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: 34.45,-77.34 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -77.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 6 25.5 23.5 89 1.9 24.0 119 23 297.8 301.1 296.9 351.1 18.38 1 1000 94 25.6 22.8 85 2.8 23.6 120 35 298.7 301.9 296.7 350.4 17.74 2 950 544 22.0 20.9 93 1.1 21.2 125 46 299.5 302.5 296.2 348.0 16.58 3 900 1014 19.8 17.8 88 2.0 18.5 136 49 301.9 304.6 295.4 344.5 14.42 4 850 1506 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 138 49 304.3 306.8 295.2 343.7 13.22 5 800 2023 14.7 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 139 48 306.8 309.0 295.0 343.0 12.04 6 750 2568 11.8 10.4 91 1.4 10.9 141 46 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.7 10.61 7 700 3143 8.7 6.6 87 2.1 7.4 144 44 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.2 8.77 8 650 3754 5.4 1.5 76 3.8 3.2 151 41 315.1 316.3 293.3 335.8 6.60 9 600 4404 1.6 -5.3 60 6.8 -1.7 156 40 317.9 318.8 292.2 331.8 4.30 10 550 5100 -2.2 -10.3 54 8.1 -5.7 159 40 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.0 3.17 11 500 5852 -6.3 -16.5 44 10.2 -10.0 163 39 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.6 2.11 12 450 6667 -11.5 -23.6 36 12.1 -15.0 170 41 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.2 1.26 13 400 7560 -17.1 -29.1 34 12.0 -19.9 175 43 332.8 332.9 293.3 335.9 0.86 14 350 8552 -21.3 -34.6 29 13.3 -23.9 175 53 340.0 340.1 294.8 342.2 0.58 15 300 9674 -28.4 -41.0 29 12.5 -30.2 176 56 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.7 0.35 16 250 10953 -38.6 -54.2 18 15.7 -39.6 179 54 348.7 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.10 17 200 12446 -50.5 -68.8 10 18.3 -50.9 181 43 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14260 -64.5 -67.6 65 3.1 -64.5 191 27 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.03 19 100 16679 -72.5 -82.7 20 10.1 -72.6 174 14 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.61 m Freezing level: 579.15 mb = 4694.16 m = 15400.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.45 mb = 4170.95 m = 13684.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.58 mb = 248.22 m = 814.36 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 916.44 m = 3006.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 557.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.08 mb = 681.85 m = 2237.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.08 mb = 1606.11 m = 5269.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.08 mb = 9202.31 m = 30190.94 ft B at Equ Level: 555.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.08 mb = 14257.22 m = 46775.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.9 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 174.9 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 267.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 14.74 Bulk Shear: 37.79 m/s