MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 66 30.0 14.3 38 15.7 19.6 63 6 302.3 304.1 292.4 332.5 10.21 1 1000 162 28.3 13.0 39 15.4 18.4 65 7 301.5 303.2 291.5 329.4 9.43 2 950 614 23.8 12.0 47 11.8 16.3 67 8 301.4 303.1 291.4 328.9 9.31 3 900 1083 19.3 11.1 59 8.2 14.1 69 8 301.4 303.1 291.4 328.8 9.25 4 850 1571 14.7 10.1 74 4.6 11.9 71 8 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.6 9.16 5 800 2080 10.6 6.6 77 3.9 8.3 78 7 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.3 7.68 6 750 2618 11.3 -11.8 18 23.1 1.7 131 1 308.8 309.2 287.2 315.5 2.05 7 700 3192 9.0 -5.6 35 14.6 2.0 261 4 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.9 3.60 8 650 3801 5.3 -5.6 45 10.9 0.1 257 5 314.9 315.7 291.0 327.4 3.88 9 600 4451 1.6 -13.8 31 15.4 -4.5 270 7 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.3 2.19 10 550 5146 -2.2 -18.0 29 15.8 -7.8 268 12 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.2 1.68 11 500 5898 -5.5 -21.7 27 16.2 -10.7 263 14 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.1 1.34 12 450 6717 -9.8 -29.2 19 19.4 -14.8 260 22 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.7 0.76 13 400 7616 -15.6 -33.2 20 17.7 -19.4 234 22 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.58 14 350 8610 -22.7 -26.2 73 3.5 -23.5 235 31 338.2 338.5 295.0 342.9 1.29 15 300 9723 -30.5 -35.8 60 5.3 -31.3 240 39 342.4 342.5 295.4 344.7 0.60 16 250 10991 -41.0 -44.7 67 3.7 -41.3 228 46 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.3 0.29 17 200 12466 -53.2 -58.0 56 4.8 -53.4 238 41 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14261 -65.3 -71.8 40 6.4 -65.4 231 30 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16698 -68.7 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.8 231 6 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.89 m Freezing level: 579.01 mb = 4742.55 m = 15559.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.14 mb = 3812.08 m = 12506.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.45 mb = 2033.46 m = 6671.38 ft T: 10.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 17.04 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.07 mb = 3526.73 m = 11570.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.65 C = 106.98 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: 6.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.95 C Showalter Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 15.58 C K Index: 15.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6511.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.44 mb = 2096.38 m = 6877.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 25.99 m/s