MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1009 66 29.0 10.3 31 18.7 17.3 72 8 301.3 302.8 290.1 324.5 7.78 1 1000 148 27.4 8.5 30 18.8 16.0 71 11 300.5 301.8 289.1 321.2 6.97 2 950 597 22.9 7.5 37 15.4 13.7 65 12 300.4 301.6 288.9 320.7 6.84 3 900 1064 18.4 6.6 46 11.8 11.6 59 12 300.4 301.7 288.9 320.7 6.81 4 850 1550 13.7 5.7 58 8.0 9.2 53 11 300.5 301.8 288.9 320.7 6.77 5 800 2057 10.7 0.9 51 9.8 5.6 39 10 302.6 303.5 288.1 318.0 5.09 6 750 2596 11.5 -5.1 31 16.6 3.5 330 6 309.1 309.7 288.8 320.1 3.50 7 700 3170 7.9 2.8 70 5.1 5.1 287 7 311.3 312.5 292.3 332.1 6.71 8 650 3778 4.4 -0.3 71 4.7 1.9 280 9 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.2 5.77 9 600 4426 1.1 -4.8 65 5.8 -1.7 275 9 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.8 4.48 10 550 5121 -2.4 -11.5 50 9.0 -6.2 268 9 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.8 2.89 11 500 5872 -7.1 -13.4 61 6.3 -9.6 268 15 324.4 324.9 292.7 333.6 2.72 12 450 6685 -12.0 -14.4 82 2.4 -12.9 259 28 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.6 2.78 13 400 7579 -16.9 -17.9 92 1.0 -17.3 251 37 333.0 333.5 294.6 341.2 2.35 14 350 8571 -22.4 -34.0 34 11.5 -24.6 244 45 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.8 0.62 15 300 9684 -31.0 -38.5 47 7.6 -32.0 240 49 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.5 0.46 16 250 10947 -41.4 -49.2 43 7.8 -41.9 241 51 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.3 0.17 17 200 12425 -52.5 -61.9 31 9.3 -52.8 250 51 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14233 -63.9 -74.4 23 10.5 -64.0 245 35 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16675 -68.5 -82.2 12 13.7 -68.6 264 13 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.89 m Freezing level: 584.67 mb = 4639.29 m = 15220.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.92 mb = 4109.38 m = 13482.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.54 mb = 2403.29 m = 7884.73 ft T: 11.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 6.49 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.80 mb = 4428.69 m = 14529.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.07 C = 113.12 F Cap Strength: 8.39 C Lifted Index: 8.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.08 C Showalter Index: 8.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.84 C Cross Totals Index: 12.80 C K Index: 21.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9201.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.27 mb = 2515.78 m = 8253.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 353.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -18.6 tot: -18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 37.27 m/s