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: 34.93,-78.11 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -78.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 35 22.9 21.4 92 1.5 21.8 87 19 295.5 298.4 294.8 341.9 16.16 1 1000 85 23.3 21.1 88 2.2 21.7 87 27 296.4 299.3 294.8 342.3 15.92 2 950 532 20.2 19.8 98 0.4 19.9 92 43 297.7 300.5 294.9 342.6 15.49 3 900 998 18.1 18.0 100 0.0 18.1 102 50 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.9 14.61 4 850 1487 15.9 15.9 100 0.0 15.9 115 56 302.8 305.3 295.0 342.7 13.46 5 800 2002 13.9 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 125 58 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.5 12.51 6 750 2546 11.0 10.6 97 0.5 10.7 129 58 308.6 310.6 294.6 341.2 10.74 7 700 3119 7.7 6.4 92 1.3 6.9 132 58 311.0 312.6 293.7 337.6 8.65 8 650 3727 4.7 1.9 82 2.8 3.2 136 57 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.6 6.79 9 600 4376 1.2 -4.0 68 5.2 -1.4 138 56 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.7 4.74 10 550 5071 -2.7 -12.3 48 9.6 -6.7 141 55 320.8 321.4 291.6 329.8 2.70 11 500 5821 -6.8 -13.5 59 6.7 -9.4 150 53 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.9 2.70 12 450 6637 -10.4 -13.0 81 2.6 -11.4 158 45 330.2 330.8 294.6 340.9 3.13 13 400 7536 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.0 -15.9 145 37 334.8 335.3 295.3 344.0 2.63 14 350 8531 -22.0 -23.0 92 1.0 -22.2 143 37 339.2 339.5 295.6 345.4 1.72 15 300 9655 -27.0 -42.5 22 15.5 -29.2 164 34 347.3 347.4 296.3 348.5 0.30 16 250 10943 -36.9 -65.9 3 29.1 -38.3 176 36 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 17 200 12446 -48.9 -49.9 90 1.0 -49.0 187 34 355.3 355.3 297.9 356.1 0.20 18 150 14269 -64.4 -64.7 97 0.3 -64.4 199 29 359.1 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.04 19 100 16684 -71.2 -82.7 16 11.6 -71.2 181 15 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.89 m Freezing level: 585.16 mb = 4582.59 m = 15034.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.27 mb = 4172.64 m = 13689.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.02 mb = 216.28 m = 709.57 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 685.65 m = 2249.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 37.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.44 mb = 591.49 m = 1940.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.44 mb = 2451.27 m = 8042.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.44 mb = 6493.29 m = 21303.17 ft B at Equ Level: 135.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.44 mb = 9219.86 m = 30248.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.6 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 158.6 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 631.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 631.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 210.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 158.14 m/s