MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 1014 67 21.5 17.3 77 4.2 18.7 76 4 293.5 295.7 291.3 328.6 12.32 1 1000 185 21.0 16.7 77 4.2 18.2 86 8 294.1 296.3 291.3 328.6 12.08 2 950 629 19.9 15.2 74 4.7 16.8 101 9 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.6 11.48 3 900 1094 17.3 12.8 74 4.6 14.4 98 6 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.6 10.34 4 850 1580 14.4 8.1 66 6.3 10.7 90 5 301.3 302.7 290.3 325.0 8.02 5 800 2090 12.6 2.4 50 10.2 7.1 158 3 304.6 305.7 289.3 321.9 5.70 6 750 2631 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 221 6 307.7 309.3 293.0 334.6 8.89 7 700 3203 7.1 6.3 95 0.7 6.6 209 10 310.3 311.9 293.5 336.8 8.61 8 650 3811 4.8 3.8 93 1.0 4.2 216 17 314.4 315.9 294.0 338.7 7.78 9 600 4461 0.8 -0.0 94 0.9 0.4 218 15 317.1 318.3 293.6 337.3 6.37 10 550 5156 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 226 22 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.2 5.47 11 500 5908 -5.8 -7.7 87 1.9 -6.7 220 28 325.9 326.8 294.4 340.2 4.29 12 450 6728 -9.7 -13.2 75 3.5 -11.1 223 28 331.0 331.7 294.7 341.6 3.07 13 400 7628 -15.1 -19.6 68 4.6 -16.6 228 32 335.4 335.8 294.9 342.6 2.02 14 350 8625 -22.0 -26.2 69 4.2 -23.1 224 33 339.1 339.4 295.3 343.9 1.29 15 300 9738 -31.2 -32.7 86 1.6 -31.4 218 35 341.4 341.6 295.4 344.5 0.81 16 250 11003 -41.4 -45.3 65 4.0 -41.7 212 37 344.5 344.6 295.7 345.6 0.27 17 200 12476 -53.4 -57.2 64 3.7 -53.5 213 41 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14270 -65.3 -71.9 40 6.6 -65.4 248 23 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16712 -67.5 -82.4 10 14.8 -67.7 170 7 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.86 m Freezing level: 589.43 mb = 4607.60 m = 15116.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.72 mb = 4531.23 m = 14866.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.34 mb = 598.39 m = 1963.20 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2090.45 m = 6858.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 5.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 13.98 C K Index: 27.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7046.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.94 mb = 1084.68 m = 3558.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.4 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 238.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -10.6 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 41.55 m/s