MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 34.61,-83.09 Latitude: 34.61 Longitude: -83.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 970 351 16.2 14.0 87 2.2 14.8 269 7 291.9 293.8 289.2 321.5 10.44 2 950 524 15.7 12.4 81 3.3 13.7 288 17 293.1 294.9 288.9 320.5 9.59 3 900 983 14.1 9.2 73 4.8 11.2 289 16 296.0 297.5 288.6 319.7 8.16 4 850 1464 12.7 -0.5 40 13.2 6.1 257 17 299.4 300.2 286.2 312.5 4.35 5 800 1972 12.5 -18.6 10 31.1 1.4 248 22 304.5 304.7 284.6 308.0 1.10 6 750 2510 10.4 -27.7 5 38.1 -0.9 255 25 307.8 307.9 285.2 309.6 0.52 7 700 3079 6.9 -21.2 11 28.1 -2.4 259 30 310.1 310.3 286.5 313.4 1.00 8 650 3682 2.8 -19.4 18 22.2 -4.7 255 35 312.1 312.4 287.5 316.3 1.26 9 600 4324 -1.6 -20.2 23 18.7 -7.6 252 40 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.6 1.28 10 550 5011 -6.1 -24.0 23 18.0 -11.2 249 49 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.3 0.99 11 500 5748 -11.7 -23.4 37 11.7 -14.9 248 49 318.7 319.0 289.6 322.7 1.16 12 450 6546 -17.3 -28.0 39 10.7 -19.7 253 57 321.5 321.7 290.1 324.5 0.85 13 400 7419 -22.7 -39.2 21 16.5 -25.1 252 65 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.32 14 350 8384 -29.8 -47.7 16 17.9 -31.5 256 68 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 15 300 9463 -38.4 -51.2 25 12.8 -39.2 254 74 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.12 16 250 10689 -48.1 -55.5 42 7.4 -48.4 248 79 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 17 200 12134 -54.8 -65.1 27 10.3 -55.0 251 73 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 13967 -55.7 -79.8 3 24.1 -56.1 246 56 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.1 0.00 19 100 16506 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.1 -61.1 253 35 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.98 m Freezing level: 617.83 mb = 4095.37 m = 13436.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.58 mb = 2294.75 m = 7528.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.10 mb = 622.17 m = 2041.22 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.52 mb = 3237.27 m = 10620.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.75 C = 94.55 F Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lifted Index: 5.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.68 C Showalter Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 11.26 C K Index: -4.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9100.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.48 mb = 1399.66 m = 4592.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.0 neg: -7.1 tot: 67.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 65.60 m/s