MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 25.4 15.1 53 10.3 18.6 31 5 297.2 299.2 291.2 328.1 10.66 1 1000 201 26.0 13.7 47 12.3 18.0 35 9 299.1 300.9 291.2 328.1 9.90 2 950 650 22.1 12.3 54 9.8 15.9 52 9 299.7 301.4 291.0 327.6 9.51 3 900 1117 18.1 11.2 64 7.0 13.8 73 10 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.6 9.30 4 850 1603 14.2 10.0 76 4.2 11.7 78 10 301.1 302.7 291.2 328.0 9.14 5 800 2114 11.5 10.6 94 0.9 11.0 301 1 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.5 10.09 6 750 2653 10.3 7.3 82 2.9 8.5 266 9 307.7 309.3 292.7 333.9 8.60 7 700 3226 8.4 2.6 67 5.7 5.2 279 12 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.4 6.63 8 650 3836 5.3 -2.8 56 8.1 1.2 287 12 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.2 4.79 9 600 4486 2.1 -4.4 62 6.5 -1.2 278 11 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.3 4.59 10 550 5184 -1.7 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.9 257 14 322.1 322.9 293.4 336.3 4.33 11 500 5938 -5.7 -9.7 74 3.9 -7.5 248 18 326.1 326.8 293.9 338.4 3.67 12 450 6757 -10.9 -14.3 76 3.4 -12.2 235 18 329.5 330.1 294.1 339.2 2.82 13 400 7652 -16.4 -21.1 67 4.8 -17.9 235 21 333.7 334.1 294.3 340.0 1.77 14 350 8645 -22.3 -30.9 46 8.6 -24.2 226 27 338.7 338.8 294.7 341.8 0.83 15 300 9758 -30.9 -37.5 52 6.7 -31.8 216 33 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.9 0.51 16 250 11024 -41.3 -43.7 78 2.4 -41.5 213 39 344.7 344.7 295.7 346.0 0.32 17 200 12499 -53.7 -55.2 83 1.5 -53.7 215 44 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.2 0.11 18 150 14288 -65.2 -69.8 53 4.6 -65.3 215 28 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.02 19 100 16738 -66.7 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 118 4 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.06 m Freezing level: 572.46 mb = 4870.82 m = 15980.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.58 mb = 4160.02 m = 13648.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.77 mb = 1378.09 m = 4521.25 ft T: 16.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.82 mb = 3334.95 m = 10941.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.57 C = 105.02 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Showalter Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.97 C Cross Totals Index: 15.78 C K Index: 24.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6964.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.66 mb = 1817.35 m = 5962.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.3 neg: -20.6 tot: 19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 37.93 m/s