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: 34.65,-77.74 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -77.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 16 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.8 98 18 296.4 299.5 295.8 346.1 17.24 1 1000 60 24.0 22.0 88 2.0 22.6 101 28 297.2 300.3 295.7 346.1 16.89 2 950 509 20.9 20.6 98 0.4 20.7 106 47 298.4 301.4 295.7 345.7 16.26 3 900 977 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 116 56 301.0 303.8 295.7 346.0 15.32 4 850 1468 16.8 16.5 99 0.2 16.6 124 58 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.5 14.06 5 800 1984 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 125 58 306.3 308.6 295.3 344.0 12.57 6 750 2527 11.6 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 126 58 309.1 311.2 294.8 342.1 10.85 7 700 3103 8.7 6.6 87 2.1 7.5 130 57 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.3 8.77 8 650 3713 4.9 1.6 79 3.3 3.1 133 56 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.3 6.62 9 600 4362 0.8 -5.4 63 6.2 -2.1 136 56 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.8 4.27 10 550 5055 -3.6 -13.3 47 9.6 -7.4 138 56 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.1 2.50 11 500 5803 -7.0 -14.8 54 7.8 -9.9 143 55 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.7 2.42 12 450 6618 -10.8 -13.6 80 2.8 -11.9 155 48 329.7 330.3 294.3 339.9 2.98 13 400 7517 -15.0 -15.7 95 0.6 -15.3 169 40 335.5 336.0 295.6 345.3 2.82 14 350 8516 -20.9 -22.8 85 1.9 -21.5 163 32 340.5 340.9 296.0 346.9 1.74 15 300 9636 -29.2 -30.1 92 0.9 -29.4 157 35 344.2 344.5 296.3 348.2 1.05 16 250 10920 -37.2 -61.5 6 24.3 -38.5 178 48 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.0 0.04 17 200 12420 -49.8 -71.5 6 21.7 -50.3 181 48 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14243 -63.0 -71.5 31 8.5 -63.1 189 40 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.02 19 100 16679 -71.5 -82.5 18 11.0 -71.6 198 9 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.14 m Freezing level: 590.88 mb = 4488.16 m = 14724.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.60 mb = 4088.15 m = 13412.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.86 mb = 167.13 m = 548.31 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.88 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 641.44 m = 2104.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.77 mb = 565.68 m = 1855.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.77 mb = 1580.70 m = 5185.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.77 mb = 7729.83 m = 25360.04 ft B at Equ Level: 352.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.77 mb = 11516.28 m = 37782.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.8 at 54.5 knts Storm direction: 158.8 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 499.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 499.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.80 Bulk Shear: 92.90 m/s