MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 35.83,-79.97 Latitude: 35.83 Longitude: -79.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 983 234 26.3 19.1 65 7.1 21.2 128 10 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.9 14.31 2 950 528 22.5 17.0 71 5.5 18.7 132 17 300.0 302.3 293.8 337.8 12.92 3 900 996 18.1 15.9 87 2.3 16.6 135 18 300.2 302.5 293.7 337.4 12.71 4 850 1483 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 138 18 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.9 11.85 5 800 1995 12.5 9.3 81 3.2 10.6 153 20 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.2 9.24 6 750 2535 10.4 4.7 68 5.7 7.2 167 23 307.9 309.3 291.6 329.8 7.17 7 700 3107 7.2 0.6 63 6.6 3.7 167 25 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.3 5.73 8 650 3713 3.5 -6.0 50 9.6 -0.9 160 29 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.9 3.75 9 600 4358 0.3 -18.2 23 18.5 -6.2 158 28 316.4 316.7 289.2 321.5 1.52 10 550 5050 -3.4 -31.9 9 28.4 -10.4 157 30 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.7 0.48 11 500 5796 -8.2 -41.6 5 33.4 -14.3 154 28 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.20 12 450 6604 -14.3 -43.3 7 29.0 -18.8 154 32 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.18 13 400 7486 -20.4 -46.3 8 25.9 -23.7 145 30 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.15 14 350 8466 -24.0 -37.8 27 13.8 -26.3 152 12 336.3 336.4 293.8 338.0 0.42 15 300 9574 -32.0 -33.8 83 1.9 -32.3 129 4 340.3 340.5 295.1 343.1 0.73 16 250 10834 -41.3 -43.6 79 2.2 -41.5 236 8 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.9 0.32 17 200 12328 -48.0 -72.9 4 24.9 -48.6 157 11 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14171 -59.5 -78.2 7 18.8 -59.7 212 13 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16636 -69.4 -83.0 12 13.6 -69.5 237 9 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.72 m Freezing level: 596.31 mb = 4408.93 m = 14464.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.98 mb = 3588.12 m = 11771.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.51 mb = 1134.41 m = 3721.77 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 21.40 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.85 mb = 1296.39 m = 4253.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 170.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.94 mb = 1236.79 m = 4057.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.94 mb = 1384.25 m = 4541.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 799.94 mb = 1995.19 m = 6545.82 ft B at Equ Level: 7.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 739.94 mb = 2646.77 m = 8683.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 184.9 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 65.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 8.37 Bulk Shear: 20.34 m/s