MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 67 26.4 23.2 83 3.1 24.1 337 2 298.8 302.1 297.0 351.5 18.07 1 1000 141 25.5 22.6 84 2.9 23.4 340 3 298.6 301.8 296.5 349.7 17.54 2 950 593 24.7 19.8 74 4.9 21.2 352 4 302.3 305.1 296.2 348.0 15.47 3 900 1067 22.4 17.0 71 5.4 18.7 341 4 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.3 13.66 4 850 1563 19.0 14.6 76 4.4 16.1 318 4 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.4 12.42 5 800 2082 15.9 12.0 78 3.9 13.3 287 7 308.1 310.1 294.7 341.6 11.07 6 750 2628 12.9 7.7 71 5.2 9.7 286 11 310.6 312.3 293.7 337.7 8.84 7 700 3205 10.4 -3.4 38 13.7 3.4 288 12 313.9 314.8 291.0 327.5 4.26 8 650 3818 6.9 -13.6 21 20.6 -1.4 285 12 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.6 2.06 9 600 4470 2.5 -11.6 35 14.1 -3.4 275 13 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.7 2.63 10 550 5167 -2.1 -6.1 74 4.0 -4.0 267 15 321.6 322.5 293.3 336.0 4.40 11 500 5919 -6.3 -8.5 84 2.2 -7.3 267 17 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.7 4.01 12 450 6737 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -12.7 262 18 330.0 330.5 293.9 338.1 2.33 13 400 7636 -15.4 -22.1 56 6.7 -17.4 264 18 335.0 335.3 294.5 340.8 1.63 14 350 8632 -21.5 -29.6 48 8.1 -23.3 263 17 339.8 340.0 295.1 343.3 0.94 15 300 9750 -29.4 -33.4 68 4.0 -30.2 271 21 343.9 344.1 295.9 346.8 0.76 16 250 11025 -39.1 -49.6 32 10.5 -39.9 252 22 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.7 0.17 17 200 12515 -51.3 -56.5 54 5.2 -51.5 244 25 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.9 0.09 18 150 14318 -66.5 -67.2 90 0.7 -66.5 231 27 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.03 19 100 16712 -72.4 -81.5 24 9.1 -72.4 194 14 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.41 m Freezing level: 572.95 mb = 4847.19 m = 15902.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.86 mb = 3631.18 m = 11913.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.26 mb = 461.77 m = 1514.99 ft T: 24.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 27.85 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1713.40 m = 5621.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 26.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 369.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.13 mb = 1075.32 m = 3527.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.13 mb = 3516.64 m = 11537.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.13 mb = 9888.26 m = 32441.40 ft B at Equ Level: 369.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.13 mb = 14147.17 m = 46414.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 33.17 Bulk Shear: 11.15 m/s