MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.01,-78.48 Latitude: 36.01 Longitude: -78.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 999 109 24.2 21.9 87 2.3 22.6 118 6 297.4 300.4 295.7 346.1 16.80 2 950 549 20.1 19.6 97 0.5 19.8 137 12 297.6 300.4 294.7 341.8 15.24 3 900 1015 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 17.0 151 16 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.8 13.34 4 850 1503 15.6 13.8 89 1.7 14.4 150 21 302.4 304.6 293.6 337.3 11.77 5 800 2017 13.3 9.8 79 3.5 11.2 147 23 305.3 307.1 292.8 334.1 9.58 6 750 2559 11.1 3.9 61 7.3 7.0 155 28 308.7 309.9 291.5 329.4 6.75 7 700 3131 7.3 -3.4 46 10.8 2.0 158 28 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.9 4.24 8 650 3737 4.5 -22.1 12 26.7 -4.1 158 32 314.1 314.3 287.9 317.5 1.00 9 600 4384 1.4 -32.8 6 34.2 -7.3 157 35 317.8 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.40 10 550 5078 -2.8 -38.9 4 36.1 -10.5 154 35 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.24 11 500 5826 -7.5 -43.0 4 35.5 -13.9 157 32 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.17 12 450 6637 -13.3 -45.7 5 32.4 -18.3 161 30 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.14 13 400 7521 -20.1 -41.6 13 21.4 -23.3 162 32 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.25 14 350 8499 -25.8 -54.3 5 28.6 -28.3 164 31 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.07 15 300 9599 -33.1 -59.2 6 26.1 -34.8 164 30 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 16 250 10857 -41.3 -63.2 8 21.9 -42.2 165 33 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12353 -47.9 -72.9 4 25.0 -48.5 181 20 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14190 -61.2 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.4 194 13 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16646 -69.5 -83.3 12 13.8 -69.6 212 10 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.49 m Freezing level: 583.17 mb = 4617.86 m = 15150.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.65 mb = 3324.05 m = 10905.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.12 mb = 393.07 m = 1289.59 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 28.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.73 mb = 753.17 m = 2470.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 26.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 420.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.79 mb = 697.04 m = 2286.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.79 mb = 931.00 m = 3054.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.79 mb = 2350.89 m = 7712.79 ft B at Equ Level: 16.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.79 mb = 12391.31 m = 40653.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.1 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 184.1 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 9.48 Bulk Shear: 44.32 m/s