MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1012 66 29.0 10.0 31 19.0 17.2 63 9 301.2 302.5 289.9 323.8 7.61 1 1000 167 26.3 8.3 32 18.0 15.5 62 12 299.5 300.7 288.7 319.8 6.88 2 950 615 21.7 7.2 39 14.5 13.2 60 13 299.2 300.4 288.4 319.0 6.70 3 900 1080 17.3 6.0 47 11.3 10.9 59 12 299.3 300.5 288.3 318.7 6.54 4 850 1564 13.0 4.4 56 8.5 8.2 59 11 299.7 300.9 288.1 318.1 6.18 5 800 2074 14.6 -10.8 16 25.3 3.7 56 5 306.7 307.1 286.5 313.3 2.10 6 750 2617 11.9 3.5 57 8.3 7.2 357 4 309.5 310.7 291.6 329.8 6.59 7 700 3191 8.6 2.1 64 6.5 4.9 299 3 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.8 6.36 8 650 3801 5.0 0.7 73 4.4 2.7 255 4 314.6 315.8 292.8 334.1 6.19 9 600 4450 0.9 -2.4 79 3.2 -0.8 252 11 317.1 318.2 292.9 334.3 5.37 10 550 5145 -2.6 -10.6 54 8.0 -6.0 251 15 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.3 3.10 11 500 5896 -6.2 -21.4 29 15.1 -11.1 254 20 325.4 325.7 291.8 330.3 1.39 12 450 6713 -10.1 -33.2 13 23.1 -15.4 246 23 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.52 13 400 7611 -15.8 -22.7 55 6.9 -17.9 233 23 334.5 334.8 294.3 340.0 1.54 14 350 8605 -22.4 -23.9 88 1.4 -22.8 232 30 338.5 338.9 295.3 344.3 1.59 15 300 9718 -30.8 -34.2 72 3.4 -31.3 239 39 342.0 342.1 295.4 344.7 0.71 16 250 10984 -41.2 -43.3 80 2.1 -41.4 245 41 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.2 0.33 17 200 12457 -53.6 -55.3 81 1.7 -53.7 250 41 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.3 0.11 18 150 14254 -64.3 -72.1 34 7.8 -64.4 231 28 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.02 19 100 16700 -68.5 -82.9 11 14.4 -68.6 244 5 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.51 m Freezing level: 587.34 mb = 4625.83 m = 15176.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.58 mb = 4294.80 m = 14090.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.86 mb = 2440.65 m = 8007.28 ft T: 12.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.41 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.85 mb = 4478.47 m = 14692.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.19 C = 113.34 F Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lifted Index: 10.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.38 C Showalter Index: 11.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.21 C Cross Totals Index: 10.67 C K Index: 17.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10045.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.42 mb = 2445.40 m = 8022.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 319.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -10.3 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 51.28 m/s