MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.04,-79.13 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -79.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 75 27.1 20.8 68 6.3 22.6 157 7 300.1 303.0 295.7 345.8 15.61 1 1000 85 27.6 20.7 66 6.8 22.7 158 8 300.7 303.6 295.8 346.5 15.58 2 950 540 26.9 18.1 59 8.8 20.7 186 14 304.5 307.0 295.7 345.8 13.87 3 900 1016 23.1 16.5 66 6.6 18.5 212 14 305.3 307.7 295.4 344.7 13.19 4 850 1512 18.6 15.2 80 3.4 16.3 225 16 305.6 308.0 295.3 344.2 12.88 5 800 2029 14.4 12.9 91 1.5 13.4 240 20 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.0 11.81 6 750 2573 11.1 10.4 95 0.7 10.7 241 22 308.7 310.7 294.6 341.0 10.64 7 700 3147 7.8 5.8 87 2.0 6.6 245 24 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.7 8.30 8 650 3757 5.7 0.6 70 5.1 2.9 242 26 315.4 316.6 293.0 334.9 6.17 9 600 4408 1.6 -3.8 67 5.4 -1.1 236 27 317.9 318.9 292.6 333.5 4.82 10 550 5104 -2.6 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.4 232 26 321.0 321.6 292.4 332.6 3.53 11 500 5853 -7.5 -13.5 62 6.0 -9.8 232 27 323.9 324.4 292.5 333.0 2.70 12 450 6665 -13.2 -19.0 62 5.8 -15.1 233 32 326.6 327.0 292.6 333.2 1.90 13 400 7553 -17.8 -29.2 36 11.4 -20.4 229 38 331.9 332.0 293.0 335.0 0.86 14 350 8540 -24.1 -33.0 44 8.9 -25.8 227 43 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.8 0.68 15 300 9646 -31.9 -36.6 63 4.7 -32.6 233 35 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.55 16 250 10908 -41.6 -43.5 82 1.9 -41.8 250 41 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.6 0.33 17 200 12380 -53.8 -57.6 63 3.8 -53.9 245 37 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14172 -66.0 -70.8 51 4.8 -66.0 228 42 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16597 -68.8 -82.9 11 14.1 -68.8 252 22 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.40 m Freezing level: 581.30 mb = 4668.03 m = 15314.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.72 mb = 4223.93 m = 13857.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.39 mb = 886.01 m = 2906.83 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.91 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1827.52 m = 5995.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.62 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 39.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 640.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.59 mb = 1525.81 m = 5005.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.59 mb = 2097.14 m = 6880.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.59 mb = 11078.92 m = 36347.73 ft B at Equ Level: 637.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.59 mb = 14864.84 m = 48768.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 14.40 Bulk Shear: 44.43 m/s