MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1007 67 26.0 23.4 85 2.7 24.1 60 11 298.5 301.9 297.0 351.7 18.23 1 1000 132 26.1 22.6 81 3.5 23.5 59 16 299.2 302.4 296.7 350.2 17.47 2 950 586 25.4 20.0 72 5.3 21.6 67 14 302.9 305.8 296.5 349.5 15.71 3 900 1061 22.5 18.6 79 3.9 19.8 93 8 304.7 307.5 296.6 349.9 15.16 4 850 1557 19.4 16.5 83 2.9 17.4 150 6 306.5 309.1 296.3 348.7 14.03 5 800 2077 16.1 13.7 85 2.4 14.5 188 6 308.3 310.7 295.7 345.9 12.41 6 750 2624 12.8 10.4 85 2.4 11.3 230 5 310.5 312.5 295.0 343.0 10.61 7 700 3202 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 7.9 255 9 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.7 8.83 8 650 3815 6.2 3.2 81 2.9 4.5 262 12 315.9 317.4 294.1 339.4 7.45 9 600 4467 2.2 0.6 89 1.5 1.3 267 15 318.6 319.9 294.3 340.0 6.70 10 550 5166 -1.2 -3.0 88 1.8 -2.2 265 18 322.6 323.7 294.5 340.7 5.57 11 500 5922 -5.0 -8.6 76 3.5 -6.7 265 21 326.9 327.7 294.4 340.3 4.01 12 450 6744 -9.5 -15.1 64 5.5 -11.7 265 22 331.2 331.8 294.4 340.3 2.63 13 400 7644 -15.0 -22.7 52 7.8 -17.3 256 22 335.6 335.9 294.6 341.1 1.54 14 350 8641 -21.3 -33.5 32 12.2 -23.7 248 24 340.1 340.2 295.0 342.6 0.65 15 300 9761 -29.1 -41.2 30 12.2 -30.7 254 29 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.8 0.34 16 250 11037 -39.0 -47.5 40 8.4 -39.8 246 30 348.0 348.1 296.4 348.9 0.21 17 200 12527 -51.4 -56.2 57 4.8 -51.6 247 31 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.8 0.09 18 150 14329 -66.4 -68.8 71 2.4 -66.4 221 36 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16726 -71.1 -82.4 17 11.3 -71.2 263 22 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.90 m Freezing level: 568.11 mb = 4913.18 m = 16119.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.23 mb = 4722.59 m = 15493.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.73 C = 92.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.47 mb = 406.44 m = 1333.46 ft T: 25.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1712.20 m = 5617.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.56 C = 94.21 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 37.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 469.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.42 mb = 1095.18 m = 3593.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.42 mb = 2496.19 m = 8189.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.42 mb = 10997.74 m = 36081.38 ft B at Equ Level: 469.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.42 mb = 15110.57 m = 49574.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.7 neg: -10.3 tot: 80.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 5.04 Bulk Shear: 93.28 m/s