MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.59,-79.08 Latitude: 34.59 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 41 22.9 21.4 91 1.5 21.9 113 21 295.9 298.9 295.0 342.8 16.27 1 1000 55 23.3 21.2 88 2.1 21.8 116 24 296.4 299.3 295.0 342.7 16.05 2 950 502 20.2 19.7 98 0.4 19.9 121 46 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.4 15.43 3 900 968 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 130 55 299.6 302.2 294.6 341.1 14.19 4 850 1456 15.5 15.1 98 0.4 15.3 133 59 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.2 12.80 5 800 1970 13.5 12.4 93 1.1 12.8 133 60 305.5 307.6 294.2 339.6 11.37 6 750 2513 11.4 8.6 83 2.7 9.6 138 59 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.6 9.41 7 700 3087 8.3 5.3 81 3.0 6.5 144 62 311.7 313.2 293.4 336.4 8.00 8 650 3696 4.5 2.9 89 1.6 3.6 143 58 314.1 315.5 293.5 336.9 7.29 9 600 4345 0.7 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 143 57 316.9 318.1 293.7 337.5 6.50 10 550 5039 -3.3 -4.6 91 1.2 -4.0 151 57 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.2 4.96 11 500 5791 -6.0 -10.3 72 4.3 -7.8 163 60 325.8 326.5 293.7 337.5 3.50 12 450 6609 -10.4 -18.0 53 7.6 -13.0 171 56 330.2 330.6 293.7 337.4 2.06 13 400 7507 -14.9 -22.4 53 7.5 -17.2 170 47 335.6 335.9 294.6 341.3 1.59 14 350 8509 -19.7 -32.1 32 12.4 -22.5 157 34 342.2 342.3 295.5 345.0 0.74 15 300 9635 -27.6 -38.2 36 10.6 -29.3 135 29 346.5 346.6 296.3 348.4 0.47 16 250 10924 -36.4 -65.1 4 28.7 -37.9 168 35 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 17 200 12430 -48.5 -71.3 5 22.8 -49.0 161 35 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14258 -63.4 -66.5 66 3.1 -63.4 156 35 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.1 0.03 19 100 16685 -70.6 -82.3 16 11.7 -70.6 193 14 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.81 m Freezing level: 591.68 mb = 4460.73 m = 14634.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.11 mb = 4410.57 m = 14470.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.56 mb = 225.89 m = 741.11 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 6.34 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 644.84 m = 2115.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 33.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.81 mb = 585.73 m = 1921.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.81 mb = 817.87 m = 2683.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.81 mb = 2120.70 m = 6957.60 ft B at Equ Level: 20.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 365.81 mb = 8177.60 m = 26829.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.5 at 56.4 knts Storm direction: 171.5 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 485.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 485.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 94.97 m/s