MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 66 28.4 11.1 34 17.3 17.5 57 11 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.1 8.25 1 1000 160 25.9 9.7 36 16.2 16.0 58 14 299.0 300.4 289.1 321.2 7.56 2 950 608 21.2 8.6 44 12.6 13.7 58 16 298.7 300.1 288.9 320.4 7.38 3 900 1072 16.8 7.5 54 9.3 11.4 57 15 298.8 300.1 288.8 320.2 7.25 4 850 1555 12.3 6.5 67 5.8 9.0 57 14 299.0 300.3 288.8 320.1 7.13 5 800 2061 12.4 -11.9 17 24.3 2.5 58 9 304.4 304.8 285.5 310.5 1.92 6 750 2600 10.9 -16.7 13 27.6 0.6 38 5 308.4 308.7 286.4 313.0 1.38 7 700 3172 8.1 -0.8 53 8.9 3.4 326 3 311.5 312.4 291.0 327.6 5.17 8 650 3781 4.7 -0.9 67 5.6 1.8 276 7 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.7 5.52 9 600 4429 0.8 -3.9 71 4.7 -1.6 263 9 317.0 317.9 292.3 332.3 4.78 10 550 5124 -3.0 -8.8 64 5.8 -5.6 254 8 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.2 3.57 11 500 5873 -6.9 -16.6 46 9.7 -10.4 257 13 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.8 2.10 12 450 6688 -12.0 -18.7 58 6.7 -14.2 245 19 328.1 328.5 293.0 334.9 1.95 13 400 7580 -17.1 -17.7 95 0.6 -17.3 247 31 332.8 333.3 294.6 341.1 2.38 14 350 8572 -22.5 -22.6 99 0.1 -22.5 233 47 338.4 338.8 295.5 344.8 1.78 15 300 9685 -30.9 -32.4 87 1.5 -31.2 236 48 341.8 342.0 295.5 345.0 0.84 16 250 10951 -40.9 -45.1 64 4.1 -41.3 233 53 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.27 17 200 12426 -53.3 -58.9 50 5.6 -53.4 246 52 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.7 0.07 18 150 14233 -63.8 -75.0 20 11.2 -63.9 252 35 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16669 -69.7 -82.0 15 12.4 -69.7 219 12 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.08 m Freezing level: 589.89 mb = 4569.83 m = 14992.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.39 mb = 4119.57 m = 13515.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.77 mb = 2221.90 m = 7289.60 ft T: 11.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.57 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.24 mb = 4121.47 m = 13521.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.54 C = 110.37 F Cap Strength: 7.88 C Lifted Index: 9.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.32 C Showalter Index: 9.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.20 C Cross Totals Index: 13.36 C K Index: 16.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9246.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.01 mb = 2198.17 m = 7211.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 36.5 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 16.53 m/s