MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 35.19,-85.87 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 963 387 21.4 20.8 96 0.6 21.1 156 16 297.8 300.7 295.6 345.1 16.31 2 950 503 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 160 29 298.7 301.6 295.5 345.0 15.88 3 900 971 18.5 18.4 100 0.0 18.5 167 46 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.6 15.00 4 850 1461 16.5 16.5 100 0.1 16.5 185 56 303.5 306.1 295.5 345.1 14.01 5 800 1977 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 201 54 306.6 309.0 295.7 345.6 12.98 6 750 2523 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 205 50 309.7 311.9 295.7 345.7 11.80 7 700 3100 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.1 204 48 312.8 314.8 295.4 344.7 10.32 8 650 3713 6.6 5.9 95 0.7 6.1 203 45 316.4 318.1 295.4 344.6 8.98 9 600 4368 3.1 2.9 99 0.2 2.9 205 43 319.7 321.2 295.4 344.8 7.87 10 550 5069 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.6 208 43 323.5 324.8 295.6 345.1 6.67 11 500 5828 -3.7 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 207 46 328.6 329.7 296.1 347.6 5.70 12 450 6655 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 203 50 333.7 334.7 296.5 349.5 4.62 13 400 7565 -12.2 -12.6 97 0.4 -12.4 201 51 339.1 339.9 297.0 351.9 3.63 14 350 8572 -19.1 -19.1 100 0.0 -19.1 206 45 343.1 343.6 297.0 351.8 2.42 15 300 9703 -26.6 -26.6 100 0.0 -26.6 210 37 347.9 348.3 297.4 353.4 1.45 16 250 10992 -37.2 -38.1 92 0.8 -37.4 206 25 350.7 350.8 297.3 353.0 0.57 17 200 12490 -50.2 -52.1 81 1.9 -50.3 222 13 353.3 353.3 297.5 353.9 0.16 18 150 14305 -64.7 -73.3 29 8.7 -64.8 274 34 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16712 -71.9 -81.3 23 9.4 -72.0 300 11 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.45 m Freezing level: 557.24 mb = 4967.41 m = 16297.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.05 mb = 4951.83 m = 16245.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.86 mb = 458.71 m = 1504.93 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.04 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 923.81 m = 3030.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.94 mb = 904.11 m = 2966.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.94 mb = 1047.78 m = 3437.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 871.94 mb = 1242.39 m = 4076.04 ft B at Equ Level: 17.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 661.94 mb = 3562.23 m = 11686.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.7 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 228.7 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 592.4 neg: -19.1 tot: 573.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 100.79 m/s