MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 20.3 19.6 96 0.7 19.8 169 3 293.3 295.9 292.9 334.6 14.49 1 1000 76 20.9 19.6 93 1.2 20.1 168 3 294.0 296.6 293.2 335.5 14.54 2 950 521 20.6 17.4 82 3.1 18.4 183 12 298.1 300.5 293.5 336.6 13.29 3 900 988 18.0 14.8 81 3.2 15.9 201 15 300.1 302.2 293.0 334.7 11.82 4 850 1476 15.2 13.0 87 2.2 13.8 215 16 302.1 304.1 293.1 335.1 11.17 5 800 1989 12.5 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 226 17 304.4 306.3 292.9 334.6 10.09 6 750 2528 9.4 7.2 86 2.2 8.1 235 17 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.6 8.54 7 700 3098 6.3 3.0 80 3.3 4.5 246 19 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.4 6.81 8 650 3703 2.9 -3.0 65 6.0 -0.0 253 21 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.1 4.70 9 600 4347 -0.8 -11.7 43 10.9 -5.2 256 24 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.7 2.60 10 550 5036 -4.7 -16.8 38 12.1 -8.9 257 27 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.8 1.87 11 500 5780 -8.5 -26.9 21 18.4 -13.4 257 30 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.84 12 450 6588 -14.0 -33.3 18 19.3 -18.0 261 30 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.51 13 400 7470 -20.9 -38.3 19 17.4 -23.7 256 30 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.35 14 350 8440 -29.0 -43.6 23 14.6 -30.6 252 34 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.23 15 300 9523 -37.5 -50.4 25 12.9 -38.4 253 36 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 16 250 10758 -45.8 -53.1 44 7.3 -46.2 243 48 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.11 17 200 12211 -54.6 -63.2 34 8.6 -54.8 242 56 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14029 -59.1 -77.0 8 17.9 -59.3 238 56 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16538 -63.9 -83.5 5 19.6 -64.1 233 37 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.10 m Freezing level: 610.90 mb = 4206.21 m = 13799.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.43 mb = 3697.44 m = 12130.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.36 mb = 151.41 m = 496.74 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.74 mb = 1368.73 m = 4490.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.74 mb = 857.14 m = 2812.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.74 mb = 2995.68 m = 9828.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.74 mb = 10020.74 m = 32876.03 ft B at Equ Level: 208.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.74 mb = 11932.38 m = 39147.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 41.80 m/s