MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 35.24,-83.83 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -83.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 604 SFC 938 716 29.2 17.7 50 11.6 21.1 300 4 308.0 310.5 296.5 349.3 13.68 3 900 1080 24.3 15.5 58 8.8 18.3 294 5 306.5 308.8 295.3 343.8 12.40 4 850 1577 19.5 14.1 71 5.4 15.9 284 4 306.6 308.8 295.0 342.6 11.98 5 800 2096 14.7 12.4 86 2.3 13.2 273 4 306.8 309.0 294.6 341.2 11.41 6 750 2639 11.7 4.9 63 6.8 7.7 271 6 309.2 310.6 292.1 331.5 7.24 7 700 3214 9.8 -6.2 32 16.0 2.2 266 9 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.3 3.42 8 650 3826 6.7 -7.3 36 14.1 0.1 259 8 316.6 317.2 291.0 327.6 3.39 9 600 4479 3.1 -12.2 32 15.2 -3.3 279 3 319.7 320.1 291.2 328.0 2.50 10 550 5177 -2.1 -13.7 41 11.6 -6.7 302 5 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.8 2.42 11 500 5927 -7.1 -19.9 35 12.8 -11.3 285 8 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.8 1.57 12 450 6740 -11.8 -29.9 21 18.2 -16.2 277 9 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.0 0.71 13 400 7634 -16.2 -46.0 6 29.8 -20.6 270 15 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.16 14 350 8626 -22.9 -45.2 11 22.3 -25.9 262 21 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.19 15 300 9735 -31.8 -40.1 44 8.3 -32.9 257 25 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.0 0.39 16 250 10997 -41.6 -43.6 81 2.0 -41.8 264 27 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.5 0.32 17 200 12470 -53.7 -55.4 81 1.7 -53.8 245 25 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.10 18 150 14255 -67.6 -68.4 90 0.8 -67.7 254 21 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.03 19 100 16693 -68.0 -83.4 9 15.4 -68.1 125 11 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.59 m Freezing level: 570.14 mb = 4895.51 m = 16061.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.02 mb = 3850.90 m = 12634.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.04 mb = 2169.32 m = 7117.10 ft T: 14.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 25.01 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2343.96 m = 7690.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 24.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.14 mb = 2210.83 m = 7253.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.14 mb = 4693.60 m = 15398.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.14 mb = 10359.11 m = 33986.18 ft B at Equ Level: 188.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.14 mb = 12982.37 m = 42592.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 252.24 Bulk Shear: 0.75 m/s