MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.79,-77.3 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -77.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 12 21.4 20.8 96 0.7 21.0 33 9 293.5 296.2 293.6 337.3 15.41 1 1000 128 20.9 20.1 96 0.7 20.4 38 16 294.0 296.7 293.5 336.8 15.01 2 950 572 18.9 17.5 92 1.4 18.0 66 24 296.4 298.8 293.1 335.0 13.40 3 900 1036 16.5 15.0 91 1.5 15.5 77 25 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.4 11.99 4 850 1521 14.0 12.4 90 1.6 13.0 84 26 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.2 10.68 5 800 2032 11.4 10.3 93 1.1 10.7 89 26 303.3 305.1 292.4 332.6 9.86 6 750 2571 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.1 100 25 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.8 9.64 7 700 3142 7.1 7.0 99 0.1 7.1 114 23 310.4 312.1 293.9 338.0 9.02 8 650 3750 4.5 4.4 99 0.1 4.4 138 23 314.0 315.6 294.1 339.2 8.08 9 600 4399 0.9 0.8 100 0.0 0.8 161 25 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.7 6.80 10 550 5095 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 162 29 321.4 322.6 294.4 340.2 5.81 11 500 5848 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 164 31 325.9 326.9 294.8 341.8 4.81 12 450 6668 -9.9 -10.3 96 0.5 -10.1 167 31 330.8 331.6 295.3 344.0 3.87 13 400 7569 -14.9 -15.2 98 0.3 -15.0 183 32 335.6 336.2 295.7 346.0 2.95 14 350 8568 -21.2 -21.2 100 0.0 -21.2 192 34 340.2 340.6 296.1 347.5 2.02 15 300 9686 -29.8 -30.1 97 0.3 -29.9 196 34 343.3 343.5 296.0 347.3 1.04 16 250 10959 -39.6 -39.7 98 0.2 -39.6 212 42 347.2 347.4 296.4 349.2 0.48 17 200 12448 -51.0 -53.3 76 2.4 -51.1 224 52 352.1 352.1 297.2 352.6 0.13 18 150 14265 -63.6 -75.3 19 11.7 -63.7 245 36 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -72.8 -82.2 23 9.4 -72.9 238 17 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.20 m Freezing level: 585.92 mb = 4595.28 m = 15076.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.97 mb = 4574.95 m = 15009.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.05 mb = 93.26 m = 305.97 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 829.58 m = 2721.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 2.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 32.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.95 mb = 599.35 m = 1966.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.95 mb = 1601.57 m = 5254.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.95 mb = 2329.70 m = 7643.27 ft B at Equ Level: 18.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 681.95 mb = 3356.29 m = 11011.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.6 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 150.6 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 87.70 m/s