MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 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 1011 67 27.1 20.2 66 6.8 22.2 40 11 299.3 302.0 295.0 342.8 14.93 1 1000 164 24.9 19.2 71 5.7 21.0 41 15 298.1 300.7 294.1 339.2 14.18 2 950 612 20.6 18.3 86 2.4 19.0 46 16 298.1 300.6 294.0 338.8 14.03 3 900 1078 16.8 16.7 100 0.1 16.7 51 15 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.8 13.39 4 850 1565 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 14.0 61 14 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.6 11.09 5 800 2079 13.1 10.4 83 2.8 11.4 32 9 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.9 9.92 6 750 2620 10.6 8.9 89 1.7 9.5 303 8 308.1 309.9 293.6 337.1 9.58 7 700 3194 8.3 4.4 76 3.9 6.1 288 13 311.7 313.2 293.1 335.0 7.53 8 650 3803 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.6 289 12 314.4 315.6 292.8 334.1 6.25 9 600 4452 0.8 -0.9 88 1.7 -0.1 289 9 317.1 318.2 293.3 336.1 5.98 10 550 5148 -2.2 -4.6 83 2.4 -3.4 296 10 321.5 322.5 293.7 337.6 4.94 11 500 5901 -5.8 -8.0 85 2.2 -6.8 286 14 325.9 326.7 294.3 339.8 4.18 12 450 6720 -10.7 -12.1 89 1.4 -11.3 264 13 329.8 330.5 294.6 341.3 3.37 13 400 7617 -16.1 -18.9 79 2.8 -17.0 249 16 334.1 334.5 294.7 341.6 2.15 14 350 8609 -23.2 -26.2 76 3.0 -23.9 249 22 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.2 1.29 15 300 9720 -31.0 -35.6 64 4.6 -31.7 253 31 341.6 341.8 295.3 344.0 0.61 16 250 10984 -41.4 -45.7 63 4.3 -41.8 250 32 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.5 0.26 17 200 12461 -52.7 -58.9 47 6.2 -52.9 245 39 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14259 -66.0 -69.6 61 3.6 -66.0 247 42 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16684 -71.0 -81.9 18 11.0 -71.0 269 14 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.06 m Freezing level: 586.15 mb = 4645.17 m = 15239.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.81 mb = 4427.90 m = 14527.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.60 mb = 929.63 m = 3049.93 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 975.45 m = 3200.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 30.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.86 mb = 927.25 m = 3042.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.86 mb = 1069.40 m = 3508.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 880.86 mb = 1260.97 m = 4136.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 860.86 mb = 1456.86 m = 4779.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 4.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -8.9 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 30.64 m/s