MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 36.27,-73.5 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -73.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 26.8 22.8 79 4.0 23.9 204 20 299.1 302.3 296.7 350.4 17.60 1 1000 94 26.1 21.0 73 5.2 22.5 205 24 299.3 302.2 295.6 345.5 15.84 2 950 545 22.6 16.4 68 6.3 18.4 216 28 300.2 302.4 293.4 336.5 12.42 3 900 1014 19.8 13.2 66 6.6 15.5 224 27 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.3 10.63 4 850 1504 16.8 11.4 70 5.4 13.4 226 29 303.8 305.6 292.7 333.6 10.00 5 800 2019 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.4 226 33 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.8 9.67 6 750 2561 10.9 6.9 76 4.0 8.5 225 39 308.4 310.0 292.7 333.8 8.34 7 700 3134 8.0 1.1 62 6.8 4.2 224 42 311.3 312.5 291.7 329.8 5.95 8 650 3742 4.6 -3.6 55 8.2 0.5 222 44 314.2 315.1 291.3 328.6 4.53 9 600 4390 0.7 -8.7 50 9.3 -3.5 221 46 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.6 3.31 10 550 5083 -3.5 -14.3 43 10.8 -7.7 224 49 319.9 320.3 291.0 327.5 2.29 11 500 5830 -7.9 -19.0 40 11.1 -11.6 226 53 323.4 323.7 291.5 329.2 1.70 12 450 6641 -13.0 -22.2 46 9.2 -15.7 230 57 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.43 13 400 7527 -19.6 -21.4 85 1.8 -20.1 232 63 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.6 1.73 14 350 8506 -26.0 -26.7 94 0.7 -26.2 226 64 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.1 1.23 15 300 9604 -34.3 -35.3 91 1.0 -34.4 223 70 337.0 337.2 294.2 339.4 0.63 16 250 10851 -43.8 -48.0 63 4.2 -44.1 218 77 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.20 17 200 12318 -53.2 -60.9 39 7.7 -53.4 208 86 348.5 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14118 -63.8 -73.9 24 10.2 -63.8 220 78 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16594 -64.3 -83.0 6 18.8 -64.4 234 36 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.78 m Freezing level: 592.23 mb = 4497.82 m = 14756.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.23 mb = 3827.07 m = 12555.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.91 mb = 508.43 m = 1668.04 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.76 mb = 1739.65 m = 5707.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.42 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.53 mb = 1181.83 m = 3877.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.53 mb = 3899.13 m = 12792.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.53 mb = 9660.46 m = 31694.05 ft B at Equ Level: 178.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.53 mb = 11765.79 m = 38601.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 96.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.09 Bulk Shear: 35.38 m/s