MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 34.03,-82.23 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -82.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 996 153 31.6 16.2 40 15.4 21.1 242 6 305.1 307.3 294.3 340.1 11.71 2 950 574 25.7 14.5 50 11.3 18.2 245 11 303.3 305.3 293.3 335.8 10.96 3 900 1046 21.1 13.5 62 7.6 16.1 249 12 303.3 305.3 293.2 335.7 10.90 4 850 1538 16.5 12.6 78 3.9 14.0 253 12 303.5 305.5 293.3 335.8 10.87 5 800 2051 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.6 264 13 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.4 10.60 6 750 2590 9.3 4.9 74 4.4 6.8 290 17 306.6 308.0 291.3 328.7 7.26 7 700 3159 6.4 1.4 70 5.0 3.7 312 17 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.3 6.06 8 650 3764 3.0 -1.0 75 4.0 0.9 325 18 312.3 313.4 291.6 329.5 5.46 9 600 4409 -0.3 -8.0 56 7.6 -3.7 318 16 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.0 3.49 10 550 5101 -3.8 -14.3 44 10.5 -7.8 297 20 319.6 320.1 290.9 327.3 2.30 11 500 5847 -8.0 -18.9 41 10.9 -11.6 292 23 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.2 1.72 12 450 6658 -13.4 -23.3 43 9.9 -16.2 279 24 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.30 13 400 7542 -20.1 -29.2 44 9.1 -22.1 272 23 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.0 0.85 14 350 8517 -27.8 -39.5 32 11.7 -29.4 278 23 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.35 15 300 9603 -36.8 -49.0 27 12.2 -37.7 302 21 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.15 16 250 10837 -47.4 -57.7 30 10.3 -47.8 320 26 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.06 17 200 12270 -59.7 -61.8 76 2.1 -59.8 305 29 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.05 18 150 14062 -58.7 -76.4 8 17.7 -58.9 262 35 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16560 -64.2 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.4 242 14 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.94 m Freezing level: 605.14 mb = 4342.59 m = 14247.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.29 mb = 3885.23 m = 12746.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.12 mb = 2081.15 m = 6827.83 ft T: 11.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 7.44 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.86 mb = 2031.48 m = 6664.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.66 mb = 2012.43 m = 6602.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.66 mb = 2170.17 m = 7119.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.66 mb = 5410.53 m = 17750.86 ft B at Equ Level: 46.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.66 mb = 12972.91 m = 42561.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.13 Bulk Shear: 19.08 m/s