MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 19.0 13.7 72 5.2 15.7 41 7 291.2 292.9 288.3 318.9 9.79 1 1000 163 19.0 13.3 69 5.7 15.4 47 14 292.1 293.9 288.6 319.5 9.60 2 950 603 17.9 10.1 60 7.8 13.3 62 26 295.4 296.9 288.5 319.2 8.21 3 900 1064 15.4 7.7 60 7.6 10.9 53 25 297.3 298.7 288.3 318.8 7.35 4 850 1547 13.0 3.9 54 9.1 8.0 38 19 299.8 300.9 287.9 317.6 5.98 5 800 2055 11.7 2.6 54 9.0 6.8 8 13 303.6 304.7 289.1 321.1 5.79 6 750 2594 10.3 2.1 57 8.2 5.8 329 11 307.7 308.8 290.6 325.9 5.94 7 700 3166 8.2 2.9 70 5.2 5.2 295 9 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.5 6.77 8 650 3776 4.9 0.4 73 4.5 2.4 282 9 314.5 315.6 292.7 333.5 6.05 9 600 4425 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.5 285 9 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.4 4.70 10 550 5119 -3.0 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.2 273 9 320.5 321.2 292.6 333.2 3.89 11 500 5869 -6.8 -14.7 54 7.9 -9.8 250 11 324.7 325.2 292.5 333.0 2.45 12 450 6685 -11.2 -17.6 59 6.4 -13.5 259 17 329.2 329.6 293.4 336.6 2.13 13 400 7580 -16.6 -21.0 68 4.5 -17.9 261 26 333.5 333.8 294.3 339.8 1.79 14 350 8571 -23.3 -24.1 93 0.8 -23.5 259 35 337.3 337.7 295.0 343.0 1.55 15 300 9680 -31.5 -32.5 92 0.9 -31.7 255 43 340.9 341.1 295.3 344.1 0.83 16 250 10944 -41.2 -42.1 91 0.9 -41.3 247 52 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.3 0.38 17 200 12419 -53.2 -54.3 87 1.1 -53.2 257 57 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.12 18 150 14225 -63.1 -76.0 16 13.0 -63.2 271 30 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16670 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.8 319 9 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.20 m Freezing level: 587.65 mb = 4596.10 m = 15078.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.15 mb = 4169.78 m = 13680.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.65 mb = 733.13 m = 2405.25 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 1.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.81 mb = 3677.37 m = 12064.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.84 C = 107.31 F Cap Strength: 8.69 C Lifted Index: 10.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.09 C Showalter Index: 10.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.83 C Cross Totals Index: 10.76 C K Index: 18.56 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10168.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.38 mb = 1395.36 m = 4577.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.3 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 23.3 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -75.9 tot: -74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 34.16 m/s