MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 18.8 13.4 71 5.4 15.5 71 5 291.1 292.8 288.2 318.3 9.60 1 1000 160 19.6 13.0 66 6.6 15.5 78 11 292.8 294.5 288.6 319.7 9.45 2 950 602 18.5 10.1 58 8.4 13.5 76 15 296.0 297.5 288.7 319.8 8.21 3 900 1064 16.5 7.8 56 8.8 11.4 45 14 298.6 299.9 288.8 320.2 7.37 4 850 1548 13.6 6.3 61 7.3 9.4 21 15 300.3 301.6 289.1 321.2 7.04 5 800 2057 12.4 -1.0 40 13.3 5.6 15 10 304.3 305.2 288.1 318.0 4.46 6 750 2597 11.1 0.1 47 10.9 5.2 335 4 308.6 309.5 290.1 324.5 5.15 7 700 3170 7.8 3.2 72 4.6 5.2 267 4 311.1 312.4 292.4 332.4 6.88 8 650 3779 4.7 -1.9 62 6.5 1.3 254 6 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.5 5.13 9 600 4427 0.7 -3.6 73 4.3 -1.4 248 10 316.9 317.9 292.4 332.6 4.90 10 550 5121 -2.9 -6.7 75 3.8 -4.7 255 11 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.4 4.21 11 500 5871 -7.4 -14.5 57 7.0 -10.1 271 16 324.0 324.4 292.3 332.4 2.49 12 450 6684 -11.6 -25.5 31 13.9 -15.4 264 28 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.4 1.06 13 400 7581 -14.9 -41.1 9 26.2 -19.6 275 33 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.6 0.26 14 350 8575 -22.8 -46.0 10 23.2 -25.9 264 39 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.18 15 300 9686 -31.2 -48.7 16 17.6 -32.9 254 40 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.15 16 250 10949 -41.6 -45.8 63 4.3 -41.9 258 51 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.3 0.25 17 200 12426 -52.9 -55.2 76 2.3 -52.9 253 61 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.5 0.11 18 150 14234 -63.9 -74.0 24 10.2 -64.0 256 37 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -68.8 -82.8 11 14.0 -68.9 285 6 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.69 m Freezing level: 590.08 mb = 4564.65 m = 14975.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.24 mb = 4080.17 m = 13386.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.89 mb = 757.08 m = 2483.84 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.35 mb = 3648.81 m = 11971.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.42 C = 106.55 F Cap Strength: 8.53 C Lifted Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.43 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.00 C Cross Totals Index: 13.71 C K Index: 22.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9981.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.42 mb = 1494.51 m = 4903.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.0 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 349.0 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -58.6 tot: -53.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 49.91 m/s