MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.8 28 6 290.8 292.6 288.5 319.2 10.04 1 1000 160 19.3 13.7 70 5.5 15.8 37 12 292.4 294.2 288.9 320.7 9.93 2 950 602 18.5 11.1 62 7.4 14.0 54 19 296.0 297.5 289.1 321.3 8.74 3 900 1064 16.5 6.5 52 9.9 10.8 41 20 298.5 299.7 288.2 318.4 6.78 4 850 1548 13.8 4.4 53 9.4 8.6 26 19 300.6 301.8 288.4 319.0 6.18 5 800 2057 11.8 -1.0 41 12.7 5.3 19 12 303.7 304.5 287.9 317.3 4.46 6 750 2596 11.2 -13.0 17 24.2 1.4 330 4 308.7 309.0 287.0 314.7 1.87 7 700 3168 8.6 -2.0 47 10.6 3.2 270 6 312.0 312.9 290.8 326.9 4.73 8 650 3778 5.3 -2.1 59 7.4 1.5 253 6 314.9 315.9 292.0 330.9 5.04 9 600 4427 1.3 -5.7 60 7.0 -2.0 251 10 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.1 4.17 10 550 5123 -2.7 -10.9 53 8.2 -6.1 242 16 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.0 3.03 11 500 5872 -7.4 -22.8 28 15.4 -12.1 250 17 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.3 1.22 12 450 6687 -9.9 -28.2 21 18.3 -14.8 257 30 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.83 13 400 7586 -15.9 -31.3 25 15.4 -19.4 269 20 334.3 334.4 293.5 336.9 0.70 14 350 8577 -23.8 -35.2 34 11.4 -25.8 272 33 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.7 0.55 15 300 9684 -31.6 -45.9 23 14.2 -33.1 254 42 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 16 250 10946 -41.9 -46.8 59 4.9 -42.2 254 48 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.23 17 200 12420 -53.3 -54.5 86 1.2 -53.3 258 55 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.9 0.12 18 150 14227 -63.8 -74.7 21 10.9 -63.9 262 39 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16675 -68.5 -82.9 11 14.3 -68.6 283 8 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.84 m Freezing level: 583.66 mb = 4654.69 m = 15271.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.89 mb = 4045.92 m = 13273.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.78 mb = 639.77 m = 2098.94 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3677.28 m = 12064.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.28 C = 108.11 F Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lifted Index: 8.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.92 C Showalter Index: 9.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 11.82 C K Index: 15.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9791.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.52 mb = 1404.60 m = 4608.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.5 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 352.5 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -48.9 tot: -38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 39.89 m/s