MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1011 67 22.2 14.8 63 7.4 17.4 85 7 294.5 296.3 290.2 324.6 10.51 1 1000 160 22.7 14.4 59 8.3 17.3 86 14 295.8 297.7 290.5 325.6 10.33 2 950 606 20.4 12.3 60 8.1 15.3 83 23 297.8 299.6 290.4 325.5 9.50 3 900 1070 17.2 10.1 63 7.1 12.9 67 15 299.2 300.8 290.2 324.6 8.64 4 850 1556 14.0 8.0 67 6.1 10.4 24 13 300.9 302.3 290.0 324.3 7.91 5 800 2065 10.6 5.4 70 5.2 7.7 11 15 302.5 303.8 289.9 323.6 7.07 6 750 2602 11.1 -14.7 15 25.8 1.0 358 4 308.6 308.9 286.7 313.9 1.63 7 700 3176 9.1 -2.2 45 11.2 3.3 257 2 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.66 8 650 3786 5.5 -3.2 54 8.7 1.1 252 2 315.2 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.65 9 600 4435 1.3 -4.7 64 6.0 -1.6 256 4 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.1 4.50 10 550 5131 -2.7 -9.0 62 6.2 -5.5 232 7 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.5 3.53 11 500 5880 -7.1 -17.8 42 10.7 -10.8 257 11 324.4 324.7 291.9 330.8 1.88 12 450 6693 -13.1 -16.1 78 3.0 -14.2 263 26 326.7 327.2 293.0 335.0 2.42 13 400 7583 -16.9 -35.8 18 18.9 -20.6 258 39 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.45 14 350 8574 -23.2 -39.0 22 15.8 -25.7 265 44 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.37 15 300 9683 -31.4 -48.0 18 16.6 -33.0 250 46 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.8 0.16 16 250 10948 -41.3 -49.6 40 8.3 -41.9 242 57 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.17 17 200 12427 -51.5 -66.2 16 14.7 -51.8 254 53 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.03 18 150 14243 -64.1 -74.5 23 10.4 -64.1 252 38 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16683 -69.3 -82.5 13 13.2 -69.4 289 10 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.16 m Freezing level: 583.93 mb = 4658.80 m = 15284.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.07 mb = 4038.43 m = 13249.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.07 mb = 1012.42 m = 3321.54 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.72 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.12 mb = 3436.89 m = 11275.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.47 C = 106.65 F Cap Strength: 6.46 C Lifted Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.46 C Showalter Index: 6.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.07 C K Index: 17.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8237.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.26 mb = 1523.23 m = 4997.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 62.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -85.7 tot: -85.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 23.52 m/s