MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 36.87,-83.33 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 961 518 21.2 15.6 71 5.5 17.5 147 3 297.7 299.8 292.2 331.7 11.71 2 950 614 19.4 14.3 72 5.1 16.1 139 4 296.9 298.8 291.2 328.2 10.83 3 900 1077 15.9 12.2 79 3.6 13.6 144 6 297.9 299.7 290.9 327.0 10.00 4 850 1561 13.2 9.4 77 3.9 10.9 157 5 300.0 301.6 290.5 325.7 8.73 5 800 2069 10.1 7.2 82 2.8 8.4 183 1 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.7 8.01 6 750 2603 6.5 4.9 89 1.6 5.6 262 2 303.6 305.0 290.4 325.3 7.24 7 700 3166 2.7 0.8 88 1.8 1.7 269 7 305.4 306.5 289.7 323.1 5.82 8 650 3762 -0.7 -4.0 78 3.4 -2.2 262 10 308.2 309.0 289.3 321.8 4.37 9 600 4398 -4.1 -12.7 51 8.6 -7.3 267 9 311.4 311.8 288.5 319.1 2.40 10 550 5079 -8.2 -15.7 55 7.5 -10.8 281 14 314.3 314.7 289.0 321.0 2.05 11 500 5812 -12.6 -29.9 22 17.3 -16.4 286 19 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.9 0.64 12 450 6609 -16.9 -44.4 7 27.6 -20.7 288 24 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.16 13 400 7484 -22.1 -45.6 10 23.4 -25.0 310 25 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 14 350 8449 -30.3 -46.6 19 16.3 -31.9 306 27 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.17 15 300 9524 -39.4 -50.4 30 11.0 -40.1 309 29 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.13 16 250 10745 -49.2 -57.6 37 8.4 -49.5 305 29 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12176 -57.9 -62.7 54 4.8 -58.0 296 24 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 13990 -56.8 -79.0 4 22.2 -57.1 291 33 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16542 -60.0 -84.5 3 24.5 -60.3 268 16 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.97 m Freezing level: 659.81 mb = 3645.29 m = 11959.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.11 mb = 3421.74 m = 11226.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.90 C = 76.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.49 mb = 1214.73 m = 3985.30 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1939.09 m = 6361.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.83 C = 76.70 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.58 mb = 1515.49 m = 4972.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.58 mb = 2828.37 m = 9279.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 489.58 mb = 5971.28 m = 19590.58 ft B at Equ Level: 68.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.58 mb = 7308.55 m = 23977.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.10 Bulk Shear: 22.39 m/s