MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 20.9 16.2 75 4.7 17.8 50 6 293.1 295.2 290.6 326.0 11.54 1 1000 161 21.1 15.8 72 5.3 17.6 54 12 294.2 296.3 290.7 326.7 11.36 2 950 604 18.9 13.1 69 5.8 15.3 61 25 296.4 298.2 290.4 325.4 10.04 3 900 1067 16.6 10.3 66 6.4 12.7 51 22 298.7 300.3 290.0 324.3 8.76 4 850 1552 13.8 9.9 77 3.9 11.4 28 16 300.6 302.2 290.9 327.2 9.04 5 800 2062 12.7 6.5 66 6.2 9.0 360 10 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.6 7.61 6 750 2603 10.6 4.0 64 6.5 6.9 325 7 308.1 309.3 291.4 329.0 6.83 7 700 3176 8.1 2.8 69 5.3 5.1 310 7 311.4 312.7 292.3 332.3 6.71 8 650 3785 4.7 1.7 81 3.0 3.0 301 9 314.2 315.5 293.1 335.1 6.67 9 600 4433 0.6 -3.2 76 3.8 -1.3 290 8 316.8 317.8 292.5 333.0 5.06 10 550 5127 -2.9 -9.8 59 6.9 -5.8 287 11 320.7 321.3 292.2 331.6 3.31 11 500 5878 -6.4 -15.2 50 8.8 -9.7 267 13 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.2 2.35 12 450 6694 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.3 -12.8 269 19 329.2 329.7 293.8 338.0 2.56 13 400 7589 -16.9 -19.3 81 2.5 -17.7 259 24 333.1 333.5 294.4 340.4 2.07 14 350 8579 -23.5 -26.2 79 2.6 -24.2 254 32 337.1 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.29 15 300 9687 -32.1 -33.9 84 1.8 -32.4 256 37 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.9 0.72 16 250 10949 -41.5 -41.5 100 0.0 -41.5 252 51 344.4 344.4 295.7 345.9 0.40 17 200 12424 -52.7 -55.4 73 2.6 -52.8 253 59 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.10 18 150 14232 -63.3 -75.1 19 11.8 -63.4 274 40 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.0 -82.8 10 14.8 -68.1 311 11 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.04 m Freezing level: 591.25 mb = 4554.54 m = 14942.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.84 mb = 4235.12 m = 13894.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.88 mb = 659.28 m = 2162.95 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 2.42 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2844.13 m = 9331.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.30 C = 99.14 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 6.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.38 C Showalter Index: 6.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.31 C K Index: 24.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8173.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.18 mb = 1227.03 m = 4025.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.5 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 19.5 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -66.0 tot: -66.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 34.88 m/s