MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 29.5 23.2 69 6.2 24.9 60 3 301.8 305.1 297.7 355.0 18.03 1 1000 149 28.2 22.3 70 5.9 23.9 54 4 301.4 304.5 297.1 352.1 17.22 2 950 603 24.5 20.6 79 4.0 21.7 44 4 302.1 305.1 296.6 350.0 16.24 3 900 1076 21.9 17.7 77 4.2 19.0 51 1 304.1 306.7 295.9 346.7 14.32 4 850 1571 19.3 14.4 73 4.9 16.0 268 4 306.3 308.6 295.0 343.0 12.21 5 800 2091 16.0 11.8 76 4.3 13.3 273 7 308.2 310.3 294.7 341.4 10.92 6 750 2638 12.7 8.5 76 4.2 10.1 276 9 310.4 312.2 294.1 339.1 9.36 7 700 3214 9.4 4.8 73 4.6 6.7 273 10 312.9 314.4 293.6 336.9 7.74 8 650 3826 5.6 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 272 11 315.2 316.6 293.6 337.1 6.94 9 600 4477 1.7 0.5 91 1.3 1.0 266 13 318.1 319.4 294.1 339.2 6.62 10 550 5174 -2.1 -3.7 88 1.7 -2.9 263 16 321.6 322.6 294.0 338.8 5.28 11 500 5926 -6.4 -9.1 81 2.7 -7.6 254 17 325.2 326.0 293.8 338.0 3.83 12 450 6744 -10.6 -18.7 52 8.0 -13.3 261 17 329.9 330.3 293.5 336.7 1.95 13 400 7640 -15.9 -23.5 52 7.7 -18.1 262 18 334.4 334.7 294.2 339.5 1.43 14 350 8635 -22.2 -25.8 72 3.6 -23.1 255 19 338.9 339.2 295.2 343.8 1.34 15 300 9752 -29.4 -40.6 33 11.3 -30.9 253 21 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.5 0.37 16 250 11027 -39.2 -54.1 19 14.9 -40.1 244 26 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.2 0.10 17 200 12516 -51.4 -56.5 54 5.1 -51.6 235 28 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.8 0.09 18 150 14318 -66.2 -68.9 69 2.7 -66.2 219 30 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16720 -71.4 -82.0 19 10.6 -71.5 220 19 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.35 m Freezing level: 577.18 mb = 4795.14 m = 15731.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.06 mb = 4651.68 m = 15261.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.31 mb = 861.84 m = 2827.54 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 18.09 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1672.53 m = 5487.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.79 mb = 1116.75 m = 3663.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.79 mb = 2406.03 m = 7893.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.79 mb = 11560.25 m = 37926.85 ft B at Equ Level: 728.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.79 mb = 15601.30 m = 51184.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -5.5 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 34.78 Bulk Shear: 21.01 m/s