MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1011 67 26.7 18.4 60 8.3 20.9 53 7 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.5 13.24 1 1000 164 25.6 17.4 61 8.2 20.0 54 11 298.8 301.0 293.2 335.5 12.61 2 950 612 21.3 16.3 73 5.0 17.9 55 14 298.8 301.0 293.0 334.8 12.37 3 900 1078 17.2 15.1 88 2.0 15.8 55 16 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.5 12.10 4 850 1565 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 55 16 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.7 11.57 5 800 2075 11.7 10.8 94 0.9 11.2 37 9 303.7 305.5 292.8 334.1 10.22 6 750 2614 8.8 8.8 99 0.1 8.8 352 7 306.2 307.9 293.0 334.8 9.50 7 700 3184 7.9 1.2 63 6.7 4.3 308 14 311.3 312.4 291.7 329.9 5.99 8 650 3793 4.8 0.0 71 4.8 2.2 303 15 314.4 315.5 292.5 333.0 5.90 9 600 4442 1.1 -2.2 78 3.4 -0.6 300 13 317.4 318.5 293.0 334.8 5.41 10 550 5138 -2.5 -3.8 91 1.3 -3.1 291 14 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.27 11 500 5890 -6.1 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.8 280 18 325.6 326.5 294.3 340.1 4.35 12 450 6709 -10.5 -13.7 77 3.2 -11.8 268 18 330.1 330.7 294.4 340.2 2.96 13 400 7606 -15.8 -32.6 22 16.8 -19.5 259 21 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.8 0.62 14 350 8601 -21.8 -36.6 25 14.8 -24.5 259 28 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.2 0.47 15 300 9718 -30.0 -37.7 47 7.6 -31.2 252 28 343.0 343.2 295.5 345.0 0.50 16 250 10986 -40.7 -47.0 51 6.2 -41.2 243 29 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.4 0.22 17 200 12466 -52.3 -57.8 51 5.5 -52.4 240 40 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.08 18 150 14263 -66.0 -69.7 59 3.8 -66.0 252 37 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16685 -70.6 -81.8 17 11.3 -70.6 295 12 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.59 m Freezing level: 584.12 mb = 4663.26 m = 15299.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.99 mb = 4294.95 m = 14090.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.31 mb = 1122.94 m = 3684.13 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 4.91 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1400.11 m = 4593.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 2.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 2.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 26.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.62 mb = 1234.65 m = 4050.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.62 mb = 2518.45 m = 8262.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 748.62 mb = 2629.05 m = 8625.38 ft B at Equ Level: 0.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.62 mb = 2740.23 m = 8990.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 3.7 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -17.3 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 35.16 m/s