MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.11,-79.45 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -79.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 997 109 22.6 21.3 93 1.3 21.7 242 9 295.9 298.9 295.0 342.6 16.22 2 950 534 21.9 19.1 84 2.8 19.9 224 15 299.4 302.1 294.9 342.5 14.77 3 900 1003 18.9 17.2 90 1.7 17.8 209 13 301.0 303.6 294.7 341.8 13.87 4 850 1493 16.0 15.2 95 0.8 15.5 195 12 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.88 5 800 2006 13.3 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 184 11 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.4 11.72 6 750 2548 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.2 186 11 308.0 309.9 294.1 339.3 10.33 7 700 3120 7.6 6.9 96 0.7 7.2 190 11 310.8 312.5 293.9 338.4 8.96 8 650 3727 4.1 3.6 96 0.5 3.8 187 12 313.6 315.1 293.7 337.4 7.63 9 600 4374 0.4 -0.1 96 0.5 0.1 189 13 316.6 317.8 293.5 336.7 6.34 10 550 5067 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.2 196 16 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.1 5.36 11 500 5815 -6.7 -7.3 95 0.6 -7.0 205 19 324.9 325.7 294.2 339.5 4.41 12 450 6629 -11.3 -11.9 96 0.6 -11.6 209 23 329.0 329.7 294.4 340.6 3.42 13 400 7522 -16.7 -16.9 98 0.2 -16.8 210 26 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.2 2.55 14 350 8511 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 218 32 336.8 337.1 295.0 342.6 1.61 15 300 9616 -32.4 -32.4 100 0.0 -32.4 223 32 339.8 339.9 295.0 342.9 0.84 16 250 10874 -42.7 -42.7 100 0.0 -42.7 223 33 342.6 342.7 295.3 344.0 0.35 17 200 12340 -54.5 -54.6 99 0.1 -54.5 226 47 346.4 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.12 18 150 14125 -65.8 -69.6 59 3.8 -65.8 227 53 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16576 -68.9 -82.8 12 13.9 -69.0 248 22 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.91 m Freezing level: 593.45 mb = 4464.33 m = 14646.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.95 mb = 4400.78 m = 14438.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.68 mb = 265.59 m = 871.36 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 5.92 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1156.55 m = 3794.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 203.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.64 mb = 834.45 m = 2737.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.64 mb = 1769.80 m = 5806.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.64 mb = 8046.61 m = 26399.32 ft B at Equ Level: 203.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.64 mb = 12572.75 m = 41248.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 227.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -15.2 tot: -13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 31.16 Bulk Shear: 6.53 m/s