MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1016 67 23.2 20.3 84 2.9 21.2 133 4 295.0 297.7 293.8 337.8 14.93 1 1000 204 24.1 19.9 77 4.2 21.1 132 10 297.2 299.9 294.3 339.9 14.75 2 950 653 22.3 17.4 74 4.9 18.9 120 10 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.6 13.28 3 900 1122 19.2 14.4 74 4.8 16.1 82 10 301.3 303.4 293.2 335.4 11.56 4 850 1611 15.5 12.0 80 3.4 13.3 59 13 302.3 304.3 292.6 333.3 10.44 5 800 2123 12.2 8.5 78 3.7 9.9 61 10 304.1 305.7 291.8 330.3 8.74 6 750 2664 11.6 0.9 48 10.6 5.8 143 1 309.1 310.2 290.6 326.0 5.46 7 700 3238 9.0 1.7 60 7.3 5.0 225 4 312.5 313.7 292.2 331.9 6.21 8 650 3849 5.8 0.7 69 5.2 3.0 194 5 315.6 316.7 293.1 335.1 6.19 9 600 4501 2.6 -5.4 55 8.1 -1.3 223 6 319.2 320.0 292.5 333.0 4.26 10 550 5200 -1.2 -7.6 62 6.4 -4.2 232 10 322.6 323.4 293.2 335.5 3.91 11 500 5954 -5.4 -13.4 53 8.0 -8.7 235 12 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.6 2.72 12 450 6774 -10.1 -18.9 48 8.8 -13.1 227 14 330.6 331.0 293.6 337.3 1.91 13 400 7673 -15.5 -21.4 60 5.9 -17.3 221 17 334.9 335.2 294.6 341.0 1.73 14 350 8668 -22.1 -30.6 46 8.5 -23.9 229 20 339.0 339.2 294.8 342.2 0.85 15 300 9782 -30.7 -36.1 59 5.4 -31.6 220 29 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.3 0.58 16 250 11050 -40.9 -44.0 72 3.1 -41.2 193 33 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.5 0.31 17 200 12526 -53.3 -53.8 95 0.5 -53.4 198 31 348.3 348.3 296.4 348.8 0.13 18 150 14312 -67.5 -70.5 65 3.1 -67.5 212 30 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16747 -67.4 -82.4 10 15.0 -67.5 87 8 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.00 m Freezing level: 566.03 mb = 4976.08 m = 16325.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.84 mb = 4302.26 m = 14114.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.81 mb = 436.82 m = 1433.13 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1498.18 m = 4915.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 25.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.59 mb = 1087.71 m = 3568.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.59 mb = 2033.22 m = 6670.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 788.59 mb = 2243.64 m = 7360.95 ft B at Equ Level: 17.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.59 mb = 2791.30 m = 9157.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 192.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -40.7 tot: -24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 3.43 m/s