MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 35.40,-77.68 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -77.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 28 21.2 20.5 96 0.6 20.8 16 8 293.0 295.7 293.3 336.1 15.16 1 1000 159 20.8 19.9 95 0.8 20.2 21 15 293.9 296.6 293.3 336.1 14.79 2 950 603 18.9 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 50 18 296.4 298.8 292.9 334.4 13.18 3 900 1067 16.1 14.4 90 1.7 15.0 66 19 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.6 11.51 4 850 1552 13.8 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 83 22 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.8 10.94 5 800 2062 11.3 10.0 91 1.4 10.5 97 23 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.0 9.66 6 750 2600 8.5 7.4 93 1.1 7.9 111 23 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.9 8.66 7 700 3169 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.4 122 23 308.9 310.4 292.5 333.0 7.89 8 650 3773 2.3 2.2 99 0.1 2.2 134 23 311.6 312.9 292.5 333.0 6.91 9 600 4417 -0.6 -0.8 99 0.2 -0.7 141 21 315.4 316.6 292.9 334.5 6.04 10 550 5110 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.3 -3.6 125 16 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.2 5.30 11 500 5860 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.8 150 18 325.1 326.0 294.3 340.1 4.53 12 450 6678 -10.6 -11.0 96 0.5 -10.8 160 19 329.9 330.7 294.9 342.4 3.66 13 400 7576 -15.5 -15.7 98 0.2 -15.6 173 22 334.9 335.4 295.4 344.7 2.81 14 350 8573 -21.3 -21.3 100 0.0 -21.3 189 30 340.0 340.4 296.0 347.2 1.99 15 300 9692 -29.0 -29.0 100 -0.0 -29.0 195 41 344.5 344.7 296.4 348.8 1.16 16 250 10969 -39.3 -39.3 100 -0.0 -39.3 194 45 347.6 347.7 296.5 349.6 0.51 17 200 12453 -51.8 -52.4 93 0.6 -51.9 204 51 350.7 350.7 296.9 351.3 0.15 18 150 14261 -64.0 -74.6 22 10.6 -64.1 241 42 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16676 -72.3 -81.9 22 9.6 -72.3 270 18 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.47 m Freezing level: 610.63 mb = 4279.76 m = 14041.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.04 mb = 4256.86 m = 13965.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.62 mb = 102.45 m = 336.10 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 4.56 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.07 mb = 859.00 m = 2818.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.43 mb = 635.57 m = 2085.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.43 mb = 2047.15 m = 6716.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 591.43 mb = 4531.29 m = 14866.26 ft B at Equ Level: 36.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 521.43 mb = 5529.48 m = 18141.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.4 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 140.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 70.26 m/s