MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 1010 67 24.2 12.9 49 11.3 17.0 96 6 296.5 298.2 289.8 323.5 9.30 1 1000 150 25.8 11.1 40 14.7 16.6 96 11 299.0 300.5 289.8 323.3 8.31 2 950 599 22.4 8.7 41 13.7 14.1 85 14 299.9 301.3 289.3 321.9 7.44 3 900 1065 18.1 7.7 50 10.4 11.9 72 13 300.2 301.5 289.3 321.8 7.32 4 850 1551 14.0 6.3 60 7.7 9.6 46 14 300.8 302.1 289.3 321.8 7.07 5 800 2059 10.8 2.3 56 8.5 6.3 37 11 302.7 303.8 288.6 319.8 5.66 6 750 2598 11.4 0.1 46 11.2 5.4 332 6 308.9 309.9 290.2 324.9 5.16 7 700 3172 8.1 3.7 73 4.4 5.6 302 9 311.5 312.8 292.7 333.5 7.13 8 650 3781 4.9 -0.5 68 5.4 2.0 292 11 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.4 5.67 9 600 4430 1.3 -6.5 56 7.8 -2.3 277 10 317.7 318.4 291.8 330.4 3.93 10 550 5126 -2.6 -10.8 53 8.2 -6.1 250 9 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.1 3.04 11 500 5875 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.1 -8.6 247 14 323.7 324.4 293.2 335.7 3.62 12 450 6688 -12.1 -13.6 89 1.5 -12.7 267 28 328.0 328.6 293.9 338.1 2.98 13 400 7581 -16.9 -22.8 60 5.9 -18.6 257 38 333.0 333.3 293.9 338.4 1.53 14 350 8573 -22.5 -37.8 24 15.3 -25.1 246 46 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.1 0.42 15 300 9685 -31.2 -44.5 26 13.2 -32.7 246 50 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.3 0.24 16 250 10949 -41.2 -52.5 28 11.3 -41.9 247 55 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.12 17 200 12427 -52.4 -61.6 32 9.2 -52.7 250 55 349.8 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.05 18 150 14238 -63.5 -74.4 21 10.9 -63.6 252 40 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16685 -68.0 -82.5 11 14.5 -68.1 283 12 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.06 m Freezing level: 582.89 mb = 4668.18 m = 15315.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.80 mb = 4075.76 m = 13371.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.17 mb = 1499.52 m = 4919.61 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.06 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.56 mb = 4078.83 m = 13381.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.67 C = 110.61 F Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lifted Index: 7.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.68 C Showalter Index: 7.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 14.03 C K Index: 23.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8888.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.00 mb = 2196.20 m = 7205.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.0 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 355.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -54.8 tot: -52.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 54.03 m/s