MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1012 67 22.5 16.9 71 5.6 18.8 70 6 294.6 296.8 291.5 329.1 12.03 1 1000 168 22.4 16.4 68 6.1 18.4 72 12 295.6 297.7 291.6 329.4 11.77 2 950 613 19.8 14.8 73 5.0 16.5 62 22 297.3 299.3 291.6 329.8 11.22 3 900 1078 17.3 12.8 75 4.5 14.4 53 20 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.7 10.38 4 850 1564 14.1 11.5 84 2.6 12.5 37 16 301.0 302.8 291.9 330.7 10.10 5 800 2075 12.5 8.7 78 3.8 10.2 16 11 304.4 306.1 292.0 330.9 8.84 6 750 2616 10.7 5.2 68 5.6 7.5 353 9 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.9 7.41 7 700 3189 8.1 4.2 77 3.9 5.9 332 7 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.4 7.42 8 650 3798 4.6 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 315 10 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.6 6.84 9 600 4446 0.6 -0.9 89 1.6 -0.2 292 10 316.8 318.0 293.3 335.8 5.96 10 550 5141 -2.5 -8.8 62 6.3 -5.3 275 12 321.1 321.8 292.5 332.9 3.57 11 500 5893 -6.1 -18.1 38 12.0 -10.3 279 15 325.7 326.0 292.3 332.0 1.84 12 450 6709 -10.9 -24.3 32 13.4 -14.8 267 18 329.5 329.7 292.7 333.7 1.18 13 400 7605 -16.6 -21.0 69 4.3 -18.0 269 26 333.4 333.7 294.3 339.7 1.80 14 350 8595 -23.3 -25.4 83 2.1 -23.8 259 31 337.3 337.6 294.9 342.4 1.38 15 300 9704 -31.7 -35.4 69 3.7 -32.2 255 38 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.2 0.63 16 250 10968 -41.1 -46.8 54 5.7 -41.5 259 50 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.23 17 200 12446 -52.4 -57.1 57 4.7 -52.5 250 56 349.8 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.09 18 150 14251 -63.4 -75.0 19 11.6 -63.5 268 38 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16679 -69.0 -82.2 13 13.2 -69.1 319 16 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.31 m Freezing level: 590.22 mb = 4582.23 m = 15033.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.21 mb = 4403.05 m = 14445.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.74 mb = 779.88 m = 2558.64 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.15 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2198.55 m = 7213.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 27.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6422.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.65 mb = 1185.62 m = 3889.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.9 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 21.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -63.5 tot: -63.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 38.09 m/s