MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 20.6 15.5 73 5.1 17.3 29 10 292.8 294.7 290.0 324.1 11.00 1 1000 164 19.7 14.6 73 5.1 16.4 31 16 292.8 294.7 289.6 322.7 10.50 2 950 604 18.0 11.9 67 6.1 14.3 51 28 295.5 297.1 289.4 322.2 9.26 3 900 1065 15.3 6.8 57 8.6 10.4 49 28 297.3 298.6 287.9 317.5 6.89 4 850 1548 13.2 1.9 46 11.3 7.2 43 21 300.0 300.9 287.2 315.4 5.17 5 800 2056 12.5 -4.7 30 17.2 4.4 15 14 304.5 305.1 287.1 314.9 3.37 6 750 2596 10.9 0.3 48 10.6 5.2 337 13 308.4 309.3 290.1 324.5 5.21 7 700 3170 8.6 3.0 68 5.6 5.4 308 9 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.1 6.79 8 650 3780 5.2 0.3 71 4.9 2.5 278 7 314.8 316.0 292.7 333.8 6.03 9 600 4429 1.2 -4.5 66 5.7 -1.6 276 6 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.2 4.58 10 550 5124 -3.2 -7.5 72 4.3 -5.1 274 9 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.2 3.96 11 500 5873 -7.2 -12.5 66 5.2 -9.4 263 16 324.2 324.8 292.8 334.1 2.93 12 450 6687 -11.8 -13.9 84 2.1 -12.6 253 22 328.4 329.0 293.9 338.3 2.90 13 400 7580 -17.1 -20.0 78 3.0 -18.0 248 29 332.8 333.2 294.3 339.7 1.95 14 350 8570 -23.6 -29.4 59 5.8 -24.9 241 34 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.4 0.96 15 300 9677 -31.6 -33.2 86 1.6 -31.9 249 46 340.8 341.0 295.2 343.8 0.78 16 250 10942 -41.6 -41.7 99 0.1 -41.6 241 51 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.39 17 200 12413 -53.8 -53.8 100 0.0 -53.8 258 57 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.13 18 150 14220 -62.5 -75.8 15 13.3 -62.6 267 33 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16666 -69.9 -82.4 14 12.5 -69.9 282 9 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.04 m Freezing level: 586.48 mb = 4616.90 m = 15147.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.04 mb = 4175.52 m = 13699.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.37 mb = 709.39 m = 2327.35 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.37 mb = 3452.32 m = 11326.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.18 C = 106.13 F Cap Strength: 7.49 C Lifted Index: 8.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.49 C Showalter Index: 11.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.41 C Cross Totals Index: 9.14 C K Index: 16.69 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8968.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.00 mb = 1274.15 m = 4180.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.9 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 27.9 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 5.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -49.6 tot: -33.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: -4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 24.95 m/s