MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.76,-80.21 Latitude: 35.76 Longitude: -80.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 991 229 23.4 20.6 84 2.8 21.5 33 6 297.3 300.1 294.9 342.5 15.61 2 950 596 22.7 17.8 74 4.9 19.4 41 14 300.2 302.7 294.3 340.1 13.63 3 900 1068 21.9 16.2 70 5.7 18.0 26 7 304.1 306.5 295.0 342.7 12.97 4 850 1563 18.8 14.0 74 4.8 15.7 331 4 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.7 11.95 5 800 2082 15.6 11.1 74 4.6 12.7 274 5 307.8 309.8 294.1 339.4 10.42 6 750 2627 12.7 5.9 63 6.8 8.6 273 7 310.4 311.9 292.9 334.4 7.80 7 700 3204 9.7 -0.2 50 10.0 4.4 279 10 313.2 314.3 291.7 330.1 5.37 8 650 3815 5.8 -3.5 51 9.3 1.1 270 11 315.5 316.4 291.7 330.0 4.54 9 600 4466 1.8 -4.7 62 6.5 -1.4 265 14 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.6 4.48 10 550 5162 -2.3 -7.8 66 5.5 -4.8 261 15 321.3 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.86 11 500 5913 -6.6 -12.8 62 6.1 -9.1 261 13 325.0 325.5 293.0 334.6 2.87 12 450 6730 -10.9 -17.4 59 6.5 -13.2 262 13 329.5 330.0 293.6 337.0 2.16 13 400 7627 -15.8 -17.6 86 1.8 -16.4 260 15 334.4 334.9 295.0 342.9 2.40 14 350 8621 -22.1 -27.1 64 5.0 -23.3 257 20 339.0 339.2 295.1 343.4 1.18 15 300 9738 -29.3 -39.0 39 9.7 -30.7 254 27 344.0 344.1 295.7 345.7 0.43 16 250 11014 -39.4 -53.4 21 14.0 -40.3 249 33 347.5 347.5 296.2 348.0 0.11 17 200 12501 -51.3 -61.5 28 10.3 -51.5 247 36 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.8 0.05 18 150 14306 -66.3 -68.4 75 2.1 -66.3 237 38 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16712 -71.3 -82.1 19 10.8 -71.4 226 15 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.47 m Freezing level: 578.33 mb = 4767.64 m = 15641.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.68 mb = 4086.22 m = 13406.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.63 mb = 581.40 m = 1907.46 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2177.28 m = 7143.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.96 mb = 1292.71 m = 4241.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.96 mb = 4439.11 m = 14563.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.96 mb = 6526.59 m = 21412.45 ft B at Equ Level: 51.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.96 mb = 8168.02 m = 26797.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.9 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 308.9 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -12.7 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 44.33 m/s