MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 27.8 13.4 41 14.4 18.5 45 8 299.6 301.4 291.0 327.7 9.56 1 1000 206 25.0 12.0 44 13.0 16.8 46 10 298.2 299.8 290.0 324.0 8.85 2 950 653 20.6 10.9 54 9.7 14.6 48 10 298.1 299.6 289.8 323.3 8.62 3 900 1117 16.5 8.8 60 7.7 11.9 49 8 298.5 300.0 289.3 321.8 7.93 4 850 1601 14.9 5.3 53 9.5 9.5 97 1 301.7 302.9 289.2 321.4 6.59 5 800 2113 12.1 10.4 89 1.7 11.1 242 9 304.1 305.9 292.7 333.8 9.97 6 750 2653 9.8 9.4 98 0.4 9.6 261 11 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.3 9.96 7 700 3225 7.5 6.0 91 1.5 6.6 259 12 310.8 312.4 293.5 336.7 8.42 8 650 3833 4.5 2.2 85 2.3 3.2 252 15 314.0 315.4 293.2 335.7 6.91 9 600 4482 0.7 -1.0 88 1.7 -0.2 239 15 316.9 318.1 293.3 335.8 5.92 10 550 5179 -1.2 -8.1 60 6.8 -4.4 264 17 322.6 323.4 293.1 335.1 3.78 11 500 5933 -5.5 -11.3 64 5.7 -7.9 246 20 326.3 326.9 293.6 337.2 3.23 12 450 6752 -10.3 -13.0 80 2.8 -11.4 229 21 330.3 331.0 294.6 341.0 3.12 13 400 7650 -16.1 -20.7 68 4.6 -17.6 217 23 334.0 334.4 294.4 340.6 1.84 14 350 8642 -23.2 -32.5 42 9.4 -25.0 208 33 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.71 15 300 9753 -30.4 -39.5 41 9.0 -31.7 202 45 342.5 342.6 295.3 344.1 0.41 16 250 11019 -41.5 -44.3 74 2.8 -41.8 198 51 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.6 0.30 17 200 12491 -54.0 -54.4 95 0.4 -54.0 208 49 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.12 18 150 14281 -65.5 -70.6 49 5.0 -65.5 198 27 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16729 -66.4 -82.9 8 16.5 -66.5 147 8 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.34 m Freezing level: 582.23 mb = 4729.38 m = 15516.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.16 mb = 4439.19 m = 14564.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.03 mb = 1873.33 m = 6146.03 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 6.29 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.05 mb = 3547.29 m = 11637.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.39 F Cap Strength: 8.23 C Lifted Index: 8.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.52 C Showalter Index: 10.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.39 C Cross Totals Index: 10.87 C K Index: 24.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8940.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.59 mb = 1888.10 m = 6194.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 61.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 57.22 m/s