MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1012 67 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.9 52 11 298.4 300.9 293.7 337.4 13.39 1 1000 170 24.3 17.7 67 6.6 19.8 53 15 297.5 299.8 293.0 334.7 12.87 2 950 617 19.9 16.9 83 3.1 17.9 54 16 297.4 299.7 292.9 334.6 12.83 3 900 1081 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 55 15 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.4 12.60 4 850 1566 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 58 11 301.5 303.6 293.3 335.9 11.67 5 800 2079 12.7 11.0 90 1.7 11.6 11 7 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.6 10.36 6 750 2618 9.5 8.8 95 0.8 9.0 327 7 306.9 308.7 293.2 335.7 9.51 7 700 3192 9.2 -1.2 48 10.5 3.7 301 11 312.7 313.6 291.3 328.4 4.99 8 650 3802 5.7 -2.2 57 7.8 1.6 309 12 315.4 316.3 292.1 331.3 5.02 9 600 4453 1.4 -2.0 78 3.4 -0.4 314 13 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.3 5.50 10 550 5148 -2.9 -5.7 81 2.9 -4.3 298 13 320.7 321.6 293.2 335.4 4.53 11 500 5899 -6.6 -7.8 91 1.2 -7.1 278 16 325.0 325.8 294.1 339.1 4.27 12 450 6717 -10.7 -13.1 82 2.5 -11.6 262 16 329.8 330.4 294.4 340.4 3.09 13 400 7613 -16.2 -19.8 74 3.6 -17.4 249 17 333.9 334.3 294.6 340.9 1.99 14 350 8606 -22.1 -42.0 15 19.9 -25.1 255 25 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 15 300 9723 -29.7 -40.1 36 10.4 -31.2 247 25 343.5 343.6 295.5 345.1 0.39 16 250 10993 -40.8 -46.0 57 5.3 -41.2 248 26 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.25 17 200 12472 -52.3 -58.3 48 6.0 -52.5 242 37 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.07 18 150 14270 -66.5 -68.8 73 2.2 -66.5 255 38 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16687 -69.9 -82.0 16 12.0 -70.0 279 10 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.85 m Freezing level: 583.86 mb = 4677.34 m = 15345.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.80 mb = 4321.18 m = 14176.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.58 mb = 1046.66 m = 3433.89 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1051.03 m = 3448.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 2.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 24.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4799.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.80 mb = 1016.21 m = 3333.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 6.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -8.8 tot: 10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 38.44 m/s