MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 35.16,-80.65 Latitude: 35.16 Longitude: -80.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 140 SFC 994 198 36.8 18.5 34 18.2 23.8 269 5 310.5 313.1 297.1 352.2 13.65 2 950 602 30.4 17.0 45 13.4 21.0 268 6 308.0 310.4 296.0 347.0 12.90 3 900 1082 25.6 16.0 55 9.6 19.0 267 6 307.9 310.3 295.9 346.7 12.84 4 850 1582 20.9 15.0 69 5.9 16.9 266 6 308.0 310.4 295.8 346.6 12.74 5 800 2103 16.1 14.0 88 2.1 14.7 266 5 308.3 310.6 295.8 346.6 12.66 6 750 2649 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 266 5 309.2 311.4 295.3 344.1 11.45 7 700 3224 8.8 6.9 88 1.9 7.6 263 4 312.2 313.9 294.3 339.8 8.95 8 650 3836 6.0 1.3 72 4.7 3.4 269 5 315.8 317.0 293.4 336.3 6.49 9 600 4488 2.5 -4.6 59 7.1 -1.0 285 6 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.6 4.52 10 550 5186 -1.4 -11.4 46 10.0 -5.7 288 8 322.4 323.0 292.3 332.1 2.90 11 500 5940 -5.4 -15.9 44 10.5 -9.4 297 12 326.5 326.9 292.8 334.1 2.22 12 450 6759 -10.7 -16.5 62 5.8 -12.8 285 17 329.8 330.2 293.8 337.9 2.34 13 400 7654 -16.7 -23.0 58 6.2 -18.6 274 16 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.6 1.51 14 350 8645 -22.7 -37.5 25 14.8 -25.2 259 13 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.9 0.43 15 300 9757 -31.1 -38.3 49 7.2 -32.1 278 10 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.4 0.47 16 250 11020 -41.8 -47.7 53 5.9 -42.2 294 18 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.8 0.21 17 200 12491 -53.6 -58.2 58 4.5 -53.8 311 20 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14283 -66.9 -69.0 75 2.1 -66.9 343 28 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16708 -67.8 -83.0 10 15.2 -67.9 343 2 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.95 m Freezing level: 568.00 mb = 4934.67 m = 16189.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.62 mb = 4331.40 m = 14210.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.14 mb = 2479.83 m = 8135.82 ft T: 13.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.49 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.98 mb = 2360.94 m = 7745.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.02 C = 95.03 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 39.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.57 mb = 2332.71 m = 7653.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.57 mb = 2387.20 m = 7831.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.57 mb = 12374.70 m = 40598.93 ft B at Equ Level: 642.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.57 mb = 15442.35 m = 50663.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -1.3 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2178.07 Bulk Shear: 0.30 m/s