MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1014 67 21.4 19.4 88 2.0 20.0 73 6 293.4 295.9 292.6 333.4 14.08 1 1000 185 21.8 18.5 81 3.3 19.5 82 13 295.0 297.4 292.7 333.6 13.49 2 950 630 20.4 16.3 78 4.0 17.7 95 15 297.9 300.1 292.7 333.8 12.39 3 900 1096 17.5 15.4 87 2.1 16.1 103 8 299.5 301.7 293.2 335.4 12.28 4 850 1583 14.3 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 95 3 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.52 5 800 2093 11.0 9.6 92 1.3 10.2 152 3 302.8 304.6 292.0 330.9 9.45 6 750 2632 11.8 -5.3 30 17.1 3.6 215 8 309.3 310.0 288.8 320.1 3.43 7 700 3207 9.1 -3.2 42 12.3 2.9 226 7 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.2 4.32 8 650 3816 5.7 -9.3 33 14.9 -1.0 218 7 315.4 315.9 290.2 324.8 2.91 9 600 4466 2.0 -14.0 29 16.0 -4.3 206 7 318.4 318.9 290.5 325.6 2.16 10 550 5163 -1.7 -17.2 30 15.5 -7.3 214 7 322.1 322.5 291.2 328.3 1.81 11 500 5917 -4.8 -26.0 17 21.1 -11.0 209 9 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.5 0.92 12 450 6737 -10.4 -23.1 34 12.7 -14.3 219 13 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.32 13 400 7634 -16.0 -17.7 87 1.7 -16.6 241 23 334.2 334.7 294.9 342.5 2.38 14 350 8628 -22.3 -25.6 75 3.3 -23.1 233 30 338.7 339.0 295.2 343.7 1.36 15 300 9742 -30.6 -34.8 66 4.2 -31.3 214 37 342.3 342.4 295.4 344.8 0.66 16 250 11010 -40.9 -45.8 59 4.9 -41.3 224 36 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.25 17 200 12486 -53.5 -58.9 52 5.4 -53.7 235 33 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14278 -65.9 -72.1 42 6.2 -66.0 213 29 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16720 -67.4 -83.0 9 15.6 -67.5 35 3 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.89 m Freezing level: 572.66 mb = 4847.18 m = 15902.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.53 mb = 3659.22 m = 12005.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.77 mb = 318.23 m = 1044.06 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 15.23 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1400.96 m = 4596.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 5.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.11 C Cross Totals Index: 16.96 C K Index: 18.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5340.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.50 mb = 949.06 m = 3113.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.0 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 210.0 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -11.9 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 30.35 m/s