MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.11,-78.42 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -78.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 22.6 21.9 96 0.7 22.1 67 16 295.4 298.4 295.1 343.4 16.72 1 1000 46 22.9 21.8 93 1.2 22.1 66 22 296.1 299.1 295.3 344.0 16.62 2 950 493 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.4 74 41 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.6 16.05 3 900 960 18.7 18.7 100 0.0 18.7 84 51 300.8 303.6 295.7 345.6 15.27 4 850 1451 16.7 16.6 100 0.0 16.7 96 56 303.6 306.2 295.7 345.7 14.16 5 800 1967 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 105 57 306.5 308.9 295.5 344.9 12.77 6 750 2511 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.2 109 55 309.1 311.2 295.0 342.7 11.03 7 700 3085 8.1 7.3 94 0.9 7.6 110 53 311.5 313.2 294.3 339.8 9.18 8 650 3694 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 3.8 111 51 314.2 315.6 293.7 337.5 7.48 9 600 4342 0.4 -1.8 85 2.2 -0.8 112 52 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.3 5.58 10 550 5034 -4.0 -6.1 85 2.1 -5.0 111 52 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.6 4.40 11 500 5781 -7.3 -8.5 91 1.2 -7.8 112 49 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.5 4.02 12 450 6597 -10.2 -11.1 93 1.0 -10.6 124 43 330.4 331.2 295.0 342.8 3.63 13 400 7498 -14.4 -15.5 91 1.1 -14.8 124 30 336.3 336.9 295.8 346.3 2.86 14 350 8498 -20.6 -20.8 99 0.2 -20.7 130 30 340.9 341.4 296.3 348.5 2.09 15 300 9621 -28.4 -28.5 99 0.1 -28.5 124 30 345.3 345.5 296.6 349.9 1.21 16 250 10905 -37.0 -37.9 91 1.0 -37.1 160 36 351.1 351.2 297.4 353.4 0.58 17 200 12408 -49.2 -51.5 77 2.3 -49.3 172 41 354.9 355.0 297.8 355.6 0.17 18 150 14229 -63.8 -70.7 38 7.0 -63.8 181 39 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.02 19 100 16672 -70.4 -82.7 15 12.3 -70.5 174 12 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.45 m Freezing level: 595.87 mb = 4399.08 m = 14432.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.65 mb = 4226.03 m = 13864.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.61 mb = 92.97 m = 305.03 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.14 mb = 546.37 m = 1792.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.87 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 39.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.97 mb = 511.41 m = 1677.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.97 mb = 2366.31 m = 7763.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.97 mb = 6892.55 m = 22613.06 ft B at Equ Level: 300.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.97 mb = 10549.00 m = 34609.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.0 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 134.0 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 566.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 566.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 116.89 m/s