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,-78.34 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -78.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 21 23.9 22.7 93 1.2 23.0 116 16 296.5 299.7 296.0 347.1 17.52 1 1000 72 24.4 22.1 87 2.3 22.8 118 27 297.6 300.6 296.0 346.9 17.03 2 950 520 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 122 46 298.6 301.6 295.8 346.2 16.34 3 900 989 18.8 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 128 54 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.5 15.19 4 850 1479 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.2 130 55 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.8 13.64 5 800 1994 14.0 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 129 57 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.1 12.36 6 750 2538 11.3 10.7 96 0.7 10.9 130 57 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.7 10.81 7 700 3113 8.8 6.5 85 2.3 7.4 133 56 312.3 313.9 294.1 339.2 8.72 8 650 3724 5.9 0.9 70 5.0 3.2 139 53 315.7 316.9 293.2 335.6 6.32 9 600 4376 2.1 -5.6 56 7.8 -1.6 146 51 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.1 4.18 10 550 5073 -2.3 -9.2 59 6.9 -5.4 152 50 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.7 3.46 11 500 5824 -6.1 -19.5 34 13.4 -10.6 159 49 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.2 1.63 12 450 6640 -11.2 -28.3 23 17.1 -15.6 165 52 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.2 0.83 13 400 7534 -16.8 -34.8 20 18.0 -20.4 168 53 333.1 333.2 293.0 335.0 0.50 14 350 8526 -21.4 -36.7 24 15.3 -24.2 169 51 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.7 0.47 15 300 9648 -28.0 -53.1 7 25.1 -30.4 167 50 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.09 16 250 10930 -37.7 -62.5 6 24.9 -38.9 171 50 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.03 17 200 12429 -49.8 -70.8 7 21.1 -50.2 184 39 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14248 -63.4 -67.4 58 4.1 -63.4 187 27 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.1 0.03 19 100 16678 -71.1 -82.9 16 11.8 -71.1 175 15 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.21 m Freezing level: 576.12 mb = 4708.56 m = 15447.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.87 mb = 4150.10 m = 13615.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.29 mb = 165.78 m = 543.88 ft T: 23.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.96 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 664.00 m = 2178.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 359.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.68 mb = 587.35 m = 1926.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.68 mb = 820.09 m = 2690.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.68 mb = 8574.45 m = 28131.05 ft B at Equ Level: 356.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.68 mb = 11860.13 m = 38910.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.5 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 167.5 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 370.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 6.12 Bulk Shear: 58.77 m/s