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: 34.04,-79.41 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 20 22.4 21.5 94 0.9 21.8 53 22 295.4 298.3 294.8 342.1 16.29 1 1000 39 22.6 21.3 92 1.3 21.7 57 24 295.7 298.7 294.8 342.2 16.17 2 950 485 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 20.0 66 47 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.8 15.60 3 900 952 18.4 18.2 99 0.1 18.3 80 55 300.4 303.1 295.3 343.9 14.81 4 850 1441 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 93 59 303.1 305.7 295.1 343.5 13.61 5 800 1956 13.8 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 99 60 305.9 308.2 295.0 343.0 12.37 6 750 2499 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 104 62 308.9 311.0 295.0 343.0 11.22 7 700 3074 8.3 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 108 62 311.7 313.6 294.7 341.6 9.72 8 650 3683 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.9 108 62 314.9 316.5 294.4 340.6 8.22 9 600 4334 1.7 1.0 95 0.7 1.3 106 60 318.1 319.4 294.3 339.9 6.87 10 550 5031 -2.2 -3.0 94 0.9 -2.6 109 60 321.5 322.6 294.2 339.6 5.57 11 500 5782 -6.6 -7.7 92 1.1 -7.1 116 56 325.0 325.9 294.1 339.3 4.30 12 450 6598 -11.4 -12.3 93 0.9 -11.8 123 52 328.9 329.6 294.4 340.2 3.31 13 400 7493 -16.3 -16.7 97 0.4 -16.4 130 45 333.9 334.4 295.0 342.9 2.60 14 350 8490 -20.8 -21.1 98 0.3 -21.0 150 46 340.7 341.1 296.2 348.0 2.03 15 300 9613 -27.7 -27.7 100 0.0 -27.7 163 35 346.4 346.6 296.9 351.3 1.31 16 250 10899 -37.0 -37.0 100 0.0 -37.0 157 25 351.1 351.2 297.4 353.6 0.64 17 200 12406 -48.4 -53.6 55 5.2 -48.7 171 31 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.7 0.13 18 150 14235 -62.0 -67.8 46 5.8 -62.1 201 22 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.03 19 100 16666 -71.0 -83.3 15 12.3 -71.1 168 11 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.68 m Freezing level: 578.16 mb = 4638.15 m = 15216.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4559.38 m = 14958.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.04 mb = 134.50 m = 441.27 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.67 mb = 588.40 m = 1930.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 38.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.24 mb = 528.23 m = 1733.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.24 mb = 2608.24 m = 8557.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.24 mb = 7488.74 m = 24569.07 ft B at Equ Level: 121.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 320.24 mb = 9137.51 m = 29978.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.2 at 57.3 knts Storm direction: 131.2 at 43.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 714.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 714.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 177.45 m/s