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,-79.81 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -79.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 26 SFC 996 59 21.5 20.9 96 0.7 21.1 55 24 295.0 297.8 294.4 340.3 15.79 2 950 471 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.5 61 50 297.0 299.7 294.5 340.6 15.11 3 900 936 17.8 17.7 100 0.0 17.8 73 59 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.7 14.35 4 850 1426 16.3 16.3 99 0.1 16.3 92 61 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.2 13.81 5 800 1941 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 105 60 306.5 308.9 295.5 345.0 12.83 6 750 2485 11.6 11.3 99 0.2 11.4 106 64 309.1 311.2 295.1 343.5 11.32 7 700 3060 7.7 7.5 99 0.1 7.6 107 63 311.0 312.7 294.3 339.7 9.36 8 650 3667 3.8 3.7 99 0.2 3.8 111 63 313.3 314.8 293.6 337.3 7.70 9 600 4314 0.5 0.3 99 0.2 0.4 111 59 316.7 317.9 293.7 337.4 6.53 10 550 5009 -1.9 -2.3 97 0.4 -2.1 117 58 321.8 323.0 294.6 340.9 5.89 11 500 5764 -4.9 -5.4 96 0.5 -5.1 130 54 327.1 328.1 295.3 344.2 5.13 12 450 6587 -8.8 -9.3 96 0.6 -9.1 137 48 332.2 333.0 295.8 346.5 4.19 13 400 7490 -14.0 -14.4 97 0.3 -14.2 135 47 336.7 337.4 296.1 347.8 3.14 14 350 8492 -19.9 -20.0 99 0.1 -20.0 142 43 341.9 342.4 296.6 350.0 2.23 15 300 9618 -27.5 -28.1 95 0.5 -27.6 129 21 346.6 346.8 296.9 351.4 1.27 16 250 10905 -36.7 -40.5 68 3.8 -37.2 148 20 351.5 351.6 297.3 353.3 0.45 17 200 12408 -49.6 -50.3 93 0.6 -49.7 162 31 354.2 354.2 297.7 355.0 0.19 18 150 14234 -62.5 -69.7 37 7.3 -62.6 185 23 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 19 100 16672 -70.7 -83.2 14 12.4 -70.8 187 14 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.58 m Freezing level: 589.98 mb = 4453.08 m = 14609.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.54 mb = 4413.58 m = 14480.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.02 mb = 139.32 m = 457.07 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.77 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.19 mb = 541.88 m = 1777.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.94 C = 75.08 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.94 mb = 535.02 m = 1755.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.94 mb = 2965.78 m = 9730.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 547.94 mb = 5039.15 m = 16532.45 ft B at Equ Level: 73.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.94 mb = 6449.92 m = 21160.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.2 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 134.2 at 43.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 832.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 832.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 277.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 217.21 m/s