MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 24.7 16.9 62 7.9 19.4 57 8 296.9 299.1 292.2 331.7 12.03 1 1000 164 24.7 16.1 59 8.6 18.9 60 13 297.8 299.9 292.1 331.5 11.57 2 950 611 21.1 14.4 65 6.8 16.7 67 19 298.6 300.6 291.8 330.4 10.89 3 900 1077 17.4 13.2 77 4.2 14.7 65 19 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.6 10.65 4 850 1563 13.9 11.9 88 1.9 12.6 53 15 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.2 10.37 5 800 2073 11.5 10.0 90 1.6 10.6 30 9 303.5 305.2 292.3 332.3 9.68 6 750 2611 8.7 6.8 88 1.9 7.6 337 9 306.1 307.6 292.0 331.2 8.32 7 700 3184 8.4 2.6 67 5.8 5.2 322 14 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.4 6.62 8 650 3793 4.9 1.4 78 3.4 2.9 305 14 314.5 315.7 293.1 335.0 6.55 9 600 4442 0.8 -0.6 90 1.5 0.1 297 11 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.5 6.10 10 550 5138 -2.3 -5.7 78 3.4 -3.9 298 16 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.3 4.57 11 500 5890 -6.4 -8.8 83 2.4 -7.5 289 18 325.2 326.0 293.9 338.3 3.94 12 450 6708 -10.3 -21.3 40 11.0 -13.8 280 18 330.3 330.6 293.3 335.7 1.55 13 400 7605 -15.8 -30.7 27 14.9 -19.3 270 25 334.5 334.6 293.6 337.2 0.74 14 350 8599 -22.2 -29.3 53 7.1 -23.8 265 33 338.8 339.0 294.9 342.4 0.97 15 300 9714 -30.3 -37.4 50 7.0 -31.4 250 31 342.7 342.8 295.4 344.7 0.51 16 250 10982 -40.8 -48.4 43 7.7 -41.3 242 37 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.19 17 200 12463 -52.3 -57.8 51 5.5 -52.4 247 48 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.08 18 150 14263 -64.7 -71.5 39 6.7 -64.8 259 37 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16689 -70.1 -81.9 16 11.8 -70.1 300 11 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.24 m Freezing level: 586.44 mb = 4630.91 m = 15193.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.02 mb = 4455.27 m = 14616.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.16 mb = 1065.98 m = 3497.28 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 1.31 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1890.35 m = 6201.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 26.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6190.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.44 mb = 1400.32 m = 4594.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.6 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 12.6 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -22.5 tot: -12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 46.53 m/s