MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1016 67 22.7 15.0 62 7.7 17.7 33 7 294.5 296.4 290.3 325.0 10.61 1 1000 208 22.5 14.7 61 7.8 17.4 41 15 295.6 297.5 290.6 326.1 10.56 2 950 654 21.3 13.3 60 8.0 16.2 75 13 298.8 300.7 291.3 328.6 10.17 3 900 1120 17.9 12.0 68 5.9 14.2 97 12 300.0 301.8 291.4 328.9 9.84 4 850 1607 14.4 10.2 76 4.3 11.8 111 9 301.3 302.9 291.3 328.5 9.20 5 800 2118 11.8 10.3 90 1.5 10.9 272 3 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.2 9.87 6 750 2658 11.5 5.8 68 5.7 8.1 280 10 309.1 310.5 292.4 332.7 7.72 7 700 3234 9.6 1.4 57 8.2 5.1 287 11 313.1 314.3 292.3 332.1 6.05 8 650 3846 6.2 -1.9 56 8.2 2.0 276 11 316.0 317.0 292.3 332.3 5.11 9 600 4498 2.4 -3.7 64 6.1 -0.7 255 11 318.8 319.8 292.9 334.5 4.84 10 550 5196 -2.1 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.6 247 12 321.6 322.6 293.6 337.2 4.78 11 500 5948 -6.3 -10.1 75 3.7 -7.9 239 14 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.2 3.56 12 450 6764 -11.5 -17.6 61 6.1 -13.6 230 15 328.7 329.2 293.3 336.1 2.13 13 400 7657 -17.0 -23.9 55 6.9 -18.9 235 18 332.9 333.2 293.8 337.9 1.39 14 350 8649 -22.6 -28.1 61 5.5 -23.9 227 24 338.3 338.5 294.8 342.2 1.08 15 300 9762 -30.7 -34.2 71 3.5 -31.3 217 31 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.8 0.70 16 250 11029 -41.1 -44.9 66 3.8 -41.4 220 34 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.1 0.28 17 200 12503 -53.4 -57.8 59 4.4 -53.6 216 41 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14293 -65.7 -70.3 53 4.6 -65.8 225 29 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16739 -66.8 -83.4 8 16.6 -66.9 97 4 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.81 m Freezing level: 573.44 mb = 4868.60 m = 15972.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.37 mb = 4318.34 m = 14167.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.15 mb = 1052.20 m = 3452.05 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 1.11 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.38 mb = 3420.36 m = 11221.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.32 C = 108.18 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.18 C Showalter Index: 5.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.76 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 22.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7732.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.84 mb = 1489.36 m = 4886.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.2 neg: -11.7 tot: 110.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 71.13 m/s