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,-77.84 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -77.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 11 24.4 23.1 92 1.3 23.5 118 17 296.9 300.1 296.3 348.7 17.91 1 1000 83 24.9 22.4 86 2.5 23.1 119 31 298.0 301.2 296.3 348.4 17.33 2 950 532 21.5 20.8 96 0.7 21.0 123 47 299.0 302.0 296.0 347.0 16.46 3 900 1001 19.2 18.6 96 0.7 18.8 132 53 301.3 304.1 295.7 345.8 15.12 4 850 1493 17.0 16.1 95 0.9 16.4 135 52 303.9 306.4 295.4 344.6 13.66 5 800 2009 14.5 13.6 94 0.9 13.9 135 52 306.6 308.9 295.2 343.8 12.36 6 750 2554 11.8 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 136 52 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.8 10.65 7 700 3129 9.1 5.9 80 3.2 7.2 140 50 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.6 8.37 8 650 3741 6.0 -0.5 63 6.5 2.5 148 46 315.8 316.8 292.7 333.8 5.70 9 600 4392 2.0 -7.3 50 9.3 -2.3 155 45 318.4 319.1 291.8 330.4 3.67 10 550 5089 -2.2 -13.4 42 11.2 -6.7 156 44 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.8 2.47 11 500 5839 -6.6 -20.2 33 13.6 -11.1 159 45 325.0 325.3 291.8 330.4 1.54 12 450 6655 -11.3 -26.8 27 15.5 -15.4 165 46 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.4 0.95 13 400 7548 -16.9 -32.9 24 15.9 -20.3 173 47 333.0 333.1 293.1 335.2 0.60 14 350 8540 -21.3 -37.9 21 16.5 -24.2 172 54 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.6 0.42 15 300 9661 -28.4 -45.0 19 16.6 -30.4 170 54 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.3 0.23 16 250 10941 -38.3 -57.9 11 19.6 -39.5 175 54 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.06 17 200 12437 -50.0 -71.3 6 21.2 -50.5 186 42 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14254 -63.9 -67.0 65 3.2 -63.9 184 27 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.03 19 100 16678 -71.9 -82.8 18 10.9 -72.0 172 15 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.39 m Freezing level: 576.19 mb = 4723.86 m = 15498.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.89 mb = 4074.51 m = 13367.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.20 mb = 178.04 m = 584.13 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 18.91 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 749.07 m = 2457.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.64 mb = 618.36 m = 2028.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.64 mb = 1237.17 m = 4058.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.64 mb = 8630.97 m = 28316.49 ft B at Equ Level: 432.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.64 mb = 12908.18 m = 42349.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.3 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 172.3 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 342.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 9.47 Bulk Shear: 45.68 m/s