MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 22.0 17.2 74 4.8 18.8 94 6 294.1 296.3 291.5 329.1 12.27 1 1000 179 21.8 17.2 76 4.5 18.7 105 12 294.9 297.2 291.9 330.7 12.47 2 950 624 20.0 16.5 80 3.5 17.7 134 14 297.5 299.7 292.7 333.8 12.54 3 900 1089 17.6 12.3 71 5.3 14.3 123 8 299.6 301.5 291.5 329.1 10.06 4 850 1575 14.3 8.3 67 6.0 10.7 104 3 301.1 302.6 290.3 325.1 8.11 5 800 2086 13.1 -0.7 38 13.8 6.0 162 4 305.1 305.9 288.4 319.0 4.53 6 750 2627 11.3 5.5 67 5.9 7.9 202 9 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.0 7.55 7 700 3201 8.4 5.1 79 3.4 6.5 192 12 311.8 313.3 293.4 336.2 7.89 8 650 3811 5.0 3.1 88 1.9 3.9 196 12 314.7 316.1 293.8 337.9 7.41 9 600 4461 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.6 213 15 317.1 318.3 293.8 338.0 6.60 10 550 5157 -3.0 -3.0 99 0.1 -3.0 210 15 320.6 321.7 294.0 338.6 5.57 11 500 5909 -5.6 -7.2 88 1.7 -6.4 216 23 326.2 327.1 294.6 341.0 4.45 12 450 6730 -9.9 -12.4 82 2.5 -10.9 217 28 330.8 331.5 294.8 342.1 3.29 13 400 7629 -15.5 -18.2 80 2.7 -16.4 231 29 334.9 335.4 295.0 343.0 2.29 14 350 8624 -22.1 -26.5 67 4.4 -23.2 227 33 339.0 339.3 295.2 343.6 1.26 15 300 9739 -30.6 -34.1 71 3.5 -31.2 218 37 342.3 342.4 295.5 345.0 0.71 16 250 11005 -41.0 -49.6 39 8.6 -41.6 224 38 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.17 17 200 12481 -53.6 -57.9 60 4.2 -53.8 219 37 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.2 0.08 18 150 14274 -65.5 -71.6 42 6.1 -65.5 218 27 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16720 -67.6 -82.5 10 14.9 -67.7 160 7 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.43 m Freezing level: 589.07 mb = 4613.17 m = 15134.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.60 mb = 4573.81 m = 15005.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.84 mb = 679.71 m = 2229.98 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1573.46 m = 5162.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 8.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.88 C Cross Totals Index: 13.88 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6002.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.47 mb = 1036.81 m = 3401.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.4 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 221.4 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.5 neg: -31.9 tot: 24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 27.64 m/s