MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 25.2 18.4 66 6.8 20.5 63 7 297.5 299.9 293.3 336.0 13.30 1 1000 159 25.2 17.7 63 7.5 20.1 63 12 298.3 300.7 293.2 335.6 12.83 2 950 608 21.4 16.0 71 5.4 17.8 62 18 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.3 12.13 3 900 1074 17.8 14.4 81 3.4 15.5 50 20 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.6 11.53 4 850 1561 14.0 12.6 92 1.4 13.1 46 20 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.7 10.86 5 800 2072 12.3 9.6 83 2.7 10.6 29 13 304.3 306.0 292.4 332.4 9.41 6 750 2612 9.9 6.5 79 3.4 7.9 344 11 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.13 7 700 3184 7.8 4.6 81 3.1 5.9 322 11 311.1 312.5 293.0 334.7 7.65 8 650 3793 4.8 2.3 84 2.5 3.4 310 12 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.1 6.95 9 600 4442 1.2 -1.4 83 2.6 -0.2 297 13 317.5 318.6 293.3 335.8 5.75 10 550 5139 -2.6 -3.9 91 1.3 -3.3 271 14 321.0 322.0 293.8 337.9 5.22 11 500 5891 -5.8 -8.9 79 3.1 -7.2 265 17 325.9 326.7 294.1 339.0 3.91 12 450 6710 -10.1 -20.3 43 10.2 -13.5 262 20 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.4 1.69 13 400 7608 -15.7 -24.2 48 8.5 -18.1 262 26 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.5 1.35 14 350 8602 -22.4 -26.0 73 3.6 -23.3 256 33 338.5 338.8 295.1 343.4 1.31 15 300 9714 -31.2 -34.7 71 3.5 -31.7 256 36 341.4 341.6 295.3 344.0 0.67 16 250 10979 -41.0 -46.9 53 5.9 -41.5 248 44 345.1 345.1 295.7 346.0 0.22 17 200 12457 -52.4 -58.4 48 6.0 -52.6 244 54 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.1 0.07 18 150 14260 -63.4 -74.0 22 10.6 -63.6 266 37 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16691 -70.9 -81.6 19 10.7 -70.9 296 18 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.65 m Freezing level: 584.57 mb = 4657.14 m = 15279.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4401.79 m = 14441.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.22 mb = 929.56 m = 3049.69 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.92 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1471.57 m = 4827.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.78 C Cross Totals Index: 18.43 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5409.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.50 mb = 1251.14 m = 4104.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 14.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -53.3 tot: -52.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 40.66 m/s