MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 22.3 20.6 90 1.7 21.1 68 4 294.1 296.8 293.7 337.5 15.20 1 1000 205 22.9 20.1 84 2.8 20.9 81 11 296.0 298.7 294.1 339.1 14.97 2 950 652 21.0 18.1 84 2.9 19.1 85 13 298.5 301.1 294.1 339.0 13.92 3 900 1119 18.2 15.4 84 2.8 16.4 79 12 300.3 302.5 293.4 336.4 12.35 4 850 1607 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.4 77 11 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.7 10.64 5 800 2120 13.0 8.2 73 4.8 10.0 94 8 305.0 306.6 291.9 330.6 8.54 6 750 2662 11.8 1.8 50 10.0 6.3 151 2 309.4 310.4 290.9 327.3 5.80 7 700 3236 8.8 2.3 64 6.5 5.2 241 3 312.2 313.5 292.3 332.4 6.47 8 650 3847 5.4 1.0 73 4.5 3.0 220 6 315.1 316.3 293.1 335.1 6.34 9 600 4498 1.9 -3.7 66 5.6 -0.9 227 8 318.4 319.3 292.8 334.0 4.86 10 550 5195 -1.8 -6.4 71 4.6 -4.0 222 11 322.0 322.8 293.3 336.1 4.30 11 500 5949 -5.4 -14.4 49 9.0 -8.9 225 12 326.5 327.0 293.0 335.0 2.51 12 450 6768 -10.5 -16.7 60 6.2 -12.8 228 16 330.0 330.5 293.8 338.0 2.30 13 400 7665 -15.8 -22.0 59 6.2 -17.7 225 17 334.4 334.7 294.4 340.3 1.64 14 350 8659 -22.3 -30.7 46 8.4 -24.1 224 17 338.7 338.9 294.8 341.9 0.85 15 300 9772 -30.9 -35.2 66 4.3 -31.6 220 26 341.8 341.9 295.3 344.3 0.64 16 250 11039 -41.1 -47.9 48 6.8 -41.6 194 31 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.20 17 200 12512 -53.6 -53.7 98 0.2 -53.6 190 34 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.13 18 150 14300 -66.9 -71.7 51 4.8 -67.0 210 29 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16737 -66.9 -82.6 9 15.7 -67.0 95 8 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.96 m Freezing level: 573.96 mb = 4860.94 m = 15947.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.40 mb = 4344.58 m = 14253.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.53 mb = 279.15 m = 915.82 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1272.61 m = 4175.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 26.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3656.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.11 mb = 862.92 m = 2831.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.7 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 189.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -17.1 tot: 8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 19.74 m/s