MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 26 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 27.3 20.4 66 6.9 22.5 167 9 300.3 303.1 295.5 345.0 15.26 1 1000 84 27.6 20.3 64 7.3 22.5 168 11 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.4 15.18 2 950 539 26.4 18.1 60 8.3 20.6 189 20 304.0 306.5 295.6 345.3 13.89 3 900 1015 23.1 16.3 65 6.9 18.4 206 17 305.3 307.8 295.4 344.3 13.03 4 850 1510 18.8 15.0 78 3.9 16.2 221 18 305.9 308.3 295.3 343.9 12.69 5 800 2029 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 241 21 306.8 309.0 294.9 342.4 11.81 6 750 2572 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.0 248 23 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.3 11.05 7 700 3146 8.1 5.6 84 2.6 6.6 250 25 311.5 313.0 293.5 336.7 8.16 8 650 3757 5.9 0.1 66 5.8 2.8 243 24 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.4 5.93 9 600 4408 1.7 -3.8 67 5.6 -1.1 238 25 318.1 319.0 292.7 333.5 4.80 10 550 5104 -2.6 -8.7 63 6.1 -5.3 234 26 321.0 321.7 292.5 332.9 3.61 11 500 5854 -7.4 -14.2 59 6.7 -10.0 234 28 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.6 2.56 12 450 6665 -13.2 -19.7 58 6.5 -15.2 236 32 326.7 327.0 292.5 332.9 1.78 13 400 7554 -17.6 -30.0 33 12.4 -20.4 232 38 332.1 332.3 293.0 335.0 0.79 14 350 8541 -24.0 -33.1 43 9.1 -25.8 228 43 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.9 0.67 15 300 9648 -31.8 -37.8 56 5.9 -32.6 236 36 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.4 0.49 16 250 10909 -41.8 -42.9 89 1.1 -41.9 252 40 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.4 0.35 17 200 12381 -53.9 -58.4 58 4.5 -54.0 243 36 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14172 -65.8 -70.8 50 4.9 -65.9 229 42 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16597 -68.9 -82.7 12 13.8 -69.0 252 20 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.56 m Freezing level: 580.25 mb = 4683.28 m = 15364.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.14 mb = 4218.80 m = 13841.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.37 mb = 952.49 m = 3124.93 ft T: 23.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 12.77 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.18 mb = 1888.91 m = 6197.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.50 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 524.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.34 mb = 1506.97 m = 4944.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.34 mb = 2292.47 m = 7521.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.34 mb = 10762.91 m = 35310.96 ft B at Equ Level: 523.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.34 mb = 14361.10 m = 47115.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 12.58 Bulk Shear: 41.73 m/s