MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 26.7 17.4 57 9.3 20.4 115 3 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.6 12.39 1 1000 197 28.1 16.0 48 12.1 19.9 114 5 301.2 303.3 293.1 335.1 11.51 2 950 649 24.2 14.5 54 9.7 17.8 93 7 301.8 303.8 292.9 334.2 10.98 3 900 1120 20.0 13.2 65 6.7 15.6 75 8 302.1 304.1 292.7 333.7 10.68 4 850 1609 15.7 11.4 76 4.3 13.0 58 10 302.6 304.5 292.3 332.4 10.02 5 800 2122 12.3 6.9 70 5.4 9.2 41 9 304.3 305.7 291.1 327.8 7.85 6 750 2661 11.2 0.2 47 11.0 5.4 339 2 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.8 5.19 7 700 3236 9.0 0.7 56 8.3 4.5 229 4 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.5 5.76 8 650 3846 5.6 -0.2 66 5.8 2.5 205 4 315.3 316.5 292.7 333.7 5.81 9 600 4497 1.8 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.7 235 3 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.6 5.08 10 550 5195 -1.4 -9.1 56 7.7 -4.8 241 11 322.5 323.2 292.8 334.0 3.50 11 500 5949 -5.6 -13.6 53 8.0 -8.8 236 14 326.2 326.8 293.2 335.3 2.68 12 450 6768 -10.2 -18.1 52 7.9 -13.0 232 17 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.5 2.04 13 400 7667 -15.4 -23.9 48 8.5 -17.9 224 18 334.9 335.2 294.3 339.9 1.39 14 350 8661 -22.3 -29.4 53 7.1 -23.9 233 22 338.7 338.9 294.8 342.2 0.96 15 300 9774 -30.6 -37.2 52 6.6 -31.6 225 29 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.3 0.52 16 250 11043 -40.6 -47.7 46 7.2 -41.1 207 32 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.6 0.20 17 200 12522 -53.1 -53.5 96 0.4 -53.1 200 35 348.6 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.13 18 150 14308 -68.2 -69.3 86 1.1 -68.2 216 29 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 19 100 16744 -67.4 -82.4 10 15.0 -67.5 85 5 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.92 m Freezing level: 571.45 mb = 4895.49 m = 16061.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.80 mb = 4351.98 m = 14277.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1254.11 m = 4114.48 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2665.62 m = 8745.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.92 C = 98.46 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.32 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 24.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5339.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.57 mb = 1794.55 m = 5887.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -43.5 tot: -40.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 12.18 m/s