MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.0 15.3 75 4.6 17.0 37 7 292.2 294.2 289.7 323.2 10.90 1 1000 159 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.7 40 13 293.1 295.0 289.9 323.6 10.72 2 950 600 18.4 12.3 68 6.1 14.6 56 27 295.9 297.6 289.8 323.4 9.52 3 900 1062 15.9 8.0 59 7.9 11.3 49 27 297.9 299.2 288.6 319.8 7.48 4 850 1545 13.1 6.3 63 6.8 9.2 36 19 299.8 301.1 288.9 320.7 7.05 5 800 2054 12.1 3.4 55 8.8 7.3 1 13 304.1 305.2 289.5 322.5 6.09 6 750 2594 10.4 3.0 60 7.4 6.3 321 11 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.4 6.36 7 700 3167 8.5 3.0 68 5.5 5.4 298 9 311.9 313.2 292.5 333.0 6.80 8 650 3777 5.1 0.9 74 4.2 2.8 283 7 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.5 6.28 9 600 4426 1.0 -4.7 65 5.7 -1.7 288 6 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.8 4.50 10 550 5121 -3.0 -8.1 68 5.1 -5.3 283 9 320.5 321.2 292.5 332.8 3.77 11 500 5870 -7.0 -13.3 61 6.3 -9.5 257 14 324.5 325.1 292.7 333.8 2.74 12 450 6685 -11.6 -14.3 80 2.7 -12.6 254 20 328.6 329.2 293.9 338.3 2.81 13 400 7578 -17.3 -18.9 88 1.6 -17.9 255 27 332.5 332.9 294.3 340.0 2.15 14 350 8567 -23.6 -26.8 75 3.2 -24.4 252 32 336.9 337.2 294.7 341.4 1.22 15 300 9675 -31.6 -32.5 92 0.9 -31.7 249 41 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.0 0.83 16 250 10938 -41.7 -41.8 100 0.0 -41.7 247 52 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.6 0.39 17 200 12412 -52.8 -54.9 77 2.1 -52.9 261 63 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.11 18 150 14217 -63.4 -75.2 19 11.8 -63.5 276 39 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16666 -68.4 -82.7 11 14.3 -68.5 323 10 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.37 m Freezing level: 587.15 mb = 4604.36 m = 15105.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.26 mb = 4169.54 m = 13679.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.76 mb = 656.68 m = 2154.45 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 3.83 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.30 mb = 3317.41 m = 10883.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.40 C = 104.72 F Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lifted Index: 7.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.89 C Showalter Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.04 C Cross Totals Index: 13.27 C K Index: 20.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8521.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.76 mb = 1264.10 m = 4147.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.2 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 23.2 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 5.3 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -76.1 tot: -73.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: -5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 30.63 m/s