MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 19.8 14.5 71 5.3 16.4 47 5 292.0 293.8 289.1 321.2 10.28 1 1000 160 20.5 13.9 66 6.5 16.3 55 11 293.6 295.4 289.5 322.3 10.05 2 950 602 19.2 11.3 60 7.9 14.3 63 19 296.7 298.3 289.5 322.5 8.88 3 900 1065 16.7 8.8 60 7.9 12.0 49 19 298.7 300.1 289.3 322.0 7.93 4 850 1550 13.5 7.5 67 6.1 10.0 32 18 300.3 301.7 289.6 322.9 7.65 5 800 2058 11.0 3.9 62 7.1 7.1 21 12 302.8 304.0 289.3 321.8 6.32 6 750 2596 11.1 -14.2 16 25.2 1.1 3 3 308.6 308.9 286.8 314.1 1.70 7 700 3169 8.5 -2.8 45 11.3 2.8 266 5 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.0 4.46 8 650 3778 5.0 -2.3 59 7.3 1.3 264 6 314.6 315.5 291.8 330.3 4.97 9 600 4427 0.9 -4.4 67 5.3 -1.7 258 7 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.9 4.59 10 550 5122 -2.9 -8.8 64 5.8 -5.5 234 12 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.4 3.59 11 500 5871 -7.3 -17.7 43 10.5 -10.9 245 14 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.6 1.90 12 450 6683 -12.1 -29.4 22 17.3 -16.3 262 25 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.8 0.75 13 400 7580 -15.5 -30.9 26 15.4 -19.1 271 30 334.8 335.0 293.7 337.5 0.73 14 350 8571 -23.4 -37.2 27 13.8 -25.7 277 38 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.9 0.45 15 300 9680 -30.8 -46.8 19 15.9 -32.5 254 48 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.19 16 250 10944 -41.5 -46.2 60 4.8 -41.9 245 55 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.4 0.24 17 200 12420 -52.7 -56.5 64 3.7 -52.9 253 63 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14230 -64.0 -74.2 23 10.3 -64.1 251 38 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16676 -68.2 -82.8 11 14.6 -68.3 292 9 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.50 m Freezing level: 588.04 mb = 4593.16 m = 15069.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.66 mb = 4048.68 m = 13282.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.45 mb = 743.74 m = 2440.07 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3494.22 m = 11463.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.17 C = 106.11 F Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lifted Index: 7.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.16 C Showalter Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.81 C Cross Totals Index: 14.76 C K Index: 16.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9575.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.76 mb = 1443.46 m = 4735.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.1 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 15.1 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -49.1 tot: -44.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 30.12 m/s