MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 35.83,-76.93 Latitude: 35.83 Longitude: -76.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 14 27.5 22.8 75 4.7 24.0 183 7 300.3 303.5 297.1 352.0 17.63 1 1000 46 27.2 21.1 69 6.1 22.9 185 9 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.2 15.98 2 950 498 23.0 19.2 79 3.8 20.4 190 13 300.5 303.3 295.3 344.3 14.90 3 900 967 19.3 17.8 91 1.5 18.2 195 14 301.3 304.0 295.2 343.7 14.38 4 850 1458 16.8 14.5 86 2.3 15.3 201 16 303.7 306.0 294.4 340.3 12.30 5 800 1974 14.3 10.5 78 3.8 11.9 210 18 306.4 308.2 293.4 336.5 10.01 6 750 2517 11.3 6.4 72 4.9 8.4 219 21 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.5 8.08 7 700 3090 7.9 1.7 65 6.2 4.5 223 23 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.5 6.20 8 650 3698 4.2 -3.0 60 7.2 0.5 224 26 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.6 4.72 9 600 4345 0.5 -7.2 56 7.7 -3.0 224 30 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.7 3.72 10 550 5038 -3.7 -11.1 56 7.4 -6.7 224 35 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.6 2.99 11 500 5784 -8.8 -15.0 60 6.3 -11.1 220 38 322.4 322.8 291.8 330.4 2.38 12 450 6591 -14.5 -20.4 61 5.8 -16.3 221 41 325.0 325.3 291.9 330.7 1.68 13 400 7472 -21.0 -25.6 67 4.5 -22.1 221 41 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.19 14 350 8444 -28.6 -32.1 72 3.5 -29.2 224 43 330.2 330.4 292.5 333.0 0.74 15 300 9528 -37.1 -39.9 75 2.8 -37.4 226 51 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.40 16 250 10765 -45.3 -48.8 67 3.6 -45.4 228 60 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.18 17 200 12221 -55.1 -59.4 59 4.3 -55.2 226 64 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.06 18 150 14038 -58.7 -76.2 9 17.4 -59.0 229 60 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16546 -63.9 -83.4 5 19.6 -64.1 222 38 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.14 m Freezing level: 593.89 mb = 4429.64 m = 14532.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.35 mb = 3793.71 m = 12446.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.32 mb = 614.52 m = 2016.12 ft T: 22.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 23.42 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1182.50 m = 3879.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1427.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.07 mb = 966.69 m = 3171.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.07 mb = 2025.99 m = 6646.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.07 mb = 12057.77 m = 39559.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1425.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.07 mb = 15162.30 m = 49744.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 44.13 Bulk Shear: 32.35 m/s