MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1011 67 21.3 13.5 61 7.8 16.4 90 7 293.5 295.2 289.1 321.1 9.66 1 1000 161 21.7 13.2 58 8.5 16.3 91 15 294.8 296.5 289.5 322.3 9.56 2 950 605 19.8 11.3 58 8.5 14.5 94 19 297.3 298.9 289.7 323.1 8.86 3 900 1069 16.7 8.8 60 7.8 12.0 79 13 298.7 300.1 289.3 322.0 7.94 4 850 1553 13.0 7.1 67 5.9 9.6 45 10 299.8 301.1 289.3 321.7 7.44 5 800 2061 12.0 0.2 44 11.8 5.9 8 8 303.9 304.8 288.3 318.7 4.84 6 750 2602 11.7 3.0 55 8.6 6.8 351 6 309.2 310.4 291.4 328.8 6.35 7 700 3176 8.4 3.2 70 5.2 5.5 338 5 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.2 6.91 8 650 3786 5.2 -2.5 57 7.7 1.3 311 6 314.9 315.8 291.9 330.5 4.91 9 600 4435 1.5 -6.5 55 8.0 -2.3 283 7 317.8 318.6 291.9 330.5 3.91 10 550 5130 -3.2 -7.2 74 4.1 -5.0 249 13 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.5 4.05 11 500 5879 -7.8 -8.5 95 0.7 -8.1 263 15 323.5 324.3 293.5 336.8 4.04 12 450 6691 -12.5 -14.8 83 2.4 -13.3 263 29 327.5 328.1 293.5 336.7 2.69 13 400 7584 -16.6 -29.5 32 13.0 -19.6 257 40 333.5 333.6 293.4 336.5 0.83 14 350 8577 -22.4 -45.9 10 23.5 -25.5 253 43 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 15 300 9688 -31.3 -49.1 16 17.9 -33.0 257 45 341.3 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.15 16 250 10953 -40.9 -50.0 37 9.1 -41.5 252 56 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.9 0.16 17 200 12433 -52.4 -60.3 38 7.9 -52.7 257 62 349.7 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.06 18 150 14246 -63.3 -75.1 19 11.8 -63.4 254 37 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.4 -69.3 305 11 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.53 m Freezing level: 584.06 mb = 4656.91 m = 15278.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.69 mb = 4017.55 m = 13180.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.54 mb = 1054.23 m = 3458.72 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.41 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.87 mb = 3612.04 m = 11850.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.85 C = 107.33 F Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lifted Index: 7.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.91 C Showalter Index: 7.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.82 C Cross Totals Index: 14.89 C K Index: 22.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8815.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.93 mb = 1573.20 m = 5161.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.6 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 6.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -32.9 tot: -32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 63.41 m/s