MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.60,-80.20 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -80.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 987 214 25.3 19.0 68 6.2 20.9 236 1 299.6 302.2 294.6 341.0 14.20 2 950 544 22.2 16.5 70 5.7 18.4 248 2 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.4 12.54 3 900 1012 18.1 15.1 83 3.0 16.1 262 2 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.4 12.04 4 850 1499 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.5 283 2 301.2 303.3 292.8 334.1 11.14 5 800 2010 12.2 8.8 80 3.4 10.1 260 3 304.1 305.8 291.9 330.8 8.93 6 750 2549 9.7 4.6 71 5.1 6.8 267 5 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.7 7.11 7 700 3119 6.3 1.5 71 4.8 3.7 252 7 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.3 6.10 8 650 3724 2.6 -1.7 73 4.3 0.4 234 8 311.9 312.9 291.2 328.1 5.19 9 600 4367 -1.4 -6.7 67 5.3 -3.8 220 12 314.5 315.3 290.8 326.9 3.86 10 550 5055 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.0 -9.6 216 18 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.4 1.65 11 500 5796 -10.0 -22.3 36 12.3 -13.6 217 29 320.8 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.28 12 450 6602 -14.1 -25.1 39 11.1 -17.0 207 39 325.5 325.8 291.6 329.4 1.10 13 400 7485 -20.1 -35.4 24 15.3 -22.8 210 50 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.47 14 350 8463 -25.9 -36.6 36 10.6 -27.6 207 56 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.6 0.48 15 300 9564 -32.6 -43.4 33 10.8 -33.8 208 81 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.27 16 250 10822 -42.7 -45.7 72 3.0 -42.9 207 87 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.26 17 200 12293 -52.1 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.4 217 63 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14114 -61.1 -78.6 8 17.5 -61.3 229 50 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16578 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.8 -68.0 237 22 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.13 m Freezing level: 617.35 mb = 4143.57 m = 13594.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.54 mb = 3778.98 m = 12398.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.95 mb = 1002.68 m = 3289.60 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.67 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1409.51 m = 4624.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.28 mb = 1268.80 m = 4162.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.28 mb = 2792.29 m = 9160.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.28 mb = 8090.08 m = 26541.92 ft B at Equ Level: 205.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.28 mb = 10335.02 m = 33907.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -3.2 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.40 Bulk Shear: 10.72 m/s