MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1017 67 22.5 15.5 64 7.0 17.9 33 8 294.3 296.2 290.5 325.6 10.94 1 1000 212 20.9 14.7 67 6.3 16.9 34 12 294.1 296.0 290.0 324.3 10.56 2 950 654 18.4 11.1 62 7.3 14.0 39 13 295.9 297.5 289.1 321.3 8.77 3 900 1116 16.9 6.9 52 9.9 11.1 32 10 298.9 300.2 288.5 319.4 6.96 4 850 1601 14.0 6.3 59 7.8 9.6 51 5 300.9 302.2 289.3 321.8 7.05 5 800 2110 11.3 7.8 79 3.5 9.2 193 6 303.2 304.8 291.2 328.1 8.34 6 750 2649 9.6 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 234 14 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.7 9.81 7 700 3221 7.2 6.7 96 0.6 6.9 240 14 310.5 312.2 293.7 337.5 8.81 8 650 3829 4.3 2.5 88 1.9 3.3 230 13 313.9 315.2 293.3 335.9 7.05 9 600 4477 0.4 -0.4 94 0.8 -0.0 239 15 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.2 6.19 10 550 5172 -2.7 -5.0 84 2.3 -3.8 242 18 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.4 4.78 11 500 5927 -4.9 -9.8 69 4.8 -7.1 249 17 327.0 327.8 294.1 339.3 3.64 12 450 6749 -9.6 -14.3 68 4.7 -11.4 232 24 331.2 331.8 294.6 340.9 2.81 13 400 7648 -15.9 -19.2 76 3.2 -17.0 222 23 334.3 334.7 294.7 341.7 2.10 14 350 8641 -22.7 -28.8 57 6.1 -24.1 212 31 338.2 338.4 294.8 342.0 1.02 15 300 9752 -31.5 -35.7 66 4.2 -32.1 200 41 341.0 341.1 295.1 343.3 0.61 16 250 11016 -41.3 -42.1 92 0.7 -41.4 200 51 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.1 0.38 17 200 12490 -53.5 -57.4 62 3.9 -53.6 206 47 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14282 -65.9 -70.7 51 4.8 -66.0 211 19 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16723 -67.5 -82.4 10 14.9 -67.7 131 8 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.55 m Freezing level: 593.72 mb = 4564.37 m = 14974.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.58 mb = 4469.31 m = 14662.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.78 mb = 958.18 m = 3143.61 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.19 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.59 mb = 3120.07 m = 10236.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.22 C = 100.80 F Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lifted Index: 10.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.81 C Showalter Index: 10.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.98 C Cross Totals Index: 11.22 C K Index: 24.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8623.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.62 mb = 1417.24 m = 4649.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.5 neg: -8.5 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 73.94 m/s