MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.11,-78.86 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -78.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 21 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.5 41 19 293.5 296.2 293.4 336.2 15.00 1 1000 92 20.9 19.9 94 1.0 20.2 44 30 294.0 296.7 293.4 336.2 14.78 2 950 535 18.5 18.5 100 -0.0 18.5 53 45 295.9 298.5 293.6 336.9 14.25 3 900 1000 17.8 17.7 100 0.1 17.8 82 53 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.8 14.35 4 850 1489 15.8 14.6 93 1.2 15.0 98 51 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.4 12.39 5 800 2003 13.2 12.1 93 1.0 12.5 105 52 305.2 307.3 294.0 338.6 11.17 6 750 2546 11.3 10.9 97 0.4 11.0 112 51 308.9 310.9 294.8 342.2 10.98 7 700 3121 8.1 7.6 97 0.5 7.8 114 46 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.4 9.41 8 650 3731 5.1 4.2 94 0.9 4.6 116 42 314.8 316.3 294.3 339.7 7.97 9 600 4382 1.6 0.6 93 1.0 1.0 117 39 318.0 319.3 294.1 339.2 6.66 10 550 5079 -2.1 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.8 117 37 321.6 322.6 294.1 339.1 5.41 11 500 5831 -6.5 -8.1 88 1.6 -7.2 118 32 325.1 326.0 294.1 339.0 4.17 12 450 6648 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.2 -12.0 119 27 328.8 329.4 294.2 339.7 3.20 13 400 7542 -16.7 -17.7 92 1.1 -17.0 122 26 333.3 333.8 294.7 341.7 2.38 14 350 8534 -22.1 -22.3 98 0.2 -22.2 138 33 338.9 339.3 295.6 345.5 1.82 15 300 9654 -28.6 -29.3 94 0.6 -28.7 151 31 345.0 345.3 296.5 349.3 1.13 16 250 10935 -38.1 -38.2 99 0.1 -38.1 180 27 349.4 349.5 297.0 351.6 0.57 17 200 12428 -50.7 -51.2 94 0.5 -50.7 172 30 352.5 352.5 297.3 353.2 0.17 18 150 14250 -62.2 -68.5 43 6.3 -62.3 226 19 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.0 0.03 19 100 16678 -71.0 -83.2 15 12.2 -71.0 225 7 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.29 m Freezing level: 578.48 mb = 4681.85 m = 15360.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4561.83 m = 14966.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.93 mb = 118.44 m = 388.59 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.01 mb = 462.54 m = 1517.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.17 C = 73.71 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 36.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.15 mb = 506.45 m = 1661.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.15 mb = 551.81 m = 1810.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 938.15 mb = 642.95 m = 2109.39 ft B at Equ Level: 20.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 868.15 mb = 1308.28 m = 4292.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.5 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 133.5 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 758.6 neg: -7.5 tot: 751.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 250.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 180.88 m/s