MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 36.46,-82.57 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -82.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 963 496 28.0 12.8 39 15.2 18.1 10 2 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.5 9.70 2 950 613 24.5 11.1 43 13.3 16.1 21 1 302.0 303.7 291.2 328.1 8.79 3 900 1083 19.9 10.0 53 9.9 13.7 87 1 302.0 303.5 291.0 327.4 8.58 4 850 1571 15.2 8.6 65 6.6 11.3 135 2 302.1 303.6 290.8 326.8 8.30 5 800 2081 10.6 7.1 79 3.5 8.5 144 2 302.4 303.9 290.6 326.0 7.91 6 750 2615 6.2 2.7 78 3.5 4.3 162 2 303.3 304.5 289.3 322.0 6.20 7 700 3177 1.9 -2.9 70 4.9 -0.4 229 2 304.6 305.4 288.1 318.1 4.40 8 650 3771 -1.3 -13.0 41 11.7 -5.6 232 1 307.5 307.9 286.9 314.4 2.16 9 600 4404 -4.9 -19.9 30 15.1 -9.5 215 3 310.5 310.7 287.0 314.8 1.31 10 550 5083 -8.4 -28.6 18 20.2 -13.2 200 7 314.2 314.3 287.6 316.5 0.66 11 500 5817 -11.9 -36.3 11 24.4 -16.5 207 7 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.8 0.34 12 450 6617 -16.6 -49.3 4 32.7 -20.7 236 8 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.10 13 400 7490 -23.1 -39.2 21 16.1 -25.4 273 14 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.32 14 350 8452 -30.9 -33.1 81 2.2 -31.2 262 18 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.67 15 300 9528 -38.9 -39.2 98 0.2 -38.9 232 19 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.43 16 250 10750 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.5 241 22 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 17 200 12179 -56.7 -63.2 44 6.5 -56.9 266 23 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14011 -55.1 -79.9 3 24.8 -55.5 275 27 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16544 -62.3 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.6 290 19 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.44 m Freezing level: 669.89 mb = 3534.52 m = 11596.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.16 mb = 3128.49 m = 10263.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.95 mb = 2387.30 m = 7832.26 ft T: 8.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 19.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.68 mb = 2422.52 m = 7947.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.87 mb = 2324.03 m = 7624.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.87 mb = 2594.67 m = 8512.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 501.87 mb = 5788.46 m = 18990.77 ft B at Equ Level: 132.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.87 mb = 8823.32 m = 28947.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 3.4 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 2.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 46.76 Bulk Shear: 2.87 m/s