MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1012 67 19.6 13.2 66 6.4 15.6 39 9 291.7 293.4 288.3 318.6 9.45 1 1000 172 18.5 12.2 67 6.3 14.6 43 15 291.6 293.2 287.8 317.0 8.94 2 950 611 16.7 9.7 63 7.1 12.6 60 27 294.2 295.6 287.8 317.1 7.95 3 900 1069 14.5 3.9 49 10.6 8.8 58 24 296.4 297.5 286.4 312.9 5.61 4 850 1551 13.1 1.0 44 12.1 6.8 44 16 299.9 300.7 286.8 314.3 4.83 5 800 2060 12.3 6.5 68 5.8 8.9 357 12 304.3 305.7 290.9 327.2 7.63 6 750 2600 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.2 327 13 307.4 309.0 292.5 332.9 8.37 7 700 3172 7.7 4.1 78 3.6 5.6 308 12 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.8 7.37 8 650 3781 4.7 -0.3 70 5.0 2.0 289 9 314.3 315.4 292.4 332.4 5.76 9 600 4429 1.0 -5.6 61 6.6 -2.2 290 7 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.7 4.19 10 550 5123 -3.2 -9.0 65 5.7 -5.8 275 10 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.53 11 500 5872 -7.3 -14.3 57 7.1 -10.0 266 15 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.7 2.52 12 450 6686 -12.0 -18.2 60 6.2 -14.1 260 21 328.1 328.5 293.1 335.2 2.03 13 400 7578 -17.3 -24.2 55 6.9 -19.1 259 27 332.6 332.8 293.7 337.4 1.35 14 350 8566 -24.0 -27.3 74 3.4 -24.7 259 35 336.5 336.7 294.5 340.7 1.16 15 300 9675 -30.8 -38.9 45 8.1 -31.9 251 48 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.7 0.44 16 250 10940 -41.8 -48.2 50 6.4 -42.2 255 47 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.7 0.19 17 200 12413 -52.9 -60.5 39 7.6 -53.1 264 55 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.06 18 150 14225 -63.5 -75.2 19 11.8 -63.6 269 34 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16662 -69.9 -81.9 16 11.9 -70.0 294 7 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.08 m Freezing level: 588.50 mb = 4588.92 m = 15055.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.15 mb = 4083.41 m = 13396.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.52 mb = 878.02 m = 2880.60 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.04 mb = 3905.67 m = 12813.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.81 C = 109.06 F Cap Strength: 9.93 C Lifted Index: 11.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.75 C Showalter Index: 12.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 8.25 C K Index: 17.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11181.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.09 mb = 1422.02 m = 4665.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.3 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 17.3 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -36.6 tot: -31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 40.11 m/s