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: 34.72,-77.85 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -77.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 23.3 22.2 93 1.1 22.5 91 18 296.1 299.1 295.5 345.1 17.00 1 1000 60 23.7 21.9 89 1.9 22.4 94 26 296.9 299.9 295.6 345.3 16.74 2 950 508 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 100 45 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.2 16.17 3 900 976 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 111 55 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.4 15.20 4 850 1466 16.6 16.4 99 0.2 16.5 120 59 303.6 306.1 295.5 344.9 13.93 5 800 1982 14.1 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 122 59 306.2 308.5 295.2 343.6 12.46 6 750 2526 11.6 10.7 94 0.9 11.0 125 59 309.2 311.2 294.8 342.1 10.82 7 700 3102 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.6 128 58 312.0 313.7 294.3 339.7 8.95 8 650 3711 4.8 1.9 81 2.9 3.2 130 56 314.4 315.7 293.2 335.7 6.77 9 600 4360 0.8 -5.3 64 6.1 -2.1 133 56 317.1 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.30 10 550 5053 -3.7 -12.7 50 9.0 -7.2 136 57 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.4 2.62 11 500 5801 -7.2 -12.9 64 5.7 -9.5 140 55 324.3 324.8 292.7 333.8 2.83 12 450 6617 -10.5 -12.3 87 1.8 -11.2 153 48 330.0 330.7 294.6 341.3 3.31 13 400 7516 -14.9 -15.5 96 0.5 -15.2 163 38 335.6 336.2 295.7 345.6 2.87 14 350 8515 -21.0 -22.0 91 1.0 -21.3 160 32 340.5 340.8 296.0 347.3 1.87 15 300 9635 -29.2 -29.7 96 0.5 -29.3 154 34 344.2 344.4 296.3 348.3 1.09 16 250 10917 -37.3 -59.0 9 21.8 -38.5 177 46 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.05 17 200 12418 -49.7 -71.2 6 21.5 -50.1 180 48 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14242 -62.8 -72.2 27 9.4 -62.9 190 40 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -71.5 -82.5 18 11.0 -71.6 198 10 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.29 m Freezing level: 590.72 mb = 4488.77 m = 14726.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.81 mb = 4096.82 m = 13440.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.72 mb = 159.33 m = 522.72 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 17.03 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.72 mb = 630.05 m = 2067.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 316.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.47 mb = 558.76 m = 1833.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.47 mb = 1572.52 m = 5159.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.47 mb = 7337.26 m = 24072.07 ft B at Equ Level: 316.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.47 mb = 11206.70 m = 36766.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.2 at 54.8 knts Storm direction: 156.2 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 549.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 549.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.77 Bulk Shear: 114.13 m/s