MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 67 30.7 15.5 40 15.2 20.4 69 6 302.6 304.6 293.0 335.0 10.94 1 1000 195 28.9 14.0 40 14.9 19.1 67 8 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.9 10.08 2 950 647 24.5 13.1 49 11.4 17.1 64 8 302.0 303.8 292.2 331.7 10.02 3 900 1118 19.9 12.2 61 7.7 15.0 61 8 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.6 10.00 4 850 1607 15.2 11.3 77 3.9 12.8 58 7 302.1 303.9 292.2 331.6 9.96 5 800 2118 12.7 5.6 62 7.1 8.6 40 4 304.7 306.0 290.6 326.2 7.14 6 750 2659 11.2 -0.1 46 11.3 5.2 285 2 308.8 309.7 290.1 324.5 5.08 7 700 3232 8.7 -0.1 54 8.8 4.0 264 2 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.1 5.42 8 650 3842 5.4 -1.6 60 7.0 1.7 260 2 315.1 316.1 292.2 331.7 5.23 9 600 4492 1.3 -2.5 76 3.8 -0.6 253 6 317.7 318.7 293.0 334.7 5.32 10 550 5188 -2.4 -4.3 87 1.9 -3.3 241 14 321.3 322.3 293.7 337.7 5.06 11 500 5941 -5.7 -9.4 75 3.7 -7.3 231 15 326.2 326.9 294.0 338.7 3.76 12 450 6761 -10.0 -16.7 58 6.8 -12.5 227 19 330.7 331.1 294.0 338.7 2.29 13 400 7661 -15.4 -23.0 52 7.5 -17.7 225 22 334.9 335.3 294.4 340.4 1.51 14 350 8654 -22.6 -26.8 68 4.2 -23.7 222 25 338.3 338.5 295.0 342.7 1.22 15 300 9767 -30.7 -37.0 54 6.3 -31.7 223 32 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.2 0.53 16 250 11036 -40.3 -48.6 41 8.3 -40.9 202 35 346.2 346.2 296.0 347.0 0.19 17 200 12515 -53.1 -55.2 78 2.1 -53.2 202 32 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.11 18 150 14303 -68.0 -69.7 78 1.8 -68.0 207 30 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16738 -66.7 -82.5 9 15.8 -66.8 112 2 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.93 m Freezing level: 581.99 mb = 4743.00 m = 15560.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.33 mb = 4313.75 m = 14152.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.64 mb = 1975.70 m = 6481.88 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 10.50 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.63 mb = 3248.40 m = 10657.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.32 C = 104.58 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.69 C Showalter Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.89 C Cross Totals Index: 16.97 C K Index: 23.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5826.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.90 mb = 2066.77 m = 6780.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -8.4 tot: -5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 28.92 m/s