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: 35.81,-83.86 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -83.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 958 462 23.0 19.1 79 3.9 20.3 253 5 299.8 302.5 295.0 342.6 14.65 2 950 537 22.1 18.1 78 4.0 19.3 259 7 299.6 302.1 294.3 340.1 13.86 3 900 1005 18.3 16.3 88 2.1 17.0 256 10 300.4 302.8 294.0 338.7 13.04 4 850 1493 14.9 14.1 95 0.8 14.4 247 12 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.0 11.96 5 800 2005 12.3 11.5 94 0.9 11.8 242 15 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.2 10.68 6 750 2545 10.0 7.5 84 2.5 8.5 241 21 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.9 8.72 7 700 3116 6.7 -0.0 62 6.7 3.2 242 26 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.9 5.47 8 650 3721 3.3 -8.6 41 11.9 -1.9 238 32 312.7 313.3 289.5 322.6 3.08 9 600 4366 -0.1 -13.4 36 13.3 -5.3 239 34 316.0 316.5 289.8 323.5 2.26 10 550 5057 -3.9 -18.1 32 14.2 -8.8 240 37 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.1 1.67 11 500 5803 -8.0 -23.4 28 15.4 -12.6 241 43 323.2 323.5 290.9 327.3 1.16 12 450 6614 -13.4 -21.0 53 7.6 -15.7 238 55 326.4 326.7 292.3 332.0 1.60 13 400 7500 -18.7 -30.6 34 11.9 -21.3 230 59 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.75 14 350 8481 -26.0 -40.7 24 14.7 -28.0 228 64 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.31 15 300 9577 -34.4 -47.0 27 12.6 -35.5 234 69 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.18 16 250 10828 -42.9 -58.3 17 15.4 -43.6 231 80 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.06 17 200 12298 -52.2 -67.6 14 15.3 -52.6 236 73 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14116 -62.5 -78.3 10 15.9 -62.6 228 50 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16566 -67.9 -82.5 11 14.6 -67.9 254 19 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.64 m Freezing level: 600.99 mb = 4353.14 m = 14281.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.77 mb = 3488.92 m = 11446.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.66 mb = 959.84 m = 3149.06 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.04 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1377.86 m = 4520.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.99 mb = 1245.31 m = 4085.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.99 mb = 1592.97 m = 5226.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.99 mb = 9343.94 m = 30655.59 ft B at Equ Level: 184.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.99 mb = 11377.45 m = 37327.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 54.94 m/s