MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 66 29.7 10.1 30 19.6 17.5 85 7 301.9 303.4 290.2 324.9 7.71 1 1000 162 28.0 8.5 29 19.5 16.2 85 9 301.1 302.4 289.3 321.9 6.96 2 950 612 23.5 7.5 36 16.0 14.0 82 9 301.0 302.3 289.2 321.4 6.85 3 900 1080 19.0 6.6 44 12.4 11.8 80 9 301.1 302.3 289.2 321.4 6.82 4 850 1567 14.3 5.7 56 8.7 9.4 78 8 301.2 302.4 289.2 321.3 6.75 5 800 2075 12.0 -2.6 36 14.6 4.8 76 6 304.0 304.7 287.5 316.1 3.94 6 750 2616 11.8 1.7 50 10.1 6.2 100 1 309.4 310.4 290.9 327.1 5.76 7 700 3190 8.4 2.3 65 6.2 5.0 178 1 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.9 6.45 8 650 3800 4.9 0.9 75 4.0 2.7 209 3 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.4 6.31 9 600 4449 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.7 250 6 317.1 318.2 292.9 334.6 5.46 10 550 5144 -2.3 -9.8 56 7.5 -5.6 252 9 321.4 322.0 292.3 332.2 3.29 11 500 5896 -6.1 -15.2 48 9.2 -9.5 257 14 325.7 326.1 292.7 333.6 2.34 12 450 6714 -10.7 -15.5 68 4.8 -12.5 235 19 329.8 330.4 294.0 338.6 2.55 13 400 7612 -15.5 -15.8 98 0.3 -15.6 234 31 334.8 335.4 295.4 344.6 2.79 14 350 8608 -22.3 -22.9 95 0.6 -22.5 232 37 338.7 339.1 295.5 345.0 1.74 15 300 9722 -30.3 -33.7 72 3.4 -30.9 237 39 342.7 342.9 295.6 345.6 0.74 16 250 10991 -40.8 -45.8 59 5.0 -41.2 238 43 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.4 0.25 17 200 12466 -53.4 -56.3 71 2.9 -53.5 248 39 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.09 18 150 14262 -64.7 -71.8 37 7.1 -64.8 230 27 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16707 -69.1 -82.8 12 13.7 -69.2 254 2 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.44 m Freezing level: 586.07 mb = 4642.55 m = 15231.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4313.95 m = 14153.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.40 mb = 2511.72 m = 8240.47 ft T: 11.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.12 mb = 4406.57 m = 14457.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.81 C = 112.65 F Cap Strength: 8.17 C Lifted Index: 9.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.30 C Showalter Index: 9.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.40 C Cross Totals Index: 11.73 C K Index: 19.89 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9725.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.50 mb = 2610.57 m = 8564.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.9 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 219.9 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -8.2 tot: -6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 19.72 m/s