MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.41,-78.66 Latitude: 34.41 Longitude: -78.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 25 23.4 22.1 93 1.3 22.5 97 20 296.3 299.3 295.6 345.1 16.93 1 1000 50 23.8 21.7 88 2.1 22.3 102 25 297.0 300.0 295.5 345.0 16.61 2 950 498 20.7 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 107 50 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.5 15.92 3 900 965 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 116 59 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.5 14.70 4 850 1455 16.1 15.3 95 0.8 15.5 120 60 303.0 305.4 294.7 341.4 12.98 5 800 1969 13.5 12.5 93 1.0 12.9 122 61 305.6 307.7 294.3 340.0 11.47 6 750 2512 10.5 9.5 93 1.0 9.9 124 61 308.0 309.8 293.9 338.2 9.97 7 700 3085 7.6 6.3 91 1.3 6.8 129 60 310.9 312.5 293.6 337.3 8.57 8 650 3693 4.5 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 134 62 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.3 6.81 9 600 4342 1.2 -3.9 69 5.1 -1.3 138 66 317.5 318.4 292.5 332.8 4.77 10 550 5038 -2.3 -7.3 69 5.0 -4.7 141 63 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.5 4.01 11 500 5789 -6.3 -11.0 69 4.7 -8.3 151 62 325.3 326.0 293.4 336.4 3.30 12 450 6608 -9.9 -12.2 83 2.3 -10.9 154 54 330.8 331.4 294.8 342.2 3.34 13 400 7510 -13.8 -14.9 91 1.1 -14.2 157 46 337.1 337.7 296.1 347.7 3.01 14 350 8514 -20.0 -20.5 96 0.4 -20.2 152 36 341.8 342.2 296.5 349.6 2.15 15 300 9642 -26.7 -28.9 81 2.2 -27.2 158 26 347.8 348.1 297.1 352.3 1.17 16 250 10932 -36.6 -49.7 25 13.1 -37.8 176 36 351.6 351.6 297.1 352.3 0.16 17 200 12439 -48.2 -49.7 84 1.5 -48.3 175 27 356.4 356.5 298.2 357.3 0.20 18 150 14263 -64.6 -65.2 92 0.6 -64.6 183 27 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.04 19 100 16684 -71.3 -82.7 17 11.4 -71.3 180 20 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.84 m Freezing level: 583.15 mb = 4576.30 m = 15013.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.11 mb = 4140.26 m = 13583.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.70 mb = 184.26 m = 604.52 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.05 mb = 671.74 m = 2203.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.04 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.43 mb = 585.10 m = 1919.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.43 mb = 912.93 m = 2995.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.43 mb = 6685.86 m = 21934.96 ft B at Equ Level: 237.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.43 mb = 9510.40 m = 31201.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.2 at 59.5 knts Storm direction: 160.2 at 44.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 539.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 539.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 118.66 m/s