MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 34.6 17.7 37 16.8 22.8 212 11 307.4 309.8 295.8 346.1 12.83 1 1000 99 32.8 17.3 40 15.4 22.0 214 13 305.9 308.3 295.2 343.6 12.55 2 950 557 27.7 16.3 50 11.5 19.9 219 18 305.3 307.6 294.8 342.2 12.33 3 900 1033 23.2 15.2 61 8.0 17.8 223 19 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.8 12.15 4 850 1528 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.6 226 19 305.6 307.9 294.7 341.6 11.99 5 800 2045 13.9 12.9 94 1.0 13.3 228 20 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.4 11.80 6 750 2587 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 232 21 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.1 9.71 7 700 3158 8.3 2.2 65 6.1 4.9 237 27 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.7 6.43 8 650 3768 5.1 1.3 77 3.8 3.0 235 29 314.8 316.0 293.1 335.2 6.50 9 600 4417 1.0 -2.2 80 3.1 -0.6 238 30 317.2 318.3 293.0 334.6 5.45 10 550 5112 -2.7 -9.9 57 7.2 -5.8 232 31 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.7 3.27 11 500 5862 -7.1 -21.2 31 14.1 -11.6 230 36 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.41 12 450 6675 -12.7 -25.8 32 13.1 -16.2 227 37 327.3 327.5 292.0 330.9 1.03 13 400 7564 -17.6 -33.9 23 16.3 -20.9 227 31 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.1 0.54 14 350 8552 -23.7 -39.3 22 15.6 -26.1 227 34 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.2 0.36 15 300 9658 -31.9 -46.0 23 14.1 -33.3 219 35 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 16 250 10920 -41.7 -45.1 70 3.4 -42.0 214 39 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.27 17 200 12396 -52.8 -61.7 33 9.0 -53.0 216 38 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14191 -67.1 -69.6 71 2.5 -67.1 227 30 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16601 -69.9 -82.5 14 12.6 -70.0 245 23 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.29 m Freezing level: 586.72 mb = 4601.68 m = 15097.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.60 mb = 4301.64 m = 14112.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.60 mb = 2176.49 m = 7140.64 ft T: 12.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 2084.46 m = 6838.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 249.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.11 mb = 2022.99 m = 6637.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.11 mb = 2181.72 m = 7157.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.11 mb = 8611.08 m = 28251.24 ft B at Equ Level: 249.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.11 mb = 12164.79 m = 39910.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 15.98 Bulk Shear: 15.61 m/s