MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 36.53,-82.81 Latitude: 36.53 Longitude: -82.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 958 472 25.3 18.7 67 6.6 20.7 57 10 302.1 304.7 295.4 344.3 14.31 2 950 548 25.1 18.4 66 6.7 20.4 61 18 302.6 305.3 295.4 344.5 14.14 3 900 1021 21.0 17.2 79 3.8 18.4 70 25 303.1 305.6 295.3 344.0 13.81 4 850 1514 17.7 15.0 85 2.6 15.9 92 29 304.6 307.0 295.0 342.7 12.75 5 800 2032 15.8 12.1 79 3.7 13.4 95 31 308.0 310.1 294.7 341.8 11.16 6 750 2578 12.6 10.7 89 1.8 11.4 90 28 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.4 10.87 7 700 3156 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.8 84 28 312.8 314.7 295.3 343.8 10.04 8 650 3769 6.8 4.9 88 1.9 5.6 82 27 316.7 318.3 295.1 343.1 8.39 9 600 4424 3.3 1.7 89 1.6 2.4 80 26 319.9 321.3 295.1 343.1 7.23 10 550 5126 -0.2 -2.7 83 2.5 -1.5 76 26 323.8 325.0 294.9 342.5 5.72 11 500 5885 -3.7 -8.8 68 5.1 -6.0 66 24 328.6 329.4 294.8 341.9 3.95 12 450 6710 -8.3 -18.5 44 10.2 -11.9 66 23 332.8 333.2 294.3 339.8 1.98 13 400 7614 -14.1 -29.9 25 15.8 -18.0 62 21 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.7 0.80 14 350 8614 -21.0 -38.7 19 17.7 -24.1 64 17 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.0 0.39 15 300 9734 -29.5 -35.4 57 5.9 -30.4 77 12 343.8 343.9 295.8 346.2 0.63 16 250 11011 -38.1 -38.1 100 0.0 -38.1 142 23 349.4 349.6 297.0 351.7 0.57 17 200 12503 -51.4 -51.4 99 0.0 -51.4 162 18 351.4 351.5 297.1 352.1 0.17 18 150 14325 -63.4 -63.6 97 0.2 -63.4 178 41 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.1 0.05 19 100 16734 -70.0 -81.6 17 11.6 -70.1 284 6 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.68 m Freezing level: 552.95 mb = 5084.69 m = 16681.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.44 mb = 4845.77 m = 15898.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.36 mb = 1309.52 m = 4296.27 ft T: 19.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2171.49 m = 7124.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2989.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.98 mb = 1523.97 m = 4999.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.3 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 110.3 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.9 neg: -23.1 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 10.16 m/s