MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1012 67 22.6 15.8 65 6.9 18.1 60 7 294.8 296.8 290.8 326.9 11.19 1 1000 171 22.8 15.3 63 7.5 17.9 67 13 295.9 297.9 291.0 327.6 10.99 2 950 616 19.8 13.6 67 6.2 15.8 74 21 297.3 299.1 290.9 327.2 10.33 3 900 1080 16.4 12.0 75 4.4 13.6 61 18 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.1 9.84 4 850 1564 13.7 10.1 79 3.6 11.4 32 15 300.5 302.1 291.0 327.4 9.16 5 800 2074 11.4 8.8 84 2.5 9.8 357 11 303.3 304.9 291.7 329.9 8.94 6 750 2612 10.1 5.1 71 5.1 7.2 332 10 307.6 308.9 291.7 329.9 7.34 7 700 3185 8.5 2.2 65 6.3 5.0 324 9 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.9 6.44 8 650 3795 4.8 1.3 78 3.4 2.9 307 9 314.4 315.6 293.0 334.7 6.49 9 600 4443 0.7 -2.1 82 2.7 -0.7 295 9 316.9 317.9 292.9 334.3 5.48 10 550 5138 -2.7 -6.7 74 4.0 -4.6 293 12 320.8 321.7 293.0 334.6 4.21 11 500 5889 -6.5 -13.5 57 7.1 -9.2 290 13 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.3 2.69 12 450 6706 -10.7 -24.4 31 13.7 -14.7 277 17 329.8 330.0 292.8 334.0 1.18 13 400 7601 -16.3 -30.4 29 14.1 -19.6 277 24 333.8 334.0 293.4 336.6 0.76 14 350 8593 -22.9 -30.8 49 7.9 -24.6 267 30 337.9 338.0 294.6 341.0 0.84 15 300 9705 -30.7 -37.6 51 6.9 -31.7 252 35 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.0 0.50 16 250 10972 -40.8 -49.8 37 9.0 -41.4 250 39 345.4 345.4 295.7 346.1 0.16 17 200 12452 -52.4 -55.9 65 3.5 -52.5 251 54 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.10 18 150 14255 -63.9 -72.7 29 8.8 -64.0 259 36 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -69.9 -82.0 16 12.1 -70.0 302 9 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.24 m Freezing level: 590.36 mb = 4577.27 m = 15017.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4306.60 m = 14129.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.05 mb = 937.38 m = 3075.37 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 0.55 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2372.38 m = 7783.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.36 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.12 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 23.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7495.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.60 mb = 1322.41 m = 4338.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.5 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 18.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -58.3 tot: -58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 43.93 m/s