MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1011 66 28.3 10.2 32 18.1 17.1 55 10 300.6 302.0 289.8 323.5 7.74 1 1000 159 25.8 8.4 33 17.4 15.4 55 13 298.9 300.2 288.5 319.4 6.92 2 950 606 21.2 7.3 41 13.9 13.1 52 15 298.7 299.9 288.3 318.6 6.75 3 900 1070 16.8 6.3 50 10.4 10.8 49 15 298.8 300.0 288.2 318.4 6.66 4 850 1553 12.3 5.3 62 7.0 8.4 47 14 299.0 300.2 288.2 318.4 6.57 5 800 2060 12.4 -5.0 29 17.4 4.2 22 9 304.4 305.0 286.9 314.6 3.30 6 750 2600 11.0 -1.8 41 12.9 4.5 349 8 308.5 309.4 289.5 322.4 4.45 7 700 3173 7.8 2.6 70 5.2 4.9 315 6 311.1 312.4 292.2 331.6 6.62 8 650 3781 4.2 0.1 74 4.2 2.0 280 7 313.8 314.9 292.3 332.4 5.92 9 600 4429 0.9 -4.5 68 5.3 -1.7 270 9 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.8 4.58 10 550 5123 -3.0 -9.5 61 6.5 -5.8 271 10 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.7 3.39 11 500 5873 -6.9 -15.5 50 8.6 -10.1 263 17 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.4 2.28 12 450 6687 -12.3 -16.0 73 3.8 -13.6 256 24 327.8 328.3 293.3 336.1 2.43 13 400 7580 -16.7 -17.3 95 0.6 -16.9 240 37 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.0 2.47 14 350 8570 -23.2 -30.9 49 7.8 -24.8 246 42 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.6 0.83 15 300 9683 -30.8 -39.9 41 9.1 -32.0 241 48 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.5 0.40 16 250 10948 -41.4 -48.8 44 7.4 -41.9 242 51 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.3 0.18 17 200 12424 -52.3 -62.5 28 10.2 -52.5 253 50 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14235 -63.6 -75.1 19 11.5 -63.7 251 35 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16671 -70.0 -81.8 16 11.8 -70.1 246 11 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.97 m Freezing level: 588.80 mb = 4584.52 m = 15040.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.17 mb = 4122.09 m = 13523.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.93 mb = 2326.76 m = 7633.65 ft T: 11.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.17 mb = 4413.08 m = 14478.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.84 C = 112.71 F Cap Strength: 8.85 C Lifted Index: 10.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.78 C Showalter Index: 10.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.21 C Cross Totals Index: 12.20 C K Index: 19.31 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10292.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.81 mb = 2349.77 m = 7709.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 6.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -16.7 tot: -16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 31.35 m/s