MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.94,-80.76 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -80.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 516 SFC 928 716 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.6 55 13 296.2 298.5 292.6 333.1 12.80 3 900 978 15.6 15.4 98 0.2 15.5 59 30 297.6 299.9 292.6 333.3 12.31 4 850 1462 13.6 13.6 100 -0.0 13.6 70 44 300.4 302.5 292.9 334.5 11.61 5 800 1974 12.5 12.5 100 0.0 12.4 93 53 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.5 11.43 6 750 2515 10.4 10.3 100 0.1 10.3 104 52 307.9 309.8 294.3 339.9 10.57 7 700 3088 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.3 108 49 310.9 312.6 294.0 338.9 9.11 8 650 3696 3.8 1.6 85 2.2 2.6 110 47 313.3 314.5 292.8 334.0 6.63 9 600 4343 0.3 -4.5 70 4.8 -2.0 111 47 316.5 317.4 292.0 331.2 4.58 10 550 5037 -3.3 -6.3 80 3.0 -4.7 105 48 320.1 321.0 292.9 334.2 4.33 11 500 5785 -7.4 -8.5 92 1.1 -7.9 102 44 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.03 12 450 6600 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.6 -11.7 104 38 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.38 13 400 7495 -16.7 -17.1 97 0.4 -16.9 98 34 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.0 2.51 14 350 8485 -23.5 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.5 101 35 337.0 337.4 295.0 342.9 1.64 15 300 9595 -31.3 -31.3 100 0.0 -31.3 90 23 341.3 341.4 295.4 344.8 0.93 16 250 10864 -39.6 -40.1 96 0.4 -39.7 134 24 347.1 347.2 296.4 349.0 0.47 17 200 12357 -48.8 -56.4 41 7.6 -49.1 173 24 355.5 355.6 297.9 355.9 0.09 18 150 14189 -62.3 -72.8 23 10.5 -62.4 149 22 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16634 -69.5 -82.1 14 12.6 -69.6 241 7 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.70 m Freezing level: 595.33 mb = 4407.78 m = 14461.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.58 mb = 4057.39 m = 13311.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.77 mb = 755.30 m = 2478.00 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.66 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1224.20 m = 4016.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.56 C = 67.21 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5579.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.23 mb = 1214.41 m = 3984.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.2 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 130.2 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 567.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 567.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 117.03 m/s