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: 34.25,-78.62 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -78.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 23.2 22.1 93 1.2 22.4 98 17 296.2 299.3 295.5 345.0 16.91 1 1000 36 23.7 21.8 89 1.8 22.3 101 20 296.8 299.8 295.5 345.0 16.69 2 950 484 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 107 43 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.7 15.97 3 900 951 18.5 18.4 100 0.1 18.4 117 51 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.4 14.97 4 850 1441 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.0 125 54 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.3 13.55 5 800 1956 13.6 13.4 99 0.2 13.4 127 55 305.6 307.9 294.8 342.1 12.17 6 750 2498 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 128 56 308.3 310.3 294.6 340.9 10.77 7 700 3072 7.8 6.9 94 0.9 7.2 127 57 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.6 8.94 8 650 3680 4.3 2.5 88 1.8 3.2 128 56 313.8 315.1 293.3 335.8 7.05 9 600 4328 0.5 -1.2 88 1.7 -0.4 130 55 316.7 317.9 293.2 335.4 5.86 10 550 5023 -2.6 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.0 135 53 321.0 322.0 294.0 338.6 5.43 11 500 5775 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.6 139 50 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.4 4.53 12 450 6594 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.6 -10.1 147 44 330.9 331.7 295.3 344.1 3.86 13 400 7496 -14.6 -14.8 98 0.2 -14.6 153 38 336.1 336.7 295.9 346.7 3.03 14 350 8496 -20.9 -21.2 97 0.3 -21.0 153 34 340.6 341.1 296.2 347.9 2.01 15 300 9618 -28.6 -29.2 95 0.6 -28.7 166 31 345.1 345.3 296.5 349.4 1.14 16 250 10897 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 186 25 349.8 349.9 297.1 352.1 0.59 17 200 12398 -48.9 -51.8 71 3.0 -49.0 198 22 355.4 355.4 297.9 356.1 0.16 18 150 14232 -62.1 -68.4 42 6.3 -62.1 200 16 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.03 19 100 16650 -71.8 -82.7 18 10.9 -71.8 220 3 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.98 m Freezing level: 591.45 mb = 4447.14 m = 14590.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.37 mb = 4256.10 m = 13963.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.41 mb = 164.43 m = 539.47 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.86 mb = 660.03 m = 2165.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.10 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.85 mb = 567.76 m = 1862.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.85 mb = 895.47 m = 2937.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.85 mb = 6665.35 m = 21867.67 ft B at Equ Level: 271.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.85 mb = 10466.07 m = 34337.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.5 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 157.5 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 410.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 410.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 86.96 m/s