MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 1016 67 21.1 16.6 75 4.5 18.1 34 7 292.9 295.0 290.7 326.3 11.75 1 1000 201 19.8 15.6 77 4.2 17.1 39 12 293.0 295.0 290.2 324.9 11.21 2 950 644 20.1 10.0 52 10.1 14.0 50 14 297.6 299.0 289.2 321.3 8.14 3 900 1109 18.4 7.4 49 11.0 11.9 42 12 300.4 301.7 289.3 321.7 7.19 4 850 1596 14.8 9.8 72 5.0 11.7 44 8 301.7 303.3 291.2 328.3 9.00 5 800 2107 11.8 7.8 76 4.0 9.5 96 1 303.8 305.3 291.3 328.7 8.34 6 750 2646 10.9 -2.6 39 13.5 4.1 236 4 308.4 309.2 289.2 321.5 4.21 7 700 3219 8.5 -2.2 47 10.7 3.1 254 7 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.6 4.65 8 650 3828 5.1 -3.7 53 8.8 0.7 261 11 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.0 4.49 9 600 4477 1.8 -13.3 32 15.1 -4.3 254 10 318.2 318.7 290.5 325.9 2.29 10 550 5174 -1.8 -13.9 39 12.1 -6.5 236 10 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.0 2.38 11 500 5928 -5.4 -12.4 58 7.0 -8.3 215 13 326.5 327.0 293.4 336.5 2.96 12 450 6747 -10.1 -13.4 77 3.3 -11.4 210 12 330.6 331.2 294.6 340.9 3.02 13 400 7646 -16.2 -18.5 82 2.3 -17.0 221 19 333.9 334.3 294.7 341.7 2.22 14 350 8638 -22.6 -24.2 87 1.6 -23.1 203 34 338.3 338.6 295.3 343.9 1.55 15 300 9751 -31.1 -32.6 87 1.5 -31.3 200 38 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.7 0.83 16 250 11013 -41.8 -46.2 62 4.4 -42.1 219 37 344.0 344.0 295.5 344.9 0.24 17 200 12487 -53.0 -62.4 31 9.4 -53.2 221 43 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14281 -66.2 -71.3 49 5.1 -66.2 223 25 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16716 -68.9 -82.6 12 13.7 -68.9 119 8 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.71 m Freezing level: 574.46 mb = 4833.38 m = 15857.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.74 mb = 3919.26 m = 12858.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.47 mb = 639.42 m = 2097.82 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 7.18 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3508.47 m = 11510.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.52 C = 106.73 F Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lifted Index: 9.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.87 C Showalter Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.21 C Cross Totals Index: 15.23 C K Index: 19.31 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9304.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.69 mb = 1489.42 m = 4886.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: -8.4 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 52.89 m/s