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: 35.08,-79.06 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -79.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 71 26.8 20.8 70 6.0 22.5 158 7 299.8 302.7 295.6 345.5 15.63 1 1000 85 27.3 20.8 68 6.5 22.6 159 9 300.5 303.3 295.8 346.2 15.61 2 950 540 26.7 18.1 59 8.6 20.7 186 14 304.3 306.9 295.7 345.7 13.89 3 900 1016 22.9 16.5 67 6.4 18.5 212 14 305.1 307.6 295.4 344.8 13.25 4 850 1511 18.5 15.3 81 3.2 16.3 224 17 305.5 308.0 295.4 344.3 12.96 5 800 2029 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.4 240 21 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.1 11.82 6 750 2572 11.3 10.5 95 0.8 10.8 243 23 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.3 10.69 7 700 3147 7.9 5.9 87 2.0 6.6 247 25 311.2 312.8 293.6 336.9 8.33 8 650 3757 5.8 0.5 69 5.3 2.8 242 25 315.5 316.6 293.0 334.7 6.09 9 600 4408 1.6 -4.0 67 5.5 -1.2 236 27 317.9 318.9 292.6 333.3 4.76 10 550 5104 -2.7 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.5 233 26 320.9 321.5 292.4 332.5 3.53 11 500 5853 -7.5 -13.7 61 6.2 -9.9 232 28 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.8 2.66 12 450 6665 -13.2 -19.4 60 6.2 -15.2 234 32 326.6 327.0 292.5 333.0 1.83 13 400 7553 -17.8 -29.3 36 11.4 -20.4 230 38 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.9 0.85 14 350 8539 -24.1 -32.9 44 8.8 -25.8 227 43 336.2 336.4 294.0 338.8 0.68 15 300 9646 -31.8 -36.9 61 5.1 -32.6 233 35 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.54 16 250 10907 -41.6 -43.6 81 2.0 -41.8 251 41 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.6 0.32 17 200 12380 -53.8 -57.9 61 4.1 -53.9 245 37 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14172 -66.0 -70.7 51 4.8 -66.0 228 42 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16597 -68.8 -82.8 11 14.0 -68.9 252 22 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.99 m Freezing level: 581.68 mb = 4662.98 m = 15298.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.46 mb = 4214.44 m = 13826.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.26 mb = 839.18 m = 2753.17 ft T: 24.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 13.77 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.80 mb = 1809.93 m = 5938.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 39.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.71 mb = 1494.02 m = 4901.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.71 mb = 2063.85 m = 6771.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.71 mb = 10994.95 m = 36072.24 ft B at Equ Level: 622.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.71 mb = 14726.74 m = 48315.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 13.63 Bulk Shear: 45.81 m/s