MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.58,-77.91 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -77.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 16 25.0 22.9 88 2.1 23.5 114 8 297.7 300.9 296.4 349.2 17.72 1 1000 56 25.2 21.6 80 3.6 22.6 118 13 298.4 301.4 295.8 346.2 16.46 2 950 506 21.3 19.4 89 2.0 20.0 126 21 298.8 301.6 295.0 342.8 15.09 3 900 974 18.8 17.2 91 1.5 17.7 133 25 300.8 303.4 294.7 341.6 13.88 4 850 1464 16.3 14.8 91 1.5 15.3 134 26 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.5 12.56 5 800 1979 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.3 136 27 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.1 10.72 6 750 2521 11.0 6.7 75 4.3 8.4 139 28 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.6 8.24 7 700 3094 7.7 1.3 64 6.4 4.2 144 29 311.0 312.2 291.6 329.8 6.03 8 650 3701 4.2 -3.3 58 7.4 0.4 147 29 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.3 4.62 9 600 4349 1.3 -7.9 50 9.2 -2.9 149 29 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.0 3.52 10 550 5044 -2.6 -12.8 45 10.2 -6.7 151 27 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.7 2.59 11 500 5793 -7.4 -17.3 45 9.9 -10.9 156 25 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.8 1.97 12 450 6606 -12.4 -19.7 54 7.3 -14.7 157 25 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.8 1.78 13 400 7498 -16.7 -19.4 79 2.7 -17.6 157 22 333.3 333.7 294.4 340.5 2.05 14 350 8491 -22.4 -23.6 90 1.2 -22.7 140 14 338.6 339.0 295.4 344.5 1.63 15 300 9604 -31.0 -31.4 95 0.5 -31.0 146 9 341.7 341.9 295.6 345.2 0.92 16 250 10870 -41.1 -41.9 92 0.8 -41.2 234 7 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.5 0.38 17 200 12367 -48.5 -72.6 4 24.1 -49.0 205 15 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14199 -61.8 -77.1 11 15.3 -61.9 193 20 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16642 -70.9 -82.3 17 11.4 -70.9 190 9 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.98 m Freezing level: 583.61 mb = 4576.90 m = 15015.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.56 mb = 3781.77 m = 12407.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.62 mb = 281.69 m = 924.18 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 982.99 m = 3225.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 32.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.59 mb = 759.14 m = 2490.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.59 mb = 1793.97 m = 5885.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.59 mb = 8126.17 m = 26660.35 ft B at Equ Level: 296.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.59 mb = 11801.33 m = 38717.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 16.01 Bulk Shear: 18.63 m/s