MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 35.66,-79.96 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -79.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 988 209 19.7 18.7 94 1.0 19.1 129 5 293.9 296.4 292.7 333.5 13.89 2 950 549 19.8 16.7 82 3.1 17.7 132 18 297.3 299.6 292.8 334.0 12.67 3 900 1013 16.8 14.7 87 2.1 15.4 127 18 298.8 300.9 292.5 333.0 11.73 4 850 1499 14.0 12.3 89 1.7 12.9 130 17 300.8 302.8 292.3 332.2 10.64 5 800 2010 11.3 9.4 88 1.9 10.2 149 16 303.2 304.9 292.0 330.9 9.30 6 750 2547 8.5 6.3 86 2.1 7.2 182 16 305.8 307.2 291.7 330.0 8.02 7 700 3115 4.9 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 218 18 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.3 7.01 8 650 3716 1.0 0.7 97 0.4 0.8 229 21 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.3 6.19 9 600 4357 -2.0 -2.5 97 0.5 -2.3 223 23 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.6 5.32 10 550 5045 -5.6 -6.2 96 0.5 -5.9 222 23 317.4 318.2 292.1 331.5 4.38 11 500 5787 -9.7 -10.4 94 0.8 -10.0 218 26 321.3 321.9 292.4 332.7 3.46 12 450 6593 -14.5 -14.9 96 0.5 -14.6 215 25 325.0 325.6 292.8 334.1 2.67 13 400 7476 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 219 27 328.4 328.7 293.0 334.9 1.87 14 350 8450 -27.7 -27.8 99 0.1 -27.7 217 30 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.4 1.11 15 300 9538 -36.4 -36.6 98 0.2 -36.4 207 35 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.55 16 250 10773 -46.9 -46.9 100 0.0 -46.9 202 42 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.22 17 200 12220 -56.4 -57.6 86 1.3 -56.4 222 58 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.08 18 150 14031 -59.6 -76.4 10 16.8 -59.7 238 57 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16548 -62.9 -83.4 5 20.6 -63.1 225 28 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.95 m Freezing level: 632.86 mb = 3935.64 m = 12912.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.47 mb = 3884.25 m = 12743.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.73 mb = 335.24 m = 1099.86 ft T: 19.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.68 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1300.40 m = 4266.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.47 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 104.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.33 mb = 962.54 m = 3157.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.33 mb = 2653.75 m = 8706.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.33 mb = 5936.28 m = 19475.74 ft B at Equ Level: 104.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.33 mb = 9299.08 m = 30508.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.1 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 228.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 105.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.16 Bulk Shear: 48.38 m/s