MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.85,-78.70 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -78.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 998 43 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.8 118 21 296.1 299.0 295.0 342.6 16.15 2 950 476 20.1 19.7 97 0.5 19.8 130 44 297.6 300.4 294.8 342.1 15.35 3 900 942 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 140 52 299.6 302.2 294.6 340.9 14.13 4 850 1430 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.3 146 58 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.6 12.88 5 800 1945 13.8 12.4 91 1.4 12.9 149 59 305.8 308.0 294.3 340.0 11.37 6 750 2488 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.1 152 59 309.2 311.0 294.1 339.0 9.78 7 700 3063 8.8 5.2 78 3.6 6.7 154 59 312.3 313.8 293.6 337.0 7.97 8 650 3673 5.0 1.6 78 3.4 3.1 156 61 314.7 315.9 293.2 335.5 6.63 9 600 4323 1.0 -1.0 87 2.0 -0.1 156 57 317.2 318.4 293.3 336.1 5.92 10 550 5019 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -4.0 156 52 321.8 322.7 293.3 336.0 4.31 11 500 5771 -6.6 -11.9 66 5.3 -8.8 168 54 325.0 325.6 293.2 335.3 3.08 12 450 6586 -11.6 -16.9 65 5.3 -13.5 178 59 328.7 329.1 293.4 336.5 2.26 13 400 7480 -16.5 -24.1 52 7.5 -18.7 182 56 333.5 333.8 293.9 338.4 1.37 14 350 8477 -20.5 -21.3 93 0.8 -20.7 160 38 341.1 341.6 296.3 348.4 1.99 15 300 9602 -27.4 -28.8 88 1.4 -27.7 159 31 346.8 347.1 296.9 351.3 1.18 16 250 10891 -36.5 -47.5 31 11.0 -37.5 177 33 351.8 351.8 297.2 352.7 0.21 17 200 12392 -49.8 -66.1 13 16.4 -50.2 181 42 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.03 18 150 14226 -61.3 -70.8 27 9.5 -61.4 182 18 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.02 19 100 16662 -70.7 -82.8 15 12.1 -70.8 212 9 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.23 m Freezing level: 583.18 mb = 4556.85 m = 14950.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.51 mb = 4302.28 m = 14114.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.64 mb = 234.69 m = 769.98 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 640.17 m = 2100.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.38 mb = 572.45 m = 1878.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.38 mb = 804.94 m = 2640.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.38 mb = 1587.55 m = 5208.44 ft B at Equ Level: 16.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.38 mb = 2777.80 m = 9113.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.1 at 54.5 knts Storm direction: 182.1 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 472.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 472.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 102.42 m/s