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: 35.8,-83.58 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -83.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 558 SFC 949 567 19.9 19.2 96 0.7 19.4 104 4 297.5 300.2 294.5 340.7 14.93 3 900 1027 20.1 16.3 79 3.8 17.5 163 12 302.2 304.6 294.5 340.8 13.06 4 850 1518 16.4 14.7 89 1.8 15.3 172 23 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.3 12.43 5 800 2033 13.2 12.4 94 0.9 12.7 185 37 305.2 307.4 294.1 339.2 11.35 6 750 2575 10.7 9.5 92 1.2 10.0 191 43 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.6 10.01 7 700 3149 8.5 6.5 87 2.1 7.3 194 43 311.9 313.6 294.0 338.8 8.69 8 650 3760 5.9 4.0 87 1.9 4.8 196 41 315.6 317.2 294.4 340.3 7.86 9 600 4413 2.3 1.3 93 1.0 1.7 197 40 318.8 320.1 294.6 341.2 7.04 10 550 5113 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.7 197 41 322.6 323.7 294.8 342.1 6.02 11 500 5869 -4.7 -5.9 91 1.2 -5.3 202 43 327.3 328.3 295.2 343.7 4.92 12 450 6693 -9.0 -9.9 94 0.9 -9.4 205 46 331.9 332.7 295.7 345.6 4.02 13 400 7597 -13.6 -14.1 96 0.5 -13.8 213 47 337.3 337.9 296.3 348.6 3.21 14 350 8601 -19.9 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.9 217 44 341.9 342.4 296.7 350.1 2.25 15 300 9727 -27.4 -27.4 100 -0.0 -27.5 225 43 346.7 347.0 297.0 351.8 1.34 16 250 11011 -38.2 -38.3 99 0.1 -38.2 228 35 349.3 349.4 297.0 351.5 0.56 17 200 12501 -51.7 -53.6 80 1.9 -51.8 242 23 350.9 351.0 297.0 351.5 0.13 18 150 14300 -66.8 -67.3 93 0.5 -66.8 267 31 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.03 19 100 16703 -70.2 -82.5 15 12.3 -70.3 321 17 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.75 m Freezing level: 567.86 mb = 4862.73 m = 15953.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.50 mb = 4762.28 m = 15624.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.73 mb = 652.58 m = 2140.99 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.57 mb = 1673.87 m = 5491.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 33.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3763.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.32 mb = 1364.89 m = 4477.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.9 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 223.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 289.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 126.24 m/s