MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1010 66 28.1 13.1 40 15.0 18.4 55 11 300.4 302.1 291.2 328.1 9.42 1 1000 157 25.8 11.5 41 14.4 16.8 55 15 299.0 300.5 289.9 324.0 8.52 2 950 605 21.2 10.3 50 10.9 14.5 54 17 298.7 300.2 289.7 323.0 8.29 3 900 1069 16.8 9.2 61 7.6 12.3 53 17 298.8 300.3 289.6 322.8 8.15 4 850 1553 12.3 8.1 75 4.3 9.8 52 16 299.1 300.5 289.5 322.5 7.97 5 800 2060 12.3 -7.8 24 20.1 3.4 53 11 304.2 304.7 286.2 312.5 2.65 6 750 2599 11.4 -21.1 8 32.4 0.2 41 8 308.9 309.1 286.1 312.1 0.95 7 700 3172 8.4 -3.0 44 11.4 2.7 348 4 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.6 4.37 8 650 3780 4.4 0.7 77 3.7 2.4 288 7 314.0 315.2 292.7 333.5 6.23 9 600 4428 0.7 -3.4 74 4.0 -1.4 269 8 316.9 317.8 292.4 332.8 4.97 10 550 5123 -3.2 -6.8 76 3.5 -4.8 279 9 320.3 321.1 292.8 334.0 4.19 11 500 5871 -7.6 -10.3 81 2.7 -8.8 280 15 323.8 324.5 293.2 335.4 3.49 12 450 6685 -12.2 -13.9 87 1.6 -12.9 264 25 327.9 328.5 293.8 337.8 2.91 13 400 7577 -17.0 -18.3 90 1.3 -17.4 241 35 332.9 333.4 294.5 340.8 2.27 14 350 8569 -22.7 -22.7 99 0.1 -22.7 225 46 338.2 338.6 295.4 344.6 1.76 15 300 9680 -31.1 -35.9 63 4.8 -31.8 230 48 341.6 341.7 295.3 343.9 0.60 16 250 10945 -41.6 -48.6 46 7.0 -42.1 238 51 344.3 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.18 17 200 12420 -52.4 -61.0 35 8.6 -52.7 249 52 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14233 -63.3 -75.2 19 11.8 -63.4 246 36 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16666 -68.5 -82.7 11 14.2 -68.6 240 12 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.30 m Freezing level: 591.53 mb = 4546.01 m = 14914.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.20 mb = 4186.39 m = 13734.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.77 mb = 1937.76 m = 6357.39 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3687.11 m = 12096.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.44 C = 106.59 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.54 C Showalter Index: 7.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.64 C K Index: 16.55 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8345.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.96 mb = 1977.10 m = 6486.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 35.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -5.9 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 17.57 m/s