MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 36.31,-82.41 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -82.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 102 1 950 539 SFC 935 679 15.5 15.2 98 0.3 15.3 141 1 294.3 296.4 291.1 327.8 11.71 3 900 1000 16.0 14.6 91 1.4 15.1 178 2 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.9 11.66 4 850 1488 16.0 10.8 71 5.2 12.7 228 2 302.9 304.6 292.1 331.3 9.58 5 800 2000 12.4 8.1 75 4.3 9.8 254 4 304.3 305.9 291.7 329.9 8.51 6 750 2539 8.6 5.6 82 3.0 6.9 242 5 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.0 7.64 7 700 3106 5.1 2.0 81 3.0 3.4 224 8 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.6 6.35 8 650 3708 1.1 -1.8 81 2.9 -0.3 220 8 310.2 311.2 290.6 326.3 5.16 9 600 4348 -2.3 -7.9 66 5.5 -4.8 217 7 313.4 314.1 290.2 324.7 3.52 10 550 5033 -7.4 -11.1 75 3.7 -8.8 222 9 315.4 315.9 290.3 325.1 2.99 11 500 5770 -11.1 -12.1 92 1.0 -11.5 214 20 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.5 3.03 12 450 6573 -15.3 -15.5 98 0.2 -15.4 188 24 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.6 2.54 13 400 7454 -20.6 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.6 191 40 328.3 328.6 293.0 334.7 1.85 14 350 8431 -26.7 -27.1 96 0.4 -26.8 180 54 332.8 333.1 293.6 337.1 1.19 15 300 9522 -36.0 -37.9 83 1.9 -36.2 185 59 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.49 16 250 10763 -45.2 -53.6 38 8.4 -45.6 193 64 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.10 17 200 12230 -51.7 -69.4 10 17.6 -52.1 206 53 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14062 -60.0 -78.8 7 18.9 -60.2 217 37 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16538 -66.0 -83.2 7 17.2 -66.1 249 20 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.60 m Freezing level: 633.79 mb = 3915.25 m = 12845.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.42 mb = 3652.71 m = 11983.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.11 mb = 719.33 m = 2359.98 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.20 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2152.45 m = 7061.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.99 mb = 1507.76 m = 4946.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.99 mb = 3425.71 m = 11239.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 482.99 mb = 6033.63 m = 19795.14 ft B at Equ Level: 85.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.99 mb = 7771.88 m = 25497.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.15 Bulk Shear: 8.49 m/s