MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 33.74,-77.51 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -77.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 1 26.1 23.6 86 2.5 24.3 141 31 298.5 301.8 297.1 352.4 18.50 1 1000 81 25.4 22.5 84 2.8 23.3 142 38 298.5 301.7 296.5 349.3 17.44 2 950 531 21.7 20.8 95 0.9 21.1 145 45 299.2 302.2 296.0 347.3 16.50 3 900 1000 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 148 47 301.5 304.2 295.5 345.0 14.79 4 850 1492 17.0 15.7 92 1.3 16.1 147 48 304.0 306.4 295.1 343.5 13.29 5 800 2008 14.8 12.8 88 2.0 13.4 147 49 306.9 309.1 294.8 342.0 11.66 6 750 2553 12.2 9.4 83 2.8 10.4 151 47 309.8 311.7 294.3 340.1 9.91 7 700 3130 9.6 4.8 72 4.8 6.8 158 44 313.2 314.6 293.6 337.3 7.76 8 650 3742 6.2 -1.1 60 7.2 2.3 167 42 315.9 317.0 292.6 333.3 5.45 9 600 4393 1.9 -10.8 39 12.7 -3.5 168 43 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.5 2.80 10 550 5090 -1.3 -20.2 22 18.9 -7.8 169 43 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.39 11 500 5843 -5.5 -29.0 14 23.5 -11.8 174 43 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.70 12 450 6661 -10.7 -34.5 12 23.8 -15.9 180 44 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.46 13 400 7556 -16.8 -38.7 13 21.9 -20.8 184 44 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.34 14 350 8546 -21.9 -44.6 11 22.7 -25.1 179 55 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.21 15 300 9668 -28.4 -48.5 13 20.1 -30.6 176 58 345.4 345.4 295.7 346.0 0.16 16 250 10947 -38.6 -60.7 8 22.0 -39.8 178 56 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 17 200 12441 -50.3 -71.6 6 21.4 -50.7 181 50 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14260 -64.0 -70.2 43 6.2 -64.1 190 26 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16679 -72.7 -82.0 23 9.3 -72.8 166 14 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.96 m Freezing level: 570.59 mb = 4803.15 m = 15758.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.13 mb = 3994.69 m = 13105.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.65 mb = 315.46 m = 1034.95 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 25.04 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 791.68 m = 2597.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 388.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.16 mb = 649.02 m = 2129.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.16 mb = 1172.22 m = 3845.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.16 mb = 9149.25 m = 30016.85 ft B at Equ Level: 387.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.16 mb = 13031.96 m = 42755.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.6 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 187.6 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 149.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 22.51 Bulk Shear: 17.26 m/s