 295.5 345.0 1.50 15 300 9635 -29.1 -29.9 93 0.8 -29.3 154 29 344.4 344.6 296.3 348.4 1.07 16 250 10915 -38.1 -38.7 94 0.6 -38.2 175 34 349.4 349.5 297.0 351.5 0.54 17 200 12408 -50.8 -51.0 98 0.1 -50.8 174 33 352.3 352.3 297.3 353.0 0.18 18 150 14231 -62.0 -68.9 39 6.9 -62.1 201 25 363.2 363.2 299.4 363.3 0.02 19 100 16649 -72.2 -82.1 21 9.9 -72.2 145 7 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.16 m Freezing level: 582.40 mb = 4608.36 m = 15119.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.47 mb = 4329.97 m = 14205.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.19 mb = 239.80 m = 786.75 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 918.16 m = 3012.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 38.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.05 mb = 706.78 m = 2318.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.05 mb = 1531.76 m = 5025.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.05 mb = 7632.06 m = 25039.26 ft B at Equ Level: 262.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.05 mb = 10801.88 m = 35438.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.4 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 149.4 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 454.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 454.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 105.41 m/s