MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.97,-79.08 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.6 17.2 64 7.4 19.6 49 8 296.8 299.0 292.3 332.3 12.29 1 1000 165 24.7 16.4 60 8.3 19.1 51 14 297.9 300.0 292.3 332.1 11.81 2 950 612 20.7 15.0 70 5.7 17.0 57 20 298.2 300.2 292.0 331.1 11.33 3 900 1077 16.6 13.6 82 3.0 14.6 62 20 298.6 300.6 291.8 330.4 10.92 4 850 1561 13.1 12.1 94 1.0 12.4 60 15 299.8 301.8 291.9 330.6 10.48 5 800 2073 13.1 8.6 74 4.5 10.3 24 8 305.1 306.7 292.2 331.5 8.80 6 750 2613 10.3 5.3 72 4.9 7.4 357 10 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.5 7.49 7 700 3185 7.8 1.5 64 6.3 4.4 339 12 311.1 312.3 291.7 330.1 6.10 8 650 3794 4.7 1.7 81 3.0 3.1 316 12 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.3 6.69 9 600 4443 0.6 -1.1 88 1.7 -0.3 296 11 316.8 317.9 293.2 335.5 5.89 10 550 5137 -2.9 -6.2 78 3.3 -4.5 292 14 320.6 321.5 293.0 334.9 4.37 11 500 5888 -6.2 -13.5 56 7.3 -9.1 293 16 325.4 326.0 292.9 334.6 2.70 12 450 6707 -10.1 -26.3 25 16.2 -14.6 283 19 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.2 0.99 13 400 7605 -15.6 -31.2 25 15.6 -19.2 263 24 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.4 0.71 14 350 8599 -22.2 -29.5 51 7.3 -23.8 260 31 338.8 339.0 294.9 342.3 0.95 15 300 9714 -30.1 -36.6 53 6.5 -31.2 249 34 342.9 343.0 295.5 345.1 0.55 16 250 10985 -40.0 -49.9 34 10.0 -40.7 248 39 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.3 0.16 17 200 12470 -51.6 -57.3 50 5.7 -51.8 252 47 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.5 0.08 18 150 14271 -65.5 -69.9 54 4.5 -65.5 259 41 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16696 -69.5 -82.0 15 12.5 -69.6 289 13 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.53 m Freezing level: 591.50 mb = 4560.70 m = 14962.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.88 mb = 4376.96 m = 14359.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.78 mb = 1002.80 m = 3289.99 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1495.37 m = 4906.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 4.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.32 C Cross Totals Index: 18.33 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6045.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.86 mb = 1297.59 m = 4257.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.6 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 21.6 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: -12.4 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 29.93 m/s