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: 34.65,-79.34 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -79.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 40 SFC 998 55 22.1 21.1 94 1.0 21.4 65 26 295.4 298.3 294.6 341.3 16.00 2 950 486 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 74 54 297.4 300.1 294.7 341.8 15.34 3 900 952 17.8 17.7 100 0.0 17.8 85 62 299.8 302.5 294.7 341.8 14.35 4 850 1440 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 97 68 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.1 13.02 5 800 1954 13.3 12.9 98 0.3 13.1 104 70 305.3 307.5 294.5 340.7 11.81 6 750 2497 10.7 10.3 98 0.3 10.4 108 69 308.2 310.1 294.4 340.2 10.58 7 700 3070 7.5 7.3 99 0.2 7.4 111 66 310.8 312.6 294.1 339.1 9.22 8 650 3678 4.2 3.2 93 1.0 3.7 115 66 313.7 315.2 293.6 336.9 7.43 9 600 4326 0.7 -0.9 89 1.7 -0.2 121 68 317.0 318.1 293.3 335.9 5.97 10 550 5021 -2.7 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 125 66 320.8 321.9 293.8 337.9 5.27 11 500 5774 -5.5 -6.5 93 1.0 -6.0 124 53 326.3 327.2 294.8 341.9 4.70 12 450 6596 -9.0 -10.1 92 1.1 -9.5 130 49 332.0 332.8 295.6 345.5 3.96 13 400 7501 -13.8 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.9 138 45 337.1 337.8 296.3 348.3 3.20 14 350 8505 -19.3 -19.4 100 0.0 -19.4 142 39 342.7 343.2 296.9 351.3 2.36 15 300 9634 -27.0 -27.0 100 0.0 -27.1 140 33 347.3 347.6 297.2 352.5 1.39 16 250 10923 -36.5 -39.0 78 2.5 -36.9 144 28 351.7 351.8 297.4 353.8 0.52 17 200 12431 -48.4 -49.1 93 0.6 -48.5 165 33 356.0 356.1 298.1 357.0 0.22 18 150 14254 -64.2 -66.4 74 2.2 -64.2 178 27 359.5 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.03 19 100 16682 -70.7 -82.7 16 11.9 -70.8 188 18 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.31 m Freezing level: 589.46 mb = 4472.62 m = 14673.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.05 mb = 4298.50 m = 14102.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.43 mb = 176.16 m = 577.96 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 5.84 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.72 mb = 606.96 m = 1991.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.81 mb = 551.07 m = 1807.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.81 mb = 1664.71 m = 5461.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.81 mb = 5651.53 m = 18541.55 ft B at Equ Level: 107.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 407.81 mb = 7352.38 m = 24121.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.0 at 63.0 knts Storm direction: 139.0 at 47.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 849.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 849.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 283.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 200.83 m/s