MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 34.65,-77.67 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -77.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 15 22.8 20.9 89 1.9 21.5 55 16 295.1 297.9 294.3 339.9 15.59 1 1000 101 22.1 20.3 90 1.8 20.9 59 29 295.3 298.0 294.0 338.9 15.20 2 950 545 19.0 18.9 100 0.1 19.0 67 44 296.5 299.1 294.0 338.8 14.66 3 900 1010 17.3 16.9 98 0.4 17.1 87 49 299.4 301.8 294.1 339.1 13.61 4 850 1499 15.7 14.1 90 1.6 14.7 106 48 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.2 12.01 5 800 2012 13.1 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 114 48 305.1 307.2 293.9 338.3 11.09 6 750 2554 10.9 10.5 98 0.4 10.6 123 48 308.4 310.4 294.5 340.9 10.70 7 700 3129 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 129 47 311.4 313.2 294.5 340.7 9.52 8 650 3738 5.1 3.3 88 1.8 4.0 132 46 314.7 316.1 293.9 338.1 7.48 9 600 4389 2.0 -3.1 69 5.1 -0.6 135 44 318.5 319.5 293.0 334.9 5.09 10 550 5087 -2.0 -8.2 62 6.3 -4.8 134 41 321.7 322.5 292.8 334.1 3.74 11 500 5839 -6.2 -13.5 56 7.2 -9.1 134 39 325.5 326.0 293.0 334.6 2.71 12 450 6656 -11.3 -18.7 54 7.4 -13.8 135 38 329.0 329.4 293.3 335.7 1.93 13 400 7549 -16.8 -23.6 56 6.8 -18.7 143 43 333.2 333.5 293.9 338.3 1.43 14 350 8542 -22.0 -26.6 66 4.7 -23.1 148 49 339.2 339.4 295.2 343.7 1.24 15 300 9661 -28.9 -33.7 63 4.8 -29.7 155 52 344.6 344.8 296.1 347.5 0.74 16 250 10942 -37.3 -40.6 72 3.2 -37.7 163 48 350.6 350.6 297.1 352.3 0.44 17 200 12447 -48.8 -56.3 41 7.6 -49.1 163 26 355.5 355.5 297.9 355.9 0.09 18 150 14272 -63.6 -69.4 45 5.7 -63.7 138 26 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.02 19 100 16678 -74.0 -82.4 26 8.4 -74.0 192 10 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.58 m Freezing level: 574.57 mb = 4744.21 m = 15564.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.19 mb = 4305.94 m = 14126.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.39 mb = 254.55 m = 835.12 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.61 mb = 548.69 m = 1800.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3997.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.45 mb = 550.12 m = 1804.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.8 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 147.8 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 693.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 693.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 231.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 183.85 m/s