MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.75,-78.42 Latitude: 33.75 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -41 SFC 995 4 24.8 23.2 91 1.6 23.6 115 26 298.4 301.7 297.0 351.6 18.27 2 950 409 22.2 21.5 96 0.7 21.7 118 44 299.7 302.9 296.7 350.1 17.23 3 900 879 20.0 19.3 95 0.8 19.5 125 47 302.1 305.0 296.4 348.8 15.80 4 850 1372 18.5 17.1 91 1.4 17.5 136 46 305.5 308.2 296.4 349.1 14.55 5 800 1892 16.7 14.1 85 2.6 15.0 142 45 308.9 311.3 296.1 347.7 12.77 6 750 2442 14.4 10.8 79 3.7 12.0 146 46 312.3 314.3 295.7 345.8 10.90 7 700 3023 11.5 7.9 79 3.5 9.3 147 45 315.2 317.1 295.6 345.3 9.63 8 650 3640 7.8 4.7 81 3.1 5.9 147 44 317.8 319.4 295.3 343.9 8.26 9 600 4296 3.9 1.1 82 2.8 2.3 149 44 320.6 321.9 295.0 342.8 6.91 10 550 5000 0.7 -2.7 78 3.4 -1.1 161 38 325.0 326.1 295.2 343.8 5.73 11 500 5761 -2.7 -6.8 73 4.1 -4.7 184 34 329.8 330.7 295.6 345.3 4.60 12 450 6590 -7.8 -12.0 72 4.2 -9.6 189 38 333.4 334.1 295.5 345.0 3.38 13 400 7495 -14.3 -15.1 93 0.8 -14.6 197 33 336.4 337.1 295.9 346.8 2.96 14 350 8496 -20.3 -21.2 92 1.0 -20.5 192 29 341.4 341.9 296.4 348.7 2.00 15 300 9622 -27.7 -32.9 61 5.2 -28.7 186 25 346.3 346.5 296.5 349.4 0.80 16 250 10907 -36.9 -58.4 9 21.5 -38.2 180 35 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.4 0.06 17 200 12409 -49.1 -70.0 7 20.9 -49.6 188 45 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.02 18 150 14241 -62.2 -74.7 17 12.6 -62.3 179 38 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16674 -70.8 -82.1 17 11.2 -70.9 166 7 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.74 m Freezing level: 539.10 mb = 5165.69 m = 16947.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 566.09 mb = 4766.51 m = 15637.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.46 mb = 204.00 m = 669.27 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 729.50 m = 2393.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.87 mb = 576.64 m = 1891.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.87 mb = 3679.35 m = 12071.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 516.87 mb = 5496.15 m = 18031.78 ft B at Equ Level: 42.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.87 mb = 11270.25 m = 36975.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.7 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 175.7 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 53.06 m/s