MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1013 67 23.6 12.6 50 11.0 16.7 96 5 295.7 297.3 289.3 322.0 9.10 1 1000 180 24.9 12.3 45 12.6 17.0 105 8 298.1 299.7 290.1 324.5 9.04 2 950 629 22.5 11.0 48 11.5 15.3 113 10 300.1 301.6 290.5 325.7 8.70 3 900 1096 18.6 9.4 55 9.2 13.0 122 8 300.6 302.2 290.3 325.0 8.25 4 850 1583 14.4 7.5 63 6.9 10.3 129 5 301.3 302.7 290.0 324.0 7.67 5 800 2092 11.1 1.7 52 9.4 6.1 80 5 303.0 304.0 288.5 319.4 5.41 6 750 2631 11.1 3.0 57 8.1 6.6 203 3 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.1 6.34 7 700 3205 8.8 3.4 69 5.4 5.7 184 7 312.2 313.5 292.7 333.9 6.98 8 650 3816 5.4 1.2 74 4.2 3.1 170 10 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.3 6.43 9 600 4465 0.8 -0.8 88 1.7 -0.0 167 13 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.2 6.01 10 550 5161 -2.6 -3.5 94 0.9 -3.1 190 19 321.0 322.0 293.9 338.4 5.38 11 500 5913 -6.0 -6.6 95 0.6 -6.3 220 19 325.8 326.7 294.6 341.2 4.66 12 450 6733 -10.2 -10.7 96 0.6 -10.4 217 23 330.5 331.2 295.1 343.2 3.75 13 400 7631 -15.8 -16.1 98 0.3 -15.9 221 27 334.4 335.0 295.3 344.0 2.72 14 350 8626 -22.4 -24.8 81 2.4 -23.0 226 29 338.6 338.9 295.3 343.9 1.47 15 300 9740 -30.3 -36.5 55 6.2 -31.2 228 35 342.7 342.8 295.5 344.9 0.56 16 250 11010 -40.6 -48.3 43 7.7 -41.2 230 37 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.5 0.19 17 200 12486 -53.7 -56.3 73 2.6 -53.8 232 36 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.09 18 150 14278 -65.1 -71.9 38 6.8 -65.2 209 25 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.02 19 100 16721 -68.5 -82.7 11 14.2 -68.6 128 8 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.52 m Freezing level: 587.85 mb = 4634.26 m = 15204.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.63 mb = 4456.86 m = 14622.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.52 mb = 1468.39 m = 4817.51 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.93 mb = 3778.51 m = 12396.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.90 C = 109.21 F Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lifted Index: 7.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.37 C Showalter Index: 8.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.41 C Cross Totals Index: 13.48 C K Index: 22.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8550.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.78 mb = 1969.46 m = 6461.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.2 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 202.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -15.2 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 13.15 m/s