MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 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 1001 66 21.0 20.0 94 1.0 20.4 156 3 294.1 296.7 293.4 336.6 14.91 1 1000 76 21.4 20.0 91 1.5 20.4 156 3 294.6 297.2 293.6 337.0 14.84 2 950 521 20.1 17.3 84 2.8 18.2 171 12 297.6 300.0 293.3 335.8 13.20 3 900 986 17.4 14.7 84 2.7 15.6 182 15 299.4 301.5 292.7 333.7 11.73 4 850 1474 15.0 11.9 82 3.1 13.0 201 17 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.4 10.34 5 800 1986 12.4 9.1 80 3.3 10.4 218 20 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.6 9.09 6 750 2525 9.1 6.7 85 2.4 7.7 227 24 306.5 308.0 292.1 331.5 8.26 7 700 3094 5.6 4.2 91 1.3 4.8 236 29 308.6 310.0 292.1 331.3 7.41 8 650 3697 1.9 0.3 89 1.6 1.1 252 32 311.1 312.3 291.7 329.9 6.05 9 600 4339 -1.4 -5.7 72 4.3 -3.4 263 34 314.5 315.3 291.1 327.8 4.17 10 550 5027 -5.3 -12.7 56 7.4 -8.1 260 35 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.5 2.62 11 500 5771 -9.3 -14.0 69 4.7 -11.1 262 30 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.3 2.59 12 450 6578 -14.5 -16.9 82 2.4 -15.3 258 27 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.8 2.27 13 400 7461 -20.3 -20.7 97 0.4 -20.4 237 25 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.1 1.84 14 350 8436 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 219 27 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.14 15 300 9525 -36.3 -36.4 98 0.2 -36.3 202 35 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.56 16 250 10763 -45.9 -46.3 95 0.4 -45.9 215 44 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.24 17 200 12211 -56.4 -58.9 73 2.5 -56.5 235 56 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 18 150 14023 -58.9 -77.2 8 18.3 -59.2 245 54 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16536 -63.3 -83.5 5 20.2 -63.5 217 31 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.07 m Freezing level: 620.94 mb = 4070.30 m = 13353.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3847.26 m = 12622.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.45 mb = 185.44 m = 608.38 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1257.04 m = 4124.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.50 mb = 820.65 m = 2692.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.50 mb = 2607.75 m = 8555.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.50 mb = 8384.01 m = 27506.27 ft B at Equ Level: 165.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.50 mb = 11519.18 m = 37792.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.10 Bulk Shear: 78.86 m/s