MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 73 1 950 511 SFC 928 716 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.7 86 15 297.3 299.8 293.6 337.0 13.72 3 900 974 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 87 34 298.6 301.0 293.5 336.7 13.10 4 850 1460 14.5 14.4 100 0.1 14.4 95 44 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.3 12.23 5 800 1972 12.3 12.2 100 0.0 12.2 110 49 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.8 11.25 6 750 2512 9.6 9.1 97 0.5 9.3 124 48 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.4 9.72 7 700 3084 7.0 5.9 92 1.2 6.3 128 47 310.3 311.9 293.3 335.9 8.34 8 650 3690 3.8 1.5 85 2.3 2.5 135 48 313.2 314.5 292.7 333.7 6.55 9 600 4338 0.7 -3.5 74 4.2 -1.4 132 45 316.9 317.9 292.4 332.7 4.94 10 550 5033 -2.5 -10.9 53 8.3 -6.0 132 41 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.2 3.04 11 500 5783 -7.0 -21.6 30 14.6 -11.6 130 40 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.36 12 450 6595 -13.0 -29.7 23 16.7 -17.0 125 40 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.72 13 400 7483 -17.9 -24.4 57 6.5 -19.7 114 35 331.7 332.0 293.4 336.5 1.33 14 350 8470 -24.0 -27.0 76 3.0 -24.6 103 31 336.4 336.7 294.5 340.8 1.20 15 300 9578 -31.4 -35.6 66 4.2 -32.0 96 23 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.5 0.61 16 250 10846 -39.7 -52.2 25 12.6 -40.5 111 19 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 17 200 12344 -48.5 -70.6 6 22.1 -49.1 125 14 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14179 -61.2 -71.6 24 10.4 -61.3 130 20 364.6 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.02 19 100 16640 -68.8 -82.3 12 13.5 -68.8 218 10 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.65 m Freezing level: 589.13 mb = 4489.15 m = 14728.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.93 mb = 4099.79 m = 13450.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.71 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.57 mb = 752.77 m = 2469.70 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.46 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1251.86 m = 4107.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.61 C = 69.10 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4759.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.43 mb = 1219.38 m = 4000.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.9 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 152.9 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 477.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 477.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 82.36 m/s