MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 1012 67 26.1 16.6 56 9.5 19.8 79 3 298.3 300.5 292.4 332.8 11.84 1 1000 168 27.7 15.2 46 12.5 19.4 86 6 300.9 302.9 292.5 333.0 10.92 2 950 620 24.1 13.4 51 10.7 17.1 87 7 301.6 303.5 292.2 331.7 10.19 3 900 1090 19.6 12.3 63 7.3 15.0 83 8 301.7 303.6 292.1 331.5 10.06 4 850 1579 15.0 11.3 78 3.7 12.7 80 9 301.9 303.7 292.0 331.3 9.93 5 800 2089 10.7 8.3 85 2.5 9.3 75 9 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.2 8.61 6 750 2627 10.7 -8.1 26 18.8 2.3 99 3 308.2 308.7 287.8 317.0 2.78 7 700 3200 8.6 -6.0 35 14.6 1.7 219 2 312.0 312.7 289.7 323.2 3.50 8 650 3809 5.3 -7.0 41 12.3 -0.4 225 4 315.0 315.6 290.6 326.2 3.48 9 600 4458 1.9 -13.5 31 15.4 -4.3 243 6 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.26 10 550 5155 -1.7 -17.2 29 15.5 -7.4 253 9 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.2 1.80 11 500 5908 -4.9 -22.8 23 17.9 -10.5 261 11 327.1 327.3 292.1 331.4 1.23 12 450 6729 -9.9 -29.7 18 19.8 -14.9 265 15 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.4 0.72 13 400 7626 -16.1 -29.0 32 12.9 -19.3 230 22 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.2 0.87 14 350 8618 -22.9 -22.9 99 0.1 -22.9 236 29 337.9 338.3 295.3 344.2 1.73 15 300 9732 -30.1 -38.1 46 8.0 -31.3 241 38 343.0 343.1 295.5 344.9 0.48 16 250 11002 -40.6 -45.1 61 4.6 -40.9 225 43 345.7 345.8 295.9 346.8 0.27 17 200 12478 -53.6 -59.4 49 5.8 -53.7 233 40 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 18 150 14267 -65.7 -71.2 46 5.5 -65.7 236 29 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16707 -69.0 -82.7 12 13.6 -69.1 265 3 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.08 m Freezing level: 573.82 mb = 4822.97 m = 15823.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.25 mb = 3692.44 m = 12114.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.35 mb = 1278.92 m = 4195.88 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 2021.69 m = 6632.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: 5.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.88 C Cross Totals Index: 16.16 C K Index: 16.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6168.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.24 mb = 1868.66 m = 6130.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.7 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 215.7 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -4.8 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 12.32 m/s