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: 36.87,-82.6 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -82.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 1 950 613 SFC 949 621 26.7 12.1 40 14.6 17.2 6 2 304.4 306.1 292.4 332.5 9.38 3 900 1083 20.0 9.5 51 10.5 13.6 8 2 302.1 303.7 290.8 326.9 8.33 4 850 1571 15.3 8.3 63 7.0 11.2 357 0 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.4 8.13 5 800 2082 10.7 6.9 77 3.8 8.5 213 1 302.5 304.0 290.5 325.8 7.81 6 750 2616 6.0 4.3 89 1.7 5.0 215 3 303.1 304.3 289.9 323.9 6.94 7 700 3177 1.5 -1.4 81 2.9 0.1 219 3 304.2 305.1 288.5 319.2 4.94 8 650 3770 -1.1 -13.9 37 12.8 -5.8 175 2 307.7 308.1 286.8 314.2 2.00 9 600 4404 -4.9 -20.6 28 15.7 -9.6 180 3 310.4 310.7 286.9 314.5 1.24 10 550 5083 -8.5 -31.1 14 22.6 -13.6 186 6 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.8 0.52 11 500 5816 -11.9 -42.3 6 30.4 -16.8 193 6 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.2 0.18 12 450 6615 -16.9 -48.6 5 31.7 -20.9 243 8 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.10 13 400 7487 -23.3 -44.7 12 21.4 -25.9 271 10 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.18 14 350 8448 -31.1 -34.1 75 3.0 -31.5 259 15 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.61 15 300 9523 -39.1 -40.4 88 1.3 -39.2 228 17 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.6 0.38 16 250 10745 -49.6 -49.7 98 0.1 -49.6 235 23 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 17 200 12173 -57.0 -63.3 45 6.3 -57.1 264 20 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 14005 -55.2 -79.7 3 24.6 -55.5 277 26 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16540 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.0 287 18 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.21 m Freezing level: 670.96 mb = 3521.51 m = 11553.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.33 mb = 3184.25 m = 10446.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.27 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.93 mb = 2441.75 m = 8010.90 ft T: 7.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2440.80 m = 8007.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.45 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 32.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.21 mb = 2417.12 m = 7930.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.21 mb = 2471.15 m = 8107.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.21 mb = 5767.17 m = 18920.94 ft B at Equ Level: 162.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 293.21 mb = 9676.46 m = 31746.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.8 at 3.6 knts Storm direction: 232.8 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 39.25 Bulk Shear: 4.17 m/s