MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1016 67 21.4 15.9 71 5.5 17.8 33 5 293.3 295.3 290.4 325.4 11.27 1 1000 200 20.4 15.1 72 5.3 17.0 40 9 293.6 295.5 290.2 324.6 10.88 2 950 643 19.2 12.8 67 6.4 15.2 49 7 296.7 298.5 290.3 325.2 9.85 3 900 1107 17.0 11.7 71 5.2 13.7 38 5 299.0 300.8 290.9 327.3 9.67 4 850 1592 13.9 8.6 70 5.3 10.7 40 3 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.2 8.27 5 800 2101 11.1 5.2 67 6.0 7.8 169 2 303.0 304.3 289.9 323.8 6.93 6 750 2639 9.2 8.2 93 1.1 8.6 200 8 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.2 9.12 7 700 3210 6.7 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 216 13 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.6 8.70 8 650 3818 4.5 3.1 91 1.4 3.7 214 17 314.0 315.5 293.6 337.2 7.39 9 600 4466 0.2 -0.4 96 0.6 -0.1 222 13 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.1 6.22 10 550 5160 -3.3 -3.6 98 0.3 -3.4 226 19 320.2 321.2 293.7 337.5 5.34 11 500 5913 -5.0 -7.9 80 2.9 -6.4 229 22 326.9 327.7 294.6 341.0 4.23 12 450 6736 -9.4 -14.0 69 4.7 -11.2 231 28 331.5 332.1 294.7 341.4 2.87 13 400 7636 -15.4 -19.2 73 3.8 -16.7 234 27 335.0 335.4 294.9 342.4 2.10 14 350 8630 -22.5 -25.9 74 3.4 -23.4 217 32 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.3 1.33 15 300 9742 -31.3 -34.4 74 3.1 -31.8 201 36 341.2 341.4 295.3 343.9 0.69 16 250 11005 -41.5 -45.4 66 3.9 -41.8 204 43 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.4 0.26 17 200 12478 -53.6 -57.4 63 3.9 -53.7 205 43 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14272 -66.1 -70.8 51 4.7 -66.1 233 16 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16713 -67.6 -82.5 10 14.8 -67.8 173 3 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.06 m Freezing level: 597.25 mb = 4503.96 m = 14776.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.28 mb = 4448.59 m = 14594.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.55 mb = 765.24 m = 2510.62 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.35 C/km ThetaE index: 3.48 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2257.27 m = 7405.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.06 F Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lifted Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: 8.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.95 C Cross Totals Index: 13.62 C K Index: 27.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7947.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.10 mb = 1248.49 m = 4096.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 50.30 m/s