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: 35.11,-79.32 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -79.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 97 24.1 16.8 64 7.3 19.2 57 8 296.6 298.8 292.1 331.4 12.05 1 1000 166 24.3 16.2 60 8.1 18.9 58 13 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.3 11.65 2 950 613 20.4 14.7 70 5.7 16.7 60 19 297.9 299.9 291.8 330.3 11.14 3 900 1077 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 63 19 298.5 300.5 291.6 329.7 10.68 4 850 1562 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 62 13 300.1 301.9 291.7 330.1 10.22 5 800 2073 12.8 9.0 78 3.8 10.4 30 7 304.8 306.4 292.2 331.8 9.02 6 750 2613 10.3 6.1 76 4.1 7.8 353 10 307.7 309.2 292.2 331.8 7.92 7 700 3186 7.9 2.7 69 5.2 5.0 336 12 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.9 6.65 8 650 3795 4.7 2.0 83 2.7 3.2 313 11 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.7 6.83 9 600 4443 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.3 297 11 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.5 5.97 10 550 5137 -2.9 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.8 292 13 320.6 321.4 292.9 334.2 4.15 11 500 5888 -6.2 -16.2 45 10.0 -9.9 298 16 325.5 326.0 292.5 332.9 2.16 12 450 6706 -10.4 -25.9 27 15.5 -14.7 281 19 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.8 1.03 13 400 7603 -16.1 -31.5 25 15.4 -19.6 264 24 334.0 334.2 293.4 336.6 0.68 14 350 8595 -22.5 -31.4 44 8.8 -24.4 263 33 338.4 338.6 294.7 341.4 0.80 15 300 9710 -30.1 -36.9 51 6.8 -31.2 247 37 342.9 343.1 295.5 345.0 0.54 16 250 10980 -40.2 -49.7 35 9.5 -40.9 250 41 346.3 346.4 296.0 347.0 0.16 17 200 12464 -51.6 -57.4 50 5.8 -51.8 252 51 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.08 18 150 14267 -64.7 -71.2 40 6.6 -64.7 260 40 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16697 -70.0 -81.8 16 11.9 -70.0 286 13 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.22 m Freezing level: 593.99 mb = 4526.55 m = 14850.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.72 mb = 4379.64 m = 14368.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.59 mb = 1024.25 m = 3360.35 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.64 mb = 2267.32 m = 7438.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.04 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 25.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6421.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.85 mb = 1308.03 m = 4291.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.2 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 19.2 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -16.5 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 34.88 m/s