MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 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 1013 67 23.1 18.9 77 4.3 20.2 39 11 295.2 297.6 292.9 334.3 13.65 1 1000 179 21.5 18.2 82 3.3 19.3 40 17 294.7 297.0 292.4 332.7 13.28 2 950 622 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 47 19 295.0 297.3 292.5 332.9 13.23 3 900 1085 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 67 18 299.0 301.3 293.4 336.5 12.86 4 850 1572 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 46 10 301.9 304.0 293.5 336.8 11.83 5 800 2084 12.2 11.5 95 0.7 11.8 6 8 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.2 10.72 6 750 2625 10.7 9.1 90 1.6 9.7 321 7 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.6 9.69 7 700 3199 9.0 1.9 61 7.0 5.1 302 10 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.1 6.30 8 650 3810 5.7 -4.4 48 10.1 0.7 308 13 315.4 316.2 291.5 329.0 4.24 9 600 4460 1.5 -4.1 66 5.6 -1.3 310 14 317.8 318.7 292.5 332.9 4.69 10 550 5156 -2.5 -6.9 72 4.4 -4.6 291 14 321.1 321.9 293.0 334.6 4.13 11 500 5908 -6.2 -12.0 64 5.8 -8.6 268 15 325.5 326.1 293.3 335.8 3.06 12 450 6726 -10.5 -18.4 52 7.9 -13.2 260 12 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.0 1.99 13 400 7622 -16.6 -20.5 72 3.9 -17.9 270 15 333.4 333.8 294.3 340.0 1.87 14 350 8613 -22.5 -31.6 43 9.2 -24.4 262 20 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.77 15 300 9729 -29.8 -39.6 38 9.8 -31.2 259 25 343.4 343.5 295.5 345.0 0.41 16 250 10998 -40.9 -44.7 66 3.8 -41.2 257 23 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.4 0.28 17 200 12477 -51.9 -59.4 40 7.5 -52.1 246 34 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.9 0.06 18 150 14276 -66.8 -68.5 79 1.7 -66.8 251 36 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.03 19 100 16690 -70.6 -81.9 18 11.2 -70.7 284 10 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.56 m Freezing level: 581.71 mb = 4714.70 m = 15467.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.38 mb = 4033.22 m = 13232.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.75 mb = 605.80 m = 1987.52 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 8.58 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1294.40 m = 4246.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 28.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5659.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.24 mb = 700.99 m = 2299.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.4 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 6.4 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -7.2 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 36.76 m/s