MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.1 17.2 83 2.9 18.2 56 6 292.1 294.3 290.8 326.8 12.25 1 1000 188 20.9 16.4 75 4.5 17.9 66 13 294.0 296.2 291.1 327.8 11.80 2 950 633 20.8 12.7 60 8.1 15.6 70 15 298.3 300.0 290.7 326.7 9.74 3 900 1099 17.9 12.9 73 5.0 14.7 60 12 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.7 10.48 4 850 1586 14.4 11.7 84 2.7 12.7 57 8 301.2 303.1 292.1 331.4 10.23 5 800 2096 11.2 8.6 84 2.6 9.6 90 3 303.1 304.7 291.5 329.3 8.80 6 750 2636 11.6 -3.3 35 14.8 4.2 239 6 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.7 4.01 7 700 3210 8.7 -2.9 44 11.6 2.8 248 9 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.0 4.40 8 650 3819 5.3 -6.9 41 12.2 -0.4 242 11 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.3 3.51 9 600 4469 2.1 -14.0 29 16.1 -4.3 228 12 318.5 319.0 290.5 325.7 2.15 10 550 5166 -1.3 -19.9 23 18.6 -7.7 220 13 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.5 1.43 11 500 5920 -4.8 -25.3 18 20.4 -10.9 214 14 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.7 0.98 12 450 6740 -10.8 -13.1 83 2.3 -11.7 222 13 329.7 330.3 294.4 340.3 3.09 13 400 7636 -16.1 -17.8 87 1.7 -16.7 234 18 334.1 334.6 294.9 342.4 2.37 14 350 8629 -22.8 -24.2 88 1.4 -23.2 219 29 338.1 338.4 295.2 343.7 1.54 15 300 9741 -30.9 -31.9 91 0.9 -31.1 201 34 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.1 0.88 16 250 11007 -41.2 -49.2 42 8.0 -41.8 226 35 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.17 17 200 12482 -53.3 -61.2 38 7.9 -53.5 224 34 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14272 -66.4 -71.5 49 5.1 -66.4 227 28 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16715 -68.4 -82.9 11 14.5 -68.4 92 5 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.01 m Freezing level: 568.79 mb = 4903.96 m = 16088.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3747.78 m = 12295.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.52 mb = 438.89 m = 1439.91 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.71 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 2047.16 m = 6716.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lifted Index: 7.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.30 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.21 C Cross Totals Index: 16.52 C K Index: 19.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6969.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.24 mb = 1297.89 m = 4258.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: -14.5 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 66.85 m/s