MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1017 67 26.9 15.8 51 11.0 19.5 44 8 298.6 300.6 292.0 331.2 11.19 1 1000 210 24.0 14.4 55 9.6 17.8 44 12 297.2 299.1 290.9 327.3 10.39 2 950 656 19.7 13.0 65 6.8 15.4 44 12 297.2 299.0 290.6 326.0 9.92 3 900 1119 17.1 7.4 53 9.7 11.4 41 10 299.1 300.4 288.8 320.3 7.18 4 850 1606 15.4 7.4 59 8.0 10.7 26 5 302.2 303.7 290.3 325.0 7.62 5 800 2117 12.5 6.5 67 6.0 9.0 274 2 304.5 305.9 290.9 327.3 7.60 6 750 2657 11.0 -1.0 43 12.0 4.8 242 5 308.5 309.4 289.7 323.2 4.73 7 700 3231 8.7 -1.3 49 10.0 3.5 275 5 312.2 313.1 291.1 327.8 4.98 8 650 3841 5.5 -4.0 50 9.5 0.8 281 6 315.2 316.1 291.5 329.2 4.39 9 600 4491 2.1 -11.1 37 13.3 -3.5 245 7 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.5 2.72 10 550 5188 -1.9 -11.0 50 9.1 -5.8 225 11 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.8 3.00 11 500 5941 -5.7 -9.6 74 3.8 -7.4 221 16 326.0 326.8 293.9 338.4 3.70 12 450 6760 -10.7 -12.7 85 2.0 -11.5 220 15 329.8 330.5 294.5 340.8 3.21 13 400 7657 -16.2 -18.1 85 1.9 -16.8 207 25 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.1 2.30 14 350 8650 -22.4 -32.3 40 9.9 -24.4 211 28 338.5 338.7 294.6 341.3 0.72 15 300 9763 -30.6 -39.5 42 8.8 -31.8 213 33 342.2 342.3 295.3 343.9 0.41 16 250 11030 -41.3 -47.3 52 6.0 -41.8 205 37 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.6 0.22 17 200 12505 -53.2 -60.3 42 7.1 -53.4 214 38 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.06 18 150 14294 -67.1 -70.1 65 3.0 -67.1 224 29 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16725 -68.2 -82.3 12 14.0 -68.4 133 10 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.78 m Freezing level: 573.87 mb = 4855.18 m = 15928.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.86 mb = 3955.58 m = 12977.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.18 mb = 1454.98 m = 4773.50 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.48 mb = 3367.36 m = 11047.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.17 C = 106.10 F Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lifted Index: 7.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.84 C Showalter Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.11 C Cross Totals Index: 13.15 C K Index: 18.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7824.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.95 mb = 1566.19 m = 5138.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -5.6 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 43.87 m/s