MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 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 1002 66 32.2 18.0 43 14.2 22.2 221 11 305.2 307.6 295.3 344.1 13.04 1 1000 84 32.1 17.7 42 14.4 22.1 222 12 305.2 307.6 295.2 343.6 12.82 2 950 543 27.8 16.2 49 11.6 19.9 224 20 305.4 307.7 294.8 342.2 12.30 3 900 1019 23.4 14.9 59 8.6 17.7 227 19 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.4 11.92 4 850 1515 18.9 13.6 71 5.3 15.4 229 19 306.0 308.1 294.5 340.9 11.62 5 800 2033 14.4 12.3 87 2.2 13.0 231 19 306.5 308.6 294.4 340.5 11.28 6 750 2576 10.7 10.1 96 0.5 10.3 231 19 308.2 310.1 294.3 339.8 10.44 7 700 3148 7.7 5.6 87 2.1 6.5 232 22 311.0 312.6 293.4 336.2 8.19 8 650 3758 5.2 -0.6 66 5.8 2.1 243 28 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.6 5.63 9 600 4407 1.0 -3.1 74 4.1 -1.0 243 31 317.3 318.3 292.7 333.6 5.09 10 550 5102 -2.8 -8.8 64 5.9 -5.5 239 32 320.7 321.4 292.4 332.5 3.59 11 500 5852 -7.0 -17.5 43 10.6 -10.7 234 36 324.5 324.9 292.0 331.1 1.93 12 450 6665 -12.7 -21.7 47 9.0 -15.4 235 38 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.5 1.50 13 400 7554 -18.0 -31.0 31 13.1 -20.8 230 36 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.3 0.72 14 350 8541 -23.9 -36.8 29 13.0 -26.1 227 39 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.46 15 300 9647 -32.2 -47.8 20 15.6 -33.7 223 39 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.17 16 250 10908 -41.6 -52.1 31 10.5 -42.3 240 38 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.7 0.12 17 200 12384 -53.5 -59.5 48 6.0 -53.7 245 36 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.06 18 150 14177 -66.1 -70.0 58 3.9 -66.2 216 35 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16591 -70.1 -82.2 15 12.1 -70.1 259 23 392.4 392.4 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.64 m Freezing level: 586.59 mb = 4593.43 m = 15070.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4184.81 m = 13729.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.65 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.78 mb = 1865.79 m = 6121.30 ft T: 15.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.96 mb = 2192.30 m = 7192.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.05 C = 93.30 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 237.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.18 mb = 1998.79 m = 6557.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.18 mb = 2484.40 m = 8150.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.18 mb = 8787.57 m = 28830.27 ft B at Equ Level: 237.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.18 mb = 12118.64 m = 39758.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 19.00 Bulk Shear: 12.50 m/s