MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 66 26.3 17.1 57 9.2 20.1 100 8 299.1 301.3 293.0 335.0 12.31 1 1000 106 24.6 16.6 61 8.0 19.2 101 10 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.4 11.93 2 950 553 19.9 15.5 76 4.4 17.0 106 13 297.4 299.5 292.1 331.3 11.72 3 900 1016 15.7 14.3 91 1.4 14.8 113 13 297.7 299.8 292.0 330.9 11.43 4 850 1500 13.5 10.8 83 2.7 11.9 138 15 300.3 302.1 291.3 328.6 9.61 5 800 2009 10.7 8.2 85 2.5 9.2 162 14 302.5 304.1 291.2 328.0 8.55 6 750 2546 8.5 0.2 56 8.3 4.2 189 15 305.8 306.8 289.2 321.6 5.17 7 700 3113 6.0 -7.7 37 13.7 -0.1 199 15 309.1 309.7 288.3 318.8 3.06 8 650 3716 2.0 -4.2 64 6.2 -0.9 205 17 311.2 312.1 290.2 324.9 4.32 9 600 4357 -2.2 -5.9 76 3.7 -3.8 210 20 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.7 4.12 10 550 5044 -5.8 -14.3 51 8.5 -8.9 217 23 317.2 317.7 290.2 324.8 2.30 11 500 5785 -10.2 -20.0 44 9.8 -13.2 222 22 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.56 12 450 6588 -15.7 -19.0 76 3.3 -16.7 231 27 323.5 323.9 291.7 329.9 1.89 13 400 7466 -21.7 -25.0 74 3.4 -22.5 230 26 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.3 1.25 14 350 8435 -28.7 -30.4 85 1.8 -29.0 233 29 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.3 0.87 15 300 9521 -37.1 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.4 243 34 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10751 -48.1 -49.1 90 1.0 -48.1 247 35 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.3 0.18 17 200 12188 -56.7 -62.3 49 5.5 -56.9 226 48 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14007 -58.5 -77.6 7 19.1 -58.7 245 51 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16526 -62.3 -83.6 4 21.3 -62.5 252 16 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.33 m Freezing level: 625.98 mb = 4023.90 m = 13201.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.14 mb = 3099.81 m = 10169.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.51 mb = 1220.83 m = 4005.29 ft T: 14.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.18 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1407.39 m = 4617.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 20.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.95 mb = 1130.24 m = 3708.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.95 mb = 4056.39 m = 13308.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.95 mb = 5001.75 m = 16409.73 ft B at Equ Level: 7.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 482.95 mb = 6049.13 m = 19845.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 221.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 52.59 m/s