MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1009 66 28.7 11.5 34 17.2 17.8 61 9 301.1 302.6 290.6 326.1 8.47 1 1000 146 27.2 10.2 34 17.0 16.7 62 12 300.4 301.8 289.8 323.5 7.81 2 950 596 22.7 9.2 42 13.6 14.5 61 13 300.3 301.7 289.7 323.0 7.69 3 900 1063 18.3 8.3 52 9.9 12.3 61 13 300.3 301.7 289.7 323.0 7.68 4 850 1549 13.6 7.5 66 6.1 10.0 60 13 300.4 301.8 289.7 323.0 7.64 5 800 2056 9.5 4.1 69 5.4 6.5 60 10 301.3 302.5 288.9 320.5 6.43 6 750 2593 11.1 -17.0 12 28.1 0.6 47 2 308.6 308.8 286.4 313.0 1.34 7 700 3166 8.5 -0.8 52 9.2 3.6 263 4 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.0 5.16 8 650 3775 4.9 -0.7 67 5.6 2.0 272 7 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.61 9 600 4424 1.2 -5.0 64 6.2 -1.8 261 8 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.41 10 550 5120 -2.5 -11.6 49 9.1 -6.3 251 8 321.1 321.7 291.9 330.6 2.85 11 500 5870 -6.7 -17.9 41 11.2 -10.6 246 12 324.9 325.2 292.1 331.3 1.88 12 450 6684 -12.1 -12.9 93 0.9 -12.4 261 25 328.1 328.7 294.0 338.8 3.15 13 400 7578 -16.3 -16.5 99 0.1 -16.4 248 39 333.8 334.3 295.0 343.0 2.64 14 350 8571 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -23.0 234 44 337.8 338.1 295.3 344.0 1.72 15 300 9682 -31.1 -36.8 57 5.7 -31.9 238 46 341.6 341.7 295.2 343.7 0.55 16 250 10947 -41.2 -43.3 80 2.1 -41.4 234 53 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.1 0.33 17 200 12424 -52.7 -61.5 34 8.8 -52.9 245 51 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14230 -64.6 -74.5 24 9.9 -64.7 249 35 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.3 -82.3 12 14.0 -68.4 249 14 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.43 m Freezing level: 583.74 mb = 4650.22 m = 15256.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.96 mb = 4106.60 m = 13472.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.84 mb = 2215.03 m = 7267.06 ft T: 9.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 10.04 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.73 mb = 4057.64 m = 13312.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.49 C = 110.29 F Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lifted Index: 7.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.67 C Showalter Index: 8.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 14.15 C K Index: 18.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8341.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.99 mb = 2288.06 m = 7506.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 25.8 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -5.0 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 18.75 m/s