MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-78.87 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -78.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 60 26.6 23.4 83 3.2 24.3 42 8 298.9 302.2 297.1 352.1 18.24 1 1000 154 27.0 22.4 76 4.6 23.6 44 15 300.2 303.3 296.8 350.8 17.27 2 950 607 23.7 20.5 82 3.2 21.4 47 19 301.2 304.2 296.4 348.8 16.18 3 900 1078 20.3 18.8 91 1.5 19.3 49 13 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.9 15.36 4 850 1572 18.1 15.7 86 2.4 16.5 38 6 305.1 307.6 295.5 345.0 13.33 5 800 2090 16.2 10.1 67 6.2 12.3 329 4 308.5 310.3 293.9 338.1 9.74 6 750 2637 13.0 6.2 63 6.8 8.9 325 6 310.7 312.2 293.1 335.2 7.95 7 700 3214 9.3 5.1 75 4.2 6.8 309 8 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.2 7.89 8 650 3825 5.4 2.8 83 2.6 3.9 303 10 315.1 316.5 293.7 337.7 7.21 9 600 4476 1.7 -1.6 79 3.2 -0.0 302 11 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.3 5.70 10 550 5173 -2.1 -5.9 75 3.8 -3.9 289 12 321.6 322.4 293.4 336.2 4.48 11 500 5925 -6.6 -10.7 73 4.1 -8.4 276 13 325.0 325.7 293.4 336.3 3.38 12 450 6741 -11.0 -14.6 75 3.6 -12.4 257 16 329.4 330.0 294.0 338.8 2.73 13 400 7638 -15.6 -19.8 70 4.2 -17.0 259 19 334.7 335.1 294.7 341.7 1.98 14 350 8634 -21.7 -25.7 70 4.0 -22.7 251 23 339.6 339.8 295.4 344.5 1.35 15 300 9753 -29.3 -35.8 53 6.5 -30.3 252 28 344.1 344.2 295.8 346.4 0.60 16 250 11029 -38.9 -41.8 74 2.9 -39.2 245 32 348.3 348.4 296.6 349.8 0.39 17 200 12519 -51.1 -51.8 92 0.7 -51.1 227 33 351.8 351.9 297.2 352.5 0.16 18 150 14326 -66.0 -66.7 91 0.7 -66.0 223 36 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.03 19 100 16722 -70.1 -82.8 14 12.7 -70.2 315 17 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.45 m Freezing level: 577.85 mb = 4784.49 m = 15696.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.49 mb = 4468.90 m = 14661.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.19 mb = 466.87 m = 1531.71 ft T: 24.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1231.33 m = 4039.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 598.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.45 mb = 939.43 m = 3082.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.45 mb = 2643.07 m = 8671.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.45 mb = 10769.07 m = 35331.17 ft B at Equ Level: 596.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.45 mb = 15196.81 m = 49857.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.6 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 0.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -11.3 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 16.91 Bulk Shear: 35.40 m/s