MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.99,-75.47 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -75.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 25.9 23.7 88 2.2 24.3 120 24 298.0 301.4 297.0 351.8 18.51 1 1000 102 25.5 23.1 86 2.5 23.8 120 30 298.7 301.9 296.9 351.2 18.03 2 950 553 22.2 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 128 36 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.1 15.85 3 900 1022 20.0 15.8 77 4.2 17.2 138 36 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.4 12.64 4 850 1514 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.0 140 36 304.5 306.6 294.1 339.4 11.72 5 800 2031 14.6 12.0 84 2.6 13.0 143 36 306.7 308.8 294.4 340.2 11.11 6 750 2575 11.5 10.3 92 1.2 10.7 146 36 309.1 311.1 294.6 341.3 10.57 7 700 3150 8.4 7.8 96 0.6 8.0 149 34 311.8 313.6 294.6 341.1 9.52 8 650 3760 5.1 3.9 92 1.2 4.4 152 34 314.7 316.2 294.1 339.1 7.80 9 600 4411 1.5 0.0 89 1.5 0.7 158 35 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.3 6.39 10 550 5108 -2.0 -7.2 67 5.3 -4.4 168 34 321.8 322.6 293.0 335.0 4.04 11 500 5861 -5.6 -23.2 24 17.5 -11.1 169 31 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.3 1.18 12 450 6677 -11.5 -25.9 29 14.5 -15.4 181 27 328.8 329.0 292.4 332.5 1.02 13 400 7570 -16.9 -29.7 32 12.8 -19.9 189 31 333.0 333.1 293.3 336.0 0.81 14 350 8562 -22.1 -35.6 28 13.6 -24.6 195 40 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.0 0.52 15 300 9680 -29.0 -40.4 32 11.5 -30.6 190 44 344.5 344.6 295.7 346.0 0.37 16 250 10956 -39.0 -51.9 24 12.9 -39.9 185 49 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.13 17 200 12445 -51.7 -65.2 18 13.5 -52.0 194 52 350.9 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.03 18 150 14261 -63.7 -76.6 16 12.9 -63.8 205 53 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16677 -73.2 -82.2 24 9.0 -73.3 189 6 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.66 m Freezing level: 577.94 mb = 4718.38 m = 15480.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.99 mb = 4504.97 m = 14779.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.24 mb = 277.66 m = 910.94 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 12.44 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1138.88 m = 3736.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 443.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.27 mb = 763.05 m = 2503.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.27 mb = 2006.78 m = 6583.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.27 mb = 9160.72 m = 30054.48 ft B at Equ Level: 441.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.27 mb = 13386.90 m = 43919.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.0 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 179.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 14.89 Bulk Shear: 29.76 m/s