MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 67 24.8 15.1 55 9.7 18.4 76 6 297.2 299.1 291.2 328.3 10.73 1 1000 148 26.5 13.5 44 13.1 18.1 79 11 299.7 301.5 291.2 328.3 9.74 2 950 598 23.0 11.2 47 11.8 15.6 78 16 300.5 302.2 290.7 326.6 8.84 3 900 1066 18.7 9.9 57 8.8 13.3 70 16 300.8 302.3 290.6 326.0 8.53 4 850 1553 14.3 8.5 68 5.9 10.8 54 16 301.2 302.7 290.4 325.5 8.21 5 800 2062 10.1 6.6 79 3.4 8.0 38 14 301.9 303.3 290.2 324.7 7.68 6 750 2598 10.1 -10.3 23 20.4 1.5 14 4 307.5 308.0 287.1 315.0 2.33 7 700 3170 8.7 -4.1 40 12.8 2.4 293 4 312.1 312.9 290.2 324.9 4.02 8 650 3780 5.2 -1.9 60 7.1 1.5 304 5 314.9 315.9 292.0 331.2 5.14 9 600 4429 1.3 -4.6 65 5.9 -1.6 294 7 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.2 4.54 10 550 5125 -2.8 -7.7 69 4.9 -5.1 277 7 320.7 321.5 292.6 333.5 3.88 11 500 5874 -7.1 -15.9 49 8.8 -10.3 277 10 324.4 324.9 292.2 332.0 2.21 12 450 6688 -12.1 -15.1 78 3.0 -13.2 265 26 328.1 328.6 293.6 337.1 2.63 13 400 7581 -17.0 -24.7 51 7.7 -19.1 248 38 332.9 333.2 293.7 337.5 1.29 14 350 8571 -23.4 -40.7 19 17.2 -26.1 245 41 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.31 15 300 9680 -30.9 -49.1 15 18.2 -32.7 242 48 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.15 16 250 10946 -41.2 -46.5 57 5.3 -41.6 237 60 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.7 0.23 17 200 12422 -52.4 -63.1 27 10.6 -52.7 245 50 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14233 -63.4 -74.0 23 10.6 -63.6 243 38 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16685 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.1 -69.4 273 14 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.90 m Freezing level: 584.22 mb = 4648.71 m = 15251.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.15 mb = 4095.94 m = 13437.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.02 mb = 1306.05 m = 4284.90 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.58 mb = 3560.20 m = 11680.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.58 C = 106.85 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.47 C Showalter Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.41 C Cross Totals Index: 15.55 C K Index: 17.04 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7160.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.34 mb = 1974.87 m = 6479.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.3 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 47.3 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -47.4 tot: -47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 17.76 m/s