MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1015 66 30.5 14.7 38 15.8 20.0 56 7 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.2 10.44 1 1000 202 27.6 13.3 41 14.3 18.3 55 9 300.7 302.5 291.5 329.2 9.66 2 950 653 23.0 12.4 51 10.7 16.2 53 10 300.5 302.3 291.3 328.6 9.53 3 900 1120 18.6 11.5 63 7.1 14.1 51 9 300.6 302.4 291.3 328.6 9.48 4 850 1607 14.2 10.2 77 4.0 11.7 48 8 301.1 302.7 291.2 328.3 9.23 5 800 2118 12.7 4.9 59 7.8 8.2 348 2 304.7 305.9 290.3 325.2 6.78 6 750 2659 11.4 -0.5 44 11.9 5.2 265 4 308.9 309.9 290.0 324.2 4.93 7 700 3233 8.8 -0.8 51 9.5 3.7 278 4 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.4 5.17 8 650 3843 5.4 -2.6 56 8.0 1.4 279 4 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.6 4.88 9 600 4493 1.8 -6.7 53 8.5 -2.2 243 7 318.2 318.9 291.9 330.7 3.86 10 550 5189 -2.4 -5.0 82 2.6 -3.7 227 15 321.2 322.2 293.6 336.9 4.80 11 500 5942 -5.7 -8.2 83 2.5 -6.9 224 17 326.0 326.9 294.3 339.8 4.13 12 450 6761 -10.8 -12.5 88 1.6 -11.5 220 20 329.6 330.3 294.5 340.8 3.26 13 400 7657 -16.1 -24.0 50 7.9 -18.4 221 22 334.0 334.3 294.1 339.0 1.37 14 350 8650 -22.4 -29.1 54 6.7 -23.9 226 26 338.5 338.7 294.8 342.2 0.98 15 300 9764 -30.5 -37.7 49 7.2 -31.5 210 34 342.4 342.5 295.4 344.4 0.50 16 250 11033 -40.6 -50.4 34 9.8 -41.3 202 36 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.3 0.15 17 200 12511 -53.1 -60.7 39 7.6 -53.3 210 40 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14298 -67.4 -69.5 74 2.1 -67.4 218 31 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16730 -67.3 -82.4 10 15.1 -67.4 152 3 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.33 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4787.69 m = 15707.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.87 mb = 4085.40 m = 13403.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.63 mb = 2038.33 m = 6687.36 ft T: 12.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3456.38 m = 11339.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.49 C = 106.68 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 5.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.76 C Showalter Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.98 C Cross Totals Index: 15.94 C K Index: 20.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7053.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.42 mb = 1998.88 m = 6557.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -9.1 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 37.96 m/s