MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.58,-79.88 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -79.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 2 SFC 992 72 20.8 20.1 96 0.7 20.3 18 25 294.6 297.4 293.8 337.8 15.08 2 950 446 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 31 51 296.4 299.0 293.8 338.0 14.45 3 900 910 17.0 17.0 100 -0.0 17.0 43 61 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.9 13.68 4 850 1398 15.8 15.8 100 0.0 15.8 63 68 302.7 305.1 294.8 342.2 13.37 5 800 1913 13.8 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 77 69 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.8 12.31 6 750 2456 11.1 10.3 95 0.8 10.6 80 65 308.6 310.6 294.4 340.6 10.53 7 700 3030 7.9 6.0 87 2.0 6.8 76 65 311.3 312.9 293.6 337.1 8.39 8 650 3640 5.1 3.2 87 1.9 4.0 79 62 314.7 316.1 293.8 338.0 7.42 9 600 4292 1.9 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 81 53 318.3 319.7 294.4 340.6 6.98 10 550 4992 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 84 47 323.3 324.5 295.3 344.2 6.43 11 500 5751 -4.0 -4.6 96 0.6 -4.3 84 40 328.2 329.2 295.8 346.3 5.44 12 450 6577 -8.3 -9.3 93 1.0 -8.8 81 37 332.8 333.6 296.0 347.2 4.22 13 400 7483 -13.5 -14.0 96 0.6 -13.7 82 31 337.5 338.1 296.4 348.8 3.23 14 350 8487 -19.7 -19.8 99 0.1 -19.7 81 27 342.2 342.7 296.7 350.4 2.27 15 300 9614 -27.7 -27.7 100 0.0 -27.7 85 23 346.4 346.7 296.9 351.3 1.31 16 250 10897 -37.7 -38.1 96 0.4 -37.8 105 29 350.0 350.1 297.1 352.2 0.57 17 200 12396 -49.4 -54.1 58 4.7 -49.6 156 33 354.5 354.6 297.7 355.1 0.12 18 150 14235 -60.9 -72.2 21 11.4 -61.0 190 32 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16672 -70.9 -82.2 17 11.2 -71.0 208 10 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.89 m Freezing level: 563.37 mb = 4804.86 m = 15763.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 568.87 mb = 4720.54 m = 15487.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.63 mb = 162.52 m = 533.19 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.77 mb = 584.48 m = 1917.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5047.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.08 mb = 554.07 m = 1817.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.6 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 101.6 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 994.5 neg: -32.9 tot: 961.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 320.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 12.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 194.40 m/s