MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 19.9 14.8 72 5.2 16.7 59 6 292.1 294.0 289.3 321.9 10.49 1 1000 165 20.3 14.3 69 5.9 16.5 65 12 293.4 295.3 289.6 322.9 10.31 2 950 606 18.5 11.1 62 7.5 14.0 67 23 296.0 297.6 289.2 321.3 8.73 3 900 1069 16.1 8.9 62 7.2 11.8 51 21 298.1 299.6 289.2 321.4 7.95 4 850 1553 13.7 8.2 69 5.5 10.4 27 17 300.5 302.0 290.1 324.4 8.06 5 800 2062 11.6 7.1 74 4.5 8.9 1 13 303.5 304.9 290.9 327.1 7.91 6 750 2602 10.3 3.5 62 6.9 6.5 340 10 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.9 6.56 7 700 3174 8.4 1.9 64 6.4 4.8 312 8 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.3 6.29 8 650 3783 4.6 0.8 77 3.7 2.5 287 10 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.8 6.26 9 600 4431 0.5 -2.3 82 2.8 -0.9 280 11 316.7 317.7 292.7 333.9 5.40 10 550 5126 -2.7 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.9 273 12 320.8 321.6 292.7 333.9 3.97 11 500 5877 -6.1 -16.7 43 10.6 -10.0 275 11 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.7 2.07 12 450 6695 -10.8 -20.6 44 9.8 -14.0 274 17 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.5 1.65 13 400 7590 -16.5 -22.8 58 6.3 -18.3 272 23 333.5 333.8 294.1 339.0 1.53 14 350 8581 -23.1 -27.4 68 4.3 -24.1 264 31 337.6 337.8 294.7 341.8 1.15 15 300 9691 -31.3 -35.7 65 4.4 -32.0 252 37 341.2 341.4 295.2 343.6 0.61 16 250 10957 -40.9 -44.7 66 3.9 -41.2 249 43 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.4 0.28 17 200 12435 -52.6 -53.8 87 1.2 -52.7 253 55 349.4 349.4 296.6 349.9 0.13 18 150 14236 -63.5 -74.0 23 10.5 -63.6 265 34 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16676 -67.8 -82.5 10 14.7 -67.9 295 9 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.61 m Freezing level: 592.39 mb = 4537.13 m = 14885.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.27 mb = 4254.32 m = 13957.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.96 mb = 724.60 m = 2377.27 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.30 mb = 3421.13 m = 11224.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.58 C = 105.05 F Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lifted Index: 9.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.16 C Showalter Index: 7.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.87 C Cross Totals Index: 14.34 C K Index: 21.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9115.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.84 mb = 1376.74 m = 4516.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 14.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.5 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -93.0 tot: -93.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 46.26 m/s