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: 36.35,-77.9 Latitude: 36.35 Longitude: -77.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 75 25.9 22.6 82 3.4 23.5 94 6 298.9 302.1 296.5 349.7 17.43 1 1000 96 25.6 21.5 78 4.1 22.6 98 6 298.7 301.7 295.8 346.3 16.33 2 950 545 21.3 19.6 90 1.7 20.2 109 11 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.5 15.33 3 900 1013 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 121 12 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.3 14.62 4 850 1502 16.0 15.4 97 0.5 15.6 139 14 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.7 13.09 5 800 2017 13.8 10.9 83 2.8 11.9 151 17 305.8 307.7 293.5 336.7 10.30 6 750 2559 10.9 3.3 59 7.6 6.6 159 20 308.4 309.7 291.2 328.3 6.48 7 700 3131 7.4 -3.5 46 10.9 2.0 163 23 310.7 311.5 289.9 323.9 4.20 8 650 3737 4.1 -6.2 47 10.3 -0.7 162 29 313.6 314.3 290.4 325.5 3.71 9 600 4384 0.7 -12.8 36 13.5 -4.7 160 32 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.8 2.38 10 550 5077 -3.0 -22.2 21 19.2 -9.1 162 33 320.5 320.7 290.1 324.5 1.17 11 500 5825 -7.7 -28.0 18 20.3 -13.0 162 31 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.76 12 450 6635 -13.4 -31.6 20 18.2 -17.4 164 28 326.4 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.60 13 400 7520 -19.6 -35.3 24 15.7 -22.4 163 30 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.3 0.48 14 350 8499 -26.0 -42.3 20 16.3 -28.1 160 31 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.26 15 300 9599 -33.0 -48.5 20 15.6 -34.4 154 33 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.16 16 250 10857 -41.6 -52.3 31 10.6 -42.3 159 33 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.7 0.12 17 200 12343 -48.8 -71.2 6 22.3 -49.4 174 30 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14180 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 205 17 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16635 -70.2 -82.9 14 12.7 -70.3 247 11 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.32 m Freezing level: 590.62 mb = 4514.09 m = 14809.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.68 mb = 3579.26 m = 11742.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.70 mb = 501.85 m = 1646.47 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 25.85 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 884.13 m = 2900.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 28.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 719.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.57 mb = 779.70 m = 2558.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.57 mb = 1016.72 m = 3335.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.57 mb = 10597.77 m = 34769.15 ft B at Equ Level: 715.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.57 mb = 13396.76 m = 43952.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.9 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 185.9 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 15.56 Bulk Shear: 46.27 m/s