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: 35.15,-78.37 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -78.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 47 25.2 22.2 83 3.0 23.0 93 14 298.2 301.3 296.1 347.7 17.03 1 1000 60 25.1 21.6 81 3.5 22.6 95 14 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.2 16.49 2 950 509 21.1 19.5 90 1.7 20.0 100 27 298.6 301.4 295.0 342.7 15.15 3 900 976 18.5 17.6 94 0.9 17.9 114 30 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.3 14.21 4 850 1466 15.8 15.2 96 0.7 15.4 121 31 302.7 305.1 294.5 340.8 12.85 5 800 1980 13.2 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 125 32 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.2 10.98 6 750 2521 10.5 7.4 81 3.1 8.6 131 32 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.2 8.65 7 700 3094 7.4 1.9 68 5.5 4.4 136 32 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.1 6.26 8 650 3700 3.8 -2.9 61 6.8 0.4 140 33 313.3 314.2 291.2 328.3 4.74 9 600 4347 0.8 -6.9 56 7.8 -2.8 143 34 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.3 3.79 10 550 5042 -2.7 -11.6 50 8.9 -6.4 144 32 320.9 321.5 291.8 330.5 2.87 11 500 5791 -7.1 -15.9 49 8.8 -10.4 147 29 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.9 2.21 12 450 6605 -11.8 -18.1 60 6.3 -13.9 147 27 328.4 328.8 293.2 335.5 2.05 13 400 7500 -16.2 -18.3 84 2.0 -16.9 144 21 333.9 334.3 294.8 341.8 2.27 14 350 8493 -22.6 -23.2 95 0.6 -22.8 124 16 338.3 338.6 295.4 344.4 1.69 15 300 9605 -30.9 -31.3 96 0.4 -31.0 136 11 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.3 0.93 16 250 10872 -41.2 -41.6 96 0.4 -41.2 197 6 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.4 0.40 17 200 12365 -49.0 -72.2 5 23.1 -49.6 203 14 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14197 -61.5 -74.1 17 12.7 -61.6 195 19 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16638 -70.6 -82.8 15 12.2 -70.7 219 8 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.79 m Freezing level: 588.30 mb = 4509.54 m = 14794.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3783.47 m = 12412.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.71 mb = 428.66 m = 1406.34 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 19.45 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 914.43 m = 3000.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 303.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.14 mb = 747.29 m = 2451.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.14 mb = 1275.07 m = 4183.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.14 mb = 7898.07 m = 25911.98 ft B at Equ Level: 302.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.14 mb = 12066.25 m = 39586.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.4 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 162.4 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 7.23 Bulk Shear: 42.00 m/s