MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1009 66 29.2 13.6 38 15.6 19.0 63 9 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.4 9.75 1 1000 142 27.8 12.0 37 15.8 17.7 62 12 300.9 302.5 290.9 327.0 8.81 2 950 593 23.3 10.9 46 12.4 15.5 59 14 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.4 8.64 3 900 1061 18.8 10.0 57 8.8 13.4 56 14 300.9 302.5 290.6 326.3 8.60 4 850 1548 14.1 9.1 72 5.1 11.1 54 14 301.0 302.5 290.6 326.2 8.55 5 800 2056 10.5 4.4 66 6.1 7.1 53 13 302.4 303.6 289.3 322.0 6.56 6 750 2594 11.0 -18.8 11 29.8 0.3 58 5 308.5 308.7 286.2 312.3 1.16 7 700 3166 8.8 -3.8 41 12.6 2.5 312 2 312.2 313.0 290.3 325.2 4.12 8 650 3776 4.9 -0.1 70 5.1 2.2 289 6 314.5 315.7 292.5 333.0 5.84 9 600 4425 1.2 -3.9 68 5.1 -1.3 281 7 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.8 4.76 10 550 5120 -2.7 -7.1 72 4.4 -4.8 279 8 320.8 321.6 292.8 334.1 4.07 11 500 5870 -7.2 -13.1 63 5.9 -9.5 284 14 324.3 324.8 292.7 333.7 2.79 12 450 6684 -12.2 -14.4 84 2.2 -13.0 265 25 327.9 328.5 293.7 337.5 2.79 13 400 7577 -16.5 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.1 243 40 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.4 2.24 14 350 8568 -23.5 -27.5 70 3.9 -24.4 236 44 337.1 337.3 294.6 341.3 1.15 15 300 9678 -31.0 -45.0 24 14.0 -32.6 234 50 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.23 16 250 10943 -41.3 -46.7 56 5.4 -41.7 233 56 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.6 0.23 17 200 12419 -52.5 -62.1 30 9.6 -52.7 247 48 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14228 -64.2 -74.2 24 10.0 -64.3 242 37 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16670 -68.1 -82.7 11 14.7 -68.2 248 15 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.04 m Freezing level: 584.76 mb = 4636.83 m = 15212.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.58 mb = 4177.56 m = 13705.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.85 mb = 2015.92 m = 6613.84 ft T: 10.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 18.05 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.18 mb = 3660.42 m = 12009.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.72 C = 107.10 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.64 C Showalter Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.32 C Cross Totals Index: 16.25 C K Index: 17.83 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7811.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.13 mb = 2138.43 m = 7015.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.5 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 37.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -9.1 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 13.89 m/s