MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 67 25.4 12.6 45 12.9 17.3 107 4 297.6 299.2 290.0 324.0 9.08 1 1000 170 27.0 10.8 36 16.2 16.9 106 8 300.2 301.7 290.0 324.2 8.14 2 950 620 23.2 9.0 40 14.2 14.6 102 7 300.8 302.1 289.8 323.3 7.61 3 900 1088 18.9 7.8 48 11.1 12.3 87 6 301.0 302.4 289.6 323.0 7.40 4 850 1575 14.8 5.7 54 9.1 9.6 59 7 301.7 302.9 289.3 321.9 6.78 5 800 2085 11.6 0.1 45 11.5 5.6 61 7 303.5 304.4 288.1 318.2 4.82 6 750 2623 10.9 -1.1 43 11.9 4.7 178 3 308.4 309.3 289.7 323.0 4.72 7 700 3196 8.0 2.6 69 5.4 4.9 185 4 311.3 312.6 292.2 331.8 6.61 8 650 3805 4.9 1.3 78 3.6 2.9 176 5 314.5 315.7 293.0 334.8 6.49 9 600 4454 0.4 -2.1 83 2.6 -0.9 176 5 316.6 317.7 292.8 334.0 5.46 10 550 5149 -2.6 -6.0 77 3.4 -4.3 209 6 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.5 4.43 11 500 5901 -5.9 -8.1 84 2.2 -7.0 203 16 325.8 326.6 294.2 339.7 4.15 12 450 6721 -10.0 -10.7 95 0.7 -10.3 215 26 330.6 331.4 295.1 343.5 3.77 13 400 7621 -15.3 -15.5 98 0.2 -15.4 223 31 335.0 335.6 295.5 345.0 2.85 14 350 8617 -22.1 -22.1 100 0.0 -22.1 217 31 339.0 339.4 295.7 345.7 1.86 15 300 9731 -30.2 -36.3 55 6.1 -31.2 239 36 342.8 343.0 295.5 345.1 0.57 16 250 11000 -40.7 -47.0 50 6.4 -41.2 232 40 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.5 0.22 17 200 12477 -53.4 -58.0 57 4.6 -53.5 240 36 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.08 18 150 14271 -64.5 -72.2 34 7.6 -64.6 222 23 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16714 -69.0 -82.8 12 13.7 -69.1 142 4 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.89 m Freezing level: 592.99 mb = 4551.45 m = 14932.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.05 mb = 4292.92 m = 14084.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.81 mb = 1696.83 m = 5566.95 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 6.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.96 mb = 3995.01 m = 13106.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.02 C = 109.43 F Cap Strength: 6.92 C Lifted Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.08 C Showalter Index: 9.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.75 C Cross Totals Index: 11.64 C K Index: 21.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8413.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.28 mb = 2314.70 m = 7594.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.6 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 187.6 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -13.8 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 5.12 m/s