MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1010 67 27.4 19.6 62 7.8 21.9 47 11 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.7 14.38 1 1000 157 26.3 18.4 62 7.9 20.8 48 16 299.5 301.9 294.0 338.7 13.44 2 950 607 22.0 17.3 75 4.7 18.8 50 18 299.5 301.9 293.8 338.0 13.18 3 900 1074 17.8 16.2 91 1.6 16.7 50 17 299.8 302.2 293.8 337.8 12.98 4 850 1561 14.2 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 47 14 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.6 11.73 5 800 2073 12.8 9.9 83 2.9 11.0 12 8 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.7 9.63 6 750 2614 9.9 8.6 91 1.3 9.1 324 10 307.3 309.1 293.2 335.7 9.37 7 700 3187 7.9 5.2 83 2.8 6.3 307 12 311.3 312.8 293.3 335.7 7.93 8 650 3796 4.7 1.9 82 2.8 3.1 301 12 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.5 6.75 9 600 4445 1.1 -1.2 85 2.3 -0.1 292 10 317.4 318.6 293.3 336.1 5.86 10 550 5141 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.4 290 11 321.4 322.3 293.7 337.6 4.97 11 500 5894 -6.0 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.7 268 14 325.7 326.6 294.4 340.2 4.37 12 450 6713 -10.5 -12.7 84 2.2 -11.4 251 16 330.0 330.7 294.6 341.0 3.19 13 400 7610 -15.9 -23.5 52 7.6 -18.1 250 20 334.3 334.6 294.2 339.5 1.44 14 350 8603 -22.7 -27.0 68 4.3 -23.7 253 29 338.2 338.5 295.0 342.6 1.20 15 300 9715 -31.3 -34.6 73 3.3 -31.9 252 33 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.8 0.67 16 250 10978 -41.5 -43.1 84 1.6 -41.6 256 38 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.8 0.34 17 200 12454 -52.7 -58.9 47 6.2 -52.9 240 43 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14255 -63.8 -72.8 28 9.0 -63.9 260 36 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16684 -70.7 -81.9 18 11.2 -70.7 290 17 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.63 m Freezing level: 583.53 mb = 4674.23 m = 15335.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.51 mb = 4424.45 m = 14515.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.06 mb = 1054.43 m = 3459.36 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1295.31 m = 4249.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 31.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.87 mb = 1189.85 m = 3903.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.87 mb = 1433.30 m = 4702.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.87 mb = 1938.67 m = 6360.38 ft B at Equ Level: 4.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 732.87 mb = 2805.71 m = 9204.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.4 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 7.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -11.4 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 38.35 m/s