MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 33.77,-85.55 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -85.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 982 282 26.0 22.3 80 3.7 23.3 192 4 300.7 303.9 297.1 352.3 17.55 2 950 572 24.4 18.0 68 6.4 20.0 205 12 302.0 304.5 295.0 342.8 13.83 3 900 1044 20.5 16.4 78 4.0 17.7 211 14 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.6 13.18 4 850 1536 16.9 14.4 85 2.6 15.3 214 16 303.9 306.1 294.4 340.2 12.20 5 800 2051 13.6 11.3 86 2.4 12.1 218 16 305.7 307.6 293.7 337.3 10.55 6 750 2593 10.5 8.2 86 2.2 9.1 228 17 307.9 309.6 293.3 335.7 9.16 7 700 3165 7.1 5.9 92 1.2 6.4 238 17 310.3 311.9 293.3 336.0 8.37 8 650 3773 4.0 2.9 92 1.1 3.4 244 19 313.5 314.8 293.3 336.1 7.26 9 600 4420 0.6 -2.4 80 3.0 -0.9 243 21 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.9 5.35 10 550 5114 -3.3 -7.0 75 3.8 -5.0 240 22 320.2 321.0 292.7 333.6 4.10 11 500 5864 -6.9 -13.6 59 6.7 -9.5 242 25 324.6 325.1 292.7 333.6 2.68 12 450 6679 -11.4 -16.7 65 5.3 -13.3 245 30 328.8 329.3 293.5 336.8 2.30 13 400 7572 -17.1 -19.1 84 2.0 -17.8 244 30 332.7 333.2 294.4 340.2 2.11 14 350 8562 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.4 262 33 337.3 337.6 295.1 343.3 1.67 15 300 9671 -31.9 -33.1 89 1.2 -32.1 267 35 340.5 340.6 295.1 343.4 0.78 16 250 10930 -42.6 -43.5 90 0.9 -42.6 269 39 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.33 17 200 12396 -55.0 -55.6 93 0.6 -55.0 254 47 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.10 18 150 14173 -66.1 -71.2 49 5.1 -66.1 271 48 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16602 -69.1 -81.5 15 12.4 -69.1 261 24 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.92 m Freezing level: 592.19 mb = 4528.79 m = 14858.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.73 mb = 4276.95 m = 14031.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.09 mb = 747.91 m = 2453.73 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1614.47 m = 5296.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.52 mb = 1360.44 m = 4463.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.52 mb = 1919.29 m = 6296.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.52 mb = 9845.41 m = 32300.82 ft B at Equ Level: 353.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.52 mb = 14069.74 m = 46160.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 22.56 Bulk Shear: 15.69 m/s