MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.06,-78.21 Latitude: 34.06 Longitude: -78.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 9 23.9 22.4 91 1.5 22.9 117 19 296.7 299.9 295.8 346.6 17.25 1 1000 42 24.3 22.0 87 2.4 22.6 119 26 297.5 300.5 295.8 346.3 16.84 2 950 491 21.2 20.3 95 0.9 20.6 123 44 298.7 301.6 295.6 345.3 16.01 3 900 959 18.8 18.4 98 0.4 18.5 131 49 300.9 303.6 295.5 344.9 14.98 4 850 1450 16.5 15.6 94 1.0 15.9 135 50 303.5 305.9 295.0 342.7 13.19 5 800 1965 13.9 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 136 51 306.0 308.2 294.6 341.1 11.71 6 750 2509 11.2 9.7 91 1.4 10.3 136 53 308.7 310.6 294.2 339.5 10.15 7 700 3083 8.1 5.5 84 2.6 6.6 136 53 311.5 313.0 293.4 336.6 8.14 8 650 3691 4.3 1.4 81 2.9 2.7 137 52 313.8 315.1 292.9 334.3 6.52 9 600 4339 0.2 -1.2 90 1.5 -0.5 139 52 316.4 317.5 293.0 335.0 5.84 10 550 5033 -3.0 -3.8 94 0.8 -3.4 145 50 320.5 321.5 293.7 337.5 5.25 11 500 5783 -6.8 -7.8 92 1.0 -7.3 148 48 324.7 325.6 294.0 338.8 4.24 12 450 6601 -10.4 -11.1 94 0.8 -10.7 152 42 330.2 330.9 294.9 342.6 3.63 13 400 7502 -14.6 -14.9 98 0.3 -14.7 167 35 336.0 336.7 295.9 346.6 3.02 14 350 8501 -21.0 -21.3 97 0.3 -21.1 163 32 340.4 340.9 296.1 347.7 1.99 15 300 9622 -29.0 -29.6 95 0.6 -29.1 172 29 344.5 344.7 296.3 348.6 1.10 16 250 10901 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 180 18 350.1 350.3 297.2 352.5 0.60 17 200 12404 -48.5 -55.7 43 7.2 -48.8 197 20 356.0 356.0 298.0 356.4 0.10 18 150 14236 -62.8 -67.7 51 4.9 -62.9 205 24 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.1 0.03 19 100 16651 -72.2 -82.7 19 10.5 -72.3 211 2 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.99 m Freezing level: 596.26 mb = 4390.82 m = 14405.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.88 mb = 4233.37 m = 13888.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.38 mb = 197.97 m = 649.51 ft T: 23.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 740.49 m = 2429.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.28 mb = 608.04 m = 1994.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.28 mb = 1227.90 m = 4028.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.28 mb = 7270.33 m = 23852.49 ft B at Equ Level: 339.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.28 mb = 11396.39 m = 37389.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.0 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 167.0 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 285.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 7.43 Bulk Shear: 45.75 m/s