MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 35.46,-83.27 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -83.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 203 1 950 639 SFC 909 1017 15.3 14.6 96 0.7 14.9 2 1 296.5 298.6 291.7 330.0 11.61 3 900 1100 16.5 14.2 87 2.2 15.0 353 2 298.5 300.6 292.2 331.7 11.42 4 850 1588 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.6 354 4 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.4 10.82 5 800 2101 12.5 9.4 81 3.1 10.6 359 6 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.2 9.28 6 750 2641 10.3 3.8 64 6.5 6.6 1 8 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.3 6.71 7 700 3213 8.0 -7.8 32 15.8 0.9 22 8 311.3 311.9 289.0 321.1 3.04 8 650 3820 4.7 -14.3 24 19.0 -2.7 17 7 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.7 1.95 9 600 4467 0.8 -8.7 49 9.6 -3.4 341 6 317.1 317.7 291.1 327.8 3.29 10 550 5162 -2.3 -22.8 19 20.6 -8.7 335 12 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.3 1.11 11 500 5912 -6.6 -37.2 7 30.7 -13.1 339 15 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.31 12 450 6727 -11.9 -40.2 8 28.3 -17.1 343 20 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.26 13 400 7619 -17.0 -46.3 6 29.3 -21.2 355 28 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.15 14 350 8605 -24.6 -54.4 5 29.8 -27.5 350 33 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 15 300 9707 -33.4 -50.5 16 17.1 -34.8 354 37 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.12 16 250 10958 -44.0 -48.9 58 4.9 -44.3 358 47 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.18 17 200 12417 -54.6 -61.1 44 6.5 -54.8 354 40 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14211 -63.9 -72.2 31 8.3 -64.0 331 34 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16651 -70.1 -82.7 14 12.6 -70.2 326 12 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.57 m Freezing level: 586.39 mb = 4656.24 m = 15276.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.94 mb = 3354.92 m = 11006.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.83 mb = 1101.75 m = 3614.62 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2528.02 m = 8293.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 18.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5027.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.45 mb = 1846.08 m = 6056.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.3 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 19.3 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 7.48 m/s