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: 34.45,-78.47 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -78.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 24 23.4 22.2 93 1.2 22.6 102 18 296.2 299.2 295.6 345.3 17.04 1 1000 60 23.9 21.8 88 2.1 22.4 106 26 297.0 300.0 295.6 345.1 16.62 2 950 508 20.7 20.3 97 0.4 20.4 111 48 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.6 15.96 3 900 975 18.5 18.3 98 0.2 18.4 120 56 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.2 14.85 4 850 1465 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 124 57 303.0 305.4 294.8 342.2 13.23 5 800 1980 13.5 12.7 95 0.8 13.0 125 58 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.4 11.63 6 750 2522 10.4 9.3 93 1.1 9.7 126 59 307.8 309.7 293.7 337.7 9.86 7 700 3095 7.7 5.6 87 2.0 6.5 130 58 311.0 312.5 293.4 336.2 8.20 8 650 3703 4.6 0.8 76 3.8 2.5 137 61 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.8 6.25 9 600 4352 1.1 -6.7 56 7.8 -2.5 139 65 317.4 318.2 291.7 329.9 3.86 10 550 5047 -2.3 -10.6 53 8.3 -5.8 143 62 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.11 11 500 5799 -6.4 -13.9 55 7.5 -9.4 155 63 325.2 325.7 292.8 334.1 2.60 12 450 6616 -10.4 -13.3 79 2.9 -11.6 157 53 330.1 330.7 294.4 340.6 3.04 13 400 7516 -14.2 -15.4 90 1.2 -14.6 159 43 336.6 337.2 295.9 346.8 2.89 14 350 8519 -20.4 -21.0 95 0.6 -20.6 148 35 341.2 341.6 296.3 348.6 2.04 15 300 9645 -26.8 -30.2 73 3.4 -27.6 161 25 347.6 347.8 297.0 351.5 1.04 16 250 10935 -36.8 -62.6 5 25.8 -38.2 181 40 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.03 17 200 12441 -48.2 -49.3 89 1.1 -48.3 178 27 356.4 356.5 298.2 357.3 0.21 18 150 14265 -64.7 -64.8 97 0.2 -64.7 185 28 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.9 0.04 19 100 16685 -71.3 -82.7 17 11.4 -71.3 180 19 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.17 m Freezing level: 583.30 mb = 4584.00 m = 15039.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.80 mb = 4023.58 m = 13200.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.76 mb = 167.26 m = 548.76 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.35 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.23 mb = 671.08 m = 2201.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.75 mb = 583.18 m = 1913.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.75 mb = 1006.30 m = 3301.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.75 mb = 7021.33 m = 23035.59 ft B at Equ Level: 263.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.75 mb = 9964.52 m = 32691.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.0 at 57.8 knts Storm direction: 163.0 at 43.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 489.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 2.48 Bulk Shear: 107.10 m/s