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: 35.19,-77.84 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -77.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 32 23.4 21.9 92 1.4 22.3 118 16 296.2 299.2 295.4 344.5 16.75 1 1000 65 23.8 21.7 88 2.1 22.3 121 20 296.9 299.9 295.5 344.9 16.59 2 950 513 20.9 20.3 97 0.6 20.5 130 37 298.4 301.3 295.5 344.9 16.00 3 900 981 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 143 46 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.4 14.91 4 850 1471 16.3 15.9 98 0.4 16.0 144 47 303.2 305.7 295.1 343.2 13.50 5 800 1987 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.4 145 49 306.1 308.3 294.7 341.8 11.88 6 750 2531 11.8 9.0 83 2.8 10.0 147 49 309.3 311.2 294.0 338.8 9.65 7 700 3106 8.9 4.4 74 4.5 6.3 152 49 312.3 313.7 293.2 335.6 7.52 8 650 3716 5.1 -1.0 64 6.1 1.9 152 49 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.1 5.47 9 600 4365 1.4 -10.3 41 11.7 -3.6 151 50 317.7 318.3 290.9 327.3 2.91 10 550 5061 -2.1 -17.0 31 14.9 -7.5 153 48 321.6 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.84 11 500 5812 -6.0 -22.5 26 16.5 -11.2 160 45 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.1 1.26 12 450 6628 -11.7 -28.3 24 16.5 -15.9 175 46 328.5 328.6 292.1 331.5 0.83 13 400 7518 -18.4 -32.7 27 14.3 -21.4 182 49 331.0 331.2 292.6 333.3 0.61 14 350 8504 -22.6 -30.6 48 8.0 -24.3 165 46 338.3 338.5 294.7 341.5 0.86 15 300 9620 -28.4 -42.2 25 13.8 -30.3 157 41 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.31 16 250 10908 -36.7 -66.2 3 29.6 -38.1 177 43 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 17 200 12409 -49.7 -72.7 5 23.0 -50.1 182 50 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14235 -62.2 -74.8 17 12.6 -62.3 182 42 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16663 -70.9 -82.4 17 11.5 -70.9 222 7 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.89 m Freezing level: 580.09 mb = 4642.21 m = 15230.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.80 mb = 3933.57 m = 12905.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.75 mb = 208.45 m = 683.87 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.73 mb = 718.60 m = 2357.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.70 mb = 598.59 m = 1963.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.70 mb = 1118.53 m = 3669.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.70 mb = 8594.00 m = 28195.18 ft B at Equ Level: 336.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.70 mb = 11303.94 m = 37085.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.5 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 178.5 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 5.00 Bulk Shear: 67.52 m/s