MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 34.34,-75.44 Latitude: 34.34 Longitude: -75.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 24.8 21.5 82 3.3 22.5 85 12 296.5 299.5 295.0 343.0 16.11 1 1000 147 23.2 20.2 83 3.1 21.1 85 13 296.4 299.1 294.3 339.7 15.03 2 950 594 19.9 17.5 86 2.5 18.2 88 16 297.4 299.8 293.3 336.0 13.32 3 900 1059 17.1 14.0 82 3.1 15.1 96 20 299.1 301.2 292.3 332.0 11.27 4 850 1545 14.8 12.3 85 2.4 13.2 107 24 301.6 303.6 292.6 333.1 10.65 5 800 2058 12.4 10.2 87 2.1 11.0 124 28 304.3 306.1 292.7 333.7 9.83 6 750 2597 9.7 8.0 90 1.6 8.7 138 29 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.4 9.04 7 700 3169 7.1 5.6 90 1.5 6.2 153 27 310.3 311.9 293.2 335.5 8.19 8 650 3776 3.8 3.0 94 0.8 3.4 164 24 313.3 314.7 293.3 336.2 7.33 9 600 4423 0.5 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 178 20 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.4 6.54 10 550 5120 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.2 -2.2 172 18 321.6 322.8 294.5 340.7 5.89 11 500 5874 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.8 170 22 326.3 327.3 294.9 342.5 4.89 12 450 6694 -10.0 -10.5 96 0.5 -10.2 184 21 330.7 331.5 295.2 343.7 3.82 13 400 7594 -15.2 -15.4 98 0.2 -15.3 182 22 335.3 335.8 295.6 345.3 2.88 14 350 8591 -21.6 -21.6 100 0.0 -21.6 175 25 339.6 340.0 295.9 346.6 1.94 15 300 9708 -29.7 -29.7 100 -0.0 -29.7 173 28 343.5 343.7 296.1 347.6 1.09 16 250 10979 -40.5 -40.5 100 -0.0 -40.5 177 35 345.9 346.0 296.1 347.7 0.45 17 200 12461 -51.5 -53.3 81 1.8 -51.6 205 46 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.8 0.13 18 150 14270 -64.6 -69.0 54 4.4 -64.6 248 28 358.8 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16673 -73.3 -82.8 22 9.5 -73.3 246 13 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.33 m Freezing level: 589.96 mb = 4563.33 m = 14971.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.80 mb = 4520.11 m = 14829.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.47 mb = 417.18 m = 1368.69 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 1025.20 m = 3363.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4083.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.01 mb = 795.14 m = 2608.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.0 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 172.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 46.11 m/s