MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 33.93,-78.53 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -78.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 8 24.7 22.9 90 1.8 23.4 110 25 297.5 300.7 296.4 349.0 17.77 1 1000 49 25.0 22.3 85 2.7 23.0 111 34 298.2 301.3 296.2 348.2 17.19 2 950 499 21.4 20.6 95 0.8 20.9 116 53 298.9 301.9 295.8 346.4 16.29 3 900 967 19.0 18.2 95 0.8 18.4 124 59 301.1 303.8 295.4 344.4 14.74 4 850 1458 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 126 59 303.8 306.2 295.2 343.7 13.43 5 800 1974 14.4 13.8 96 0.7 14.0 125 58 306.5 308.9 295.3 344.1 12.48 6 750 2518 11.7 10.9 95 0.8 11.2 125 57 309.3 311.4 295.0 342.8 10.99 7 700 3094 9.5 6.8 83 2.7 7.9 129 58 313.0 314.7 294.4 340.6 8.91 8 650 3707 6.3 3.1 80 3.1 4.5 132 55 316.0 317.5 294.1 339.4 7.40 9 600 4359 2.0 -0.4 84 2.4 0.7 135 54 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.3 6.21 10 550 5056 -2.6 -5.7 79 3.1 -4.1 138 56 321.0 321.9 293.3 335.8 4.55 11 500 5807 -6.6 -15.0 51 8.4 -9.8 146 58 325.0 325.4 292.6 333.1 2.39 12 450 6623 -11.2 -23.7 35 12.6 -14.9 155 60 329.2 329.5 292.7 333.7 1.25 13 400 7516 -17.1 -30.3 31 13.2 -20.1 161 60 332.7 332.9 293.2 335.5 0.77 14 350 8508 -21.3 -33.4 33 12.2 -23.8 160 55 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.6 0.65 15 300 9631 -27.9 -40.5 29 12.6 -29.7 168 54 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.5 0.37 16 250 10916 -36.9 -43.0 53 6.0 -37.6 176 49 351.2 351.2 297.2 352.6 0.34 17 200 12420 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 180 37 355.2 355.2 297.9 356.1 0.22 18 150 14244 -63.6 -67.5 58 4.0 -63.6 175 34 360.5 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.03 19 100 16672 -71.8 -83.0 17 11.1 -71.9 159 13 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.48 m Freezing level: 578.25 mb = 4662.61 m = 15297.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.48 mb = 4460.43 m = 14633.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.65 mb = 238.30 m = 781.82 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 755.29 m = 2477.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.56 mb = 631.37 m = 2071.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.56 mb = 1252.64 m = 4109.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.56 mb = 8496.25 m = 27874.50 ft B at Equ Level: 366.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.56 mb = 11760.67 m = 38584.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.1 at 55.6 knts Storm direction: 160.1 at 41.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.9 neg: -11.7 tot: 351.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 7.91 Bulk Shear: 46.56 m/s