MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1015 67 28.8 13.5 39 15.4 18.8 40 6 300.7 302.5 291.5 329.0 9.60 1 1000 198 26.6 12.2 41 14.4 17.4 43 8 299.7 301.4 290.6 326.1 8.96 2 950 647 22.2 11.3 50 10.8 15.4 50 8 299.7 301.3 290.5 325.8 8.89 3 900 1113 17.7 10.4 62 7.3 13.3 58 7 299.8 301.4 290.5 325.8 8.86 4 850 1598 14.0 8.0 67 6.0 10.4 66 5 300.8 302.2 290.0 324.3 7.94 5 800 2109 11.8 11.0 95 0.8 11.3 277 4 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.7 10.38 6 750 2649 10.3 9.0 91 1.4 9.5 252 8 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.0 9.63 7 700 3222 8.0 4.8 80 3.2 6.2 268 11 311.4 312.8 293.2 335.3 7.75 8 650 3832 5.1 -0.3 68 5.4 2.2 278 14 314.7 315.8 292.5 333.0 5.78 9 600 4481 1.8 -5.2 60 7.0 -1.6 283 16 318.2 319.1 292.3 332.2 4.34 10 550 5179 -1.6 -8.7 58 7.1 -4.8 272 14 322.2 322.9 292.8 334.1 3.60 11 500 5932 -6.0 -9.5 76 3.5 -7.5 247 18 325.8 326.5 293.9 338.2 3.72 12 450 6751 -10.5 -14.1 75 3.6 -11.9 230 22 330.0 330.6 294.3 339.9 2.86 13 400 7648 -16.5 -20.1 74 3.6 -17.6 221 23 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.5 1.94 14 350 8640 -22.4 -30.1 49 7.7 -24.1 224 31 338.6 338.8 294.8 342.0 0.90 15 300 9753 -30.8 -37.6 52 6.7 -31.8 213 38 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.9 0.50 16 250 11019 -41.2 -45.6 62 4.4 -41.6 212 43 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.26 17 200 12493 -53.8 -55.0 86 1.2 -53.8 208 44 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.11 18 150 14282 -65.1 -69.8 52 4.7 -65.1 208 25 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16733 -66.7 -83.0 8 16.3 -66.8 152 6 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.98 m Freezing level: 573.32 mb = 4853.94 m = 15924.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.67 mb = 4206.56 m = 13800.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.97 mb = 1994.38 m = 6543.15 ft T: 12.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.34 mb = 3590.71 m = 11780.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.58 C = 106.84 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: 7.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.12 C Showalter Index: 8.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.96 C Cross Totals Index: 13.98 C K Index: 24.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7404.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.48 mb = 2009.92 m = 6594.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.6 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 307.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: -7.3 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 38.31 m/s