MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 35.85,-81.31 Latitude: 35.85 Longitude: -81.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 195 SFC 977 391 19.2 13.9 71 5.3 15.8 31 3 294.3 296.1 289.9 323.6 10.25 2 950 636 19.0 12.8 67 6.2 15.1 57 6 296.5 298.2 290.2 324.8 9.79 3 900 1101 18.3 12.7 70 5.7 14.7 143 4 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.6 10.29 4 850 1589 15.5 11.8 79 3.7 13.1 199 7 302.4 304.3 292.5 332.8 10.27 5 800 2102 12.6 10.7 88 1.9 11.4 231 7 304.6 306.4 293.0 334.9 10.14 6 750 2643 10.3 8.2 86 2.2 9.0 263 6 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.5 9.11 7 700 3215 7.0 5.5 90 1.5 6.1 262 5 310.2 311.7 293.1 335.2 8.12 8 650 3821 3.6 2.6 93 1.0 3.1 251 6 313.1 314.4 293.1 335.3 7.12 9 600 4468 0.1 -1.2 91 1.2 -0.6 243 8 316.2 317.3 293.0 334.8 5.85 10 550 5161 -4.1 -5.0 94 0.9 -4.5 231 15 319.2 320.2 293.0 334.8 4.81 11 500 5911 -7.0 -9.1 85 2.1 -7.9 232 17 324.5 325.2 293.6 337.2 3.84 12 450 6726 -11.1 -15.1 72 4.0 -12.6 220 16 329.3 329.8 293.9 338.3 2.63 13 400 7622 -16.4 -23.4 55 7.0 -18.4 197 12 333.7 334.0 294.0 338.9 1.45 14 350 8612 -23.8 -28.3 67 4.5 -24.8 197 11 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.5 1.06 15 300 9717 -32.7 -35.7 74 3.0 -33.1 208 17 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.61 16 250 10973 -43.1 -46.0 73 2.9 -43.3 230 23 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.25 17 200 12435 -55.5 -57.4 80 1.8 -55.6 232 19 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.08 18 150 14220 -64.8 -71.5 39 6.7 -64.9 210 15 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.02 19 100 16681 -66.1 -83.9 7 17.8 -66.2 190 9 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.58 m Freezing level: 599.37 mb = 4477.12 m = 14688.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.46 mb = 4355.17 m = 14288.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.37 mb = 1068.50 m = 3505.52 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.29 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2812.77 m = 9228.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 5.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 2.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7318.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.68 mb = 1582.37 m = 5191.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 24.26 m/s