MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.18,-79.55 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -79.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 29 24.0 22.3 90 1.7 22.8 100 15 297.0 300.1 295.8 346.6 17.14 1 1000 42 24.1 21.9 87 2.2 22.5 104 16 297.3 300.3 295.7 345.8 16.76 2 950 490 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 111 32 298.4 301.2 295.3 344.2 15.77 3 900 958 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 122 38 300.8 303.4 295.1 343.1 14.41 4 850 1448 16.4 15.2 93 1.2 15.6 126 41 303.4 305.7 294.7 341.7 12.91 5 800 1963 13.9 12.6 92 1.3 13.0 126 44 306.0 308.1 294.4 340.5 11.51 6 750 2507 11.7 8.9 83 2.7 10.0 130 45 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.6 9.62 7 700 3082 8.8 4.5 74 4.3 6.3 136 45 312.2 313.7 293.2 335.6 7.55 8 650 3692 5.0 0.2 71 4.7 2.4 140 45 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.5 5.99 9 600 4340 0.3 -3.5 75 3.8 -1.6 141 46 316.5 317.4 292.3 332.2 4.92 10 550 5034 -3.2 -11.0 55 7.8 -6.5 145 47 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.2 3.00 11 500 5783 -7.3 -19.4 37 12.1 -11.3 151 48 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.8 1.64 12 450 6593 -13.2 -17.3 71 4.1 -14.6 142 45 326.6 327.1 292.9 334.2 2.19 13 400 7488 -15.4 -17.8 82 2.4 -16.3 144 30 334.9 335.4 295.1 343.2 2.35 14 350 8485 -21.5 -22.8 89 1.3 -21.9 131 27 339.8 340.1 295.8 346.1 1.74 15 300 9603 -29.4 -30.9 87 1.4 -29.7 132 31 343.9 344.1 296.1 347.6 0.97 16 250 10878 -39.4 -41.7 78 2.3 -39.6 143 23 347.5 347.6 296.4 349.1 0.39 17 200 12372 -49.3 -64.8 15 15.6 -49.7 167 19 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.03 18 150 14201 -62.2 -71.7 27 9.4 -62.4 187 20 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.02 19 100 16643 -71.0 -81.9 18 10.9 -71.1 158 7 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.96 m Freezing level: 595.39 mb = 4404.33 m = 14449.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.83 mb = 4077.11 m = 13376.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.10 mb = 244.44 m = 801.96 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 790.56 m = 2593.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.81 mb = 629.62 m = 2065.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.81 mb = 1652.42 m = 5421.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.81 mb = 7491.46 m = 24577.97 ft B at Equ Level: 337.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.81 mb = 11441.63 m = 37537.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.0 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 165.0 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 71.14 m/s