MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1013 67 23.1 18.4 75 4.7 19.9 113 5 295.2 297.6 292.6 333.3 13.28 1 1000 181 24.2 18.0 68 6.2 20.0 115 10 297.4 299.8 293.2 335.4 13.13 2 950 630 22.5 15.7 66 6.7 17.9 120 9 300.0 302.2 293.0 334.9 11.91 3 900 1098 19.0 13.1 68 5.9 15.2 108 5 301.1 303.1 292.3 332.3 10.58 4 850 1587 15.2 11.0 76 4.2 12.6 80 9 302.1 303.9 292.0 331.0 9.75 5 800 2098 11.2 8.5 83 2.7 9.6 81 9 303.1 304.7 291.5 329.1 8.72 6 750 2636 10.8 -7.1 28 17.9 2.7 168 6 308.3 308.9 288.1 317.8 3.00 7 700 3209 8.7 -3.5 42 12.2 2.6 213 7 312.1 312.9 290.4 325.4 4.22 8 650 3818 5.5 -8.4 36 14.0 -0.7 219 7 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.3 3.11 9 600 4468 2.2 -14.1 29 16.4 -4.3 221 7 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.8 2.13 10 550 5166 -1.2 -17.5 28 16.3 -7.1 237 8 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.7 1.76 11 500 5921 -4.4 -25.5 18 21.1 -10.7 244 5 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.96 12 450 6742 -9.8 -28.6 20 18.8 -14.7 245 10 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.80 13 400 7639 -16.1 -18.0 85 1.9 -16.7 231 23 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.2 2.32 14 350 8631 -23.2 -23.5 97 0.3 -23.2 241 28 337.5 337.8 295.1 343.5 1.64 15 300 9745 -30.2 -35.6 59 5.4 -31.0 226 41 342.9 343.0 295.6 345.2 0.62 16 250 11013 -40.9 -45.4 62 4.5 -41.3 215 40 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.26 17 200 12487 -53.9 -57.8 62 3.9 -54.0 229 37 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14277 -64.9 -72.3 35 7.4 -65.0 217 26 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16720 -67.6 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.8 101 1 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.77 m Freezing level: 567.26 mb = 4924.75 m = 16157.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3678.52 m = 12068.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.59 mb = 670.18 m = 2198.73 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1729.38 m = 5673.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.63 C Cross Totals Index: 15.42 C K Index: 18.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5099.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.01 mb = 1319.41 m = 4328.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.2 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 205.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -11.5 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 8.90 m/s