MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.08,-79.40 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 103 25.0 23.5 91 1.5 23.9 261 4 297.9 301.3 297.0 351.7 18.49 1 1000 123 25.5 23.2 87 2.3 23.9 262 4 298.7 302.0 297.0 351.9 18.24 2 950 577 25.9 20.0 70 5.9 21.7 277 13 303.5 306.4 296.6 349.9 15.65 3 900 1053 23.2 17.1 69 6.1 19.0 296 9 305.4 308.0 295.9 346.7 13.80 4 850 1550 20.1 14.4 70 5.6 16.3 326 6 307.2 309.5 295.3 344.1 12.25 5 800 2071 16.7 11.9 73 4.9 13.6 8 4 309.0 311.1 294.9 342.4 10.99 6 750 2618 13.4 7.7 68 5.8 9.9 331 2 311.2 312.8 293.9 338.3 8.81 7 700 3197 10.2 5.7 73 4.6 7.5 282 6 313.8 315.4 294.2 339.4 8.22 8 650 3810 6.8 -1.7 55 8.5 2.3 277 10 316.7 317.7 292.6 333.3 5.20 9 600 4464 3.5 -13.2 28 16.7 -3.4 282 12 320.2 320.6 291.1 327.9 2.31 10 550 5164 -0.9 -9.9 50 9.1 -4.8 279 12 323.1 323.7 292.8 334.0 3.27 11 500 5919 -5.0 -9.2 72 4.2 -6.9 276 15 326.9 327.7 294.3 339.7 3.81 12 450 6741 -9.5 -15.0 64 5.5 -11.6 272 19 331.3 331.9 294.4 340.5 2.65 13 400 7642 -15.2 -20.5 64 5.3 -16.9 271 19 335.3 335.7 294.8 342.0 1.88 14 350 8638 -21.6 -24.5 77 3.0 -22.4 272 17 339.7 340.0 295.6 345.1 1.50 15 300 9757 -29.2 -33.9 64 4.7 -30.1 253 18 344.2 344.3 296.0 346.9 0.72 16 250 11035 -38.4 -45.4 48 6.9 -39.1 243 23 348.9 349.0 296.6 350.0 0.27 17 200 12528 -50.8 -53.0 78 2.2 -50.9 231 23 352.3 352.4 297.3 352.9 0.14 18 150 14334 -66.1 -68.4 73 2.3 -66.1 235 25 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.03 19 100 16736 -71.4 -81.8 20 10.3 -71.5 229 2 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.14 m Freezing level: 559.83 mb = 5026.41 m = 16490.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.72 mb = 4069.20 m = 13350.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.86 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.22 mb = 291.16 m = 955.25 ft T: 25.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1904.61 m = 6248.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.47 C = 95.85 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 403.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.36 mb = 1195.35 m = 3921.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.36 mb = 2956.50 m = 9699.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.36 mb = 10486.42 m = 34403.84 ft B at Equ Level: 402.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.36 mb = 14727.71 m = 48318.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 794.44 Bulk Shear: 0.51 m/s