MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1017 67 20.6 17.4 82 3.3 18.5 45 5 292.4 294.6 291.0 327.5 12.37 1 1000 209 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 69 12 294.1 296.4 291.9 330.5 12.74 2 950 653 19.7 17.0 84 2.8 17.9 104 12 297.2 299.5 292.9 334.5 12.90 3 900 1118 17.1 14.2 83 2.9 15.3 113 8 299.1 301.2 292.4 332.4 11.40 4 850 1604 14.0 10.9 82 3.1 12.1 139 2 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.4 9.71 5 800 2115 11.7 10.0 90 1.6 10.6 329 3 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.5 9.70 6 750 2654 10.4 6.4 76 4.0 8.0 300 5 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.4 8.06 7 700 3228 8.9 1.4 59 7.5 4.8 285 5 312.4 313.5 292.1 331.4 6.07 8 650 3839 5.4 0.0 68 5.3 2.5 259 6 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.7 5.92 9 600 4489 1.7 -1.8 77 3.5 -0.2 238 12 318.1 319.2 293.3 336.0 5.59 10 550 5186 -2.3 -5.9 76 3.6 -4.0 249 15 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.1 4.49 11 500 5938 -6.1 -13.8 54 7.7 -9.1 238 14 325.6 326.2 292.9 334.6 2.64 12 450 6756 -10.9 -18.6 53 7.8 -13.5 226 15 329.6 330.0 293.4 336.4 1.95 13 400 7651 -16.6 -20.0 75 3.4 -17.7 231 18 333.4 333.8 294.4 340.3 1.95 14 350 8643 -22.6 -28.6 58 6.0 -24.0 229 24 338.3 338.5 294.8 342.1 1.03 15 300 9756 -30.8 -38.4 47 7.6 -31.9 218 30 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.7 0.46 16 250 11021 -41.4 -43.4 80 2.1 -41.5 227 33 344.6 344.6 295.7 345.9 0.33 17 200 12496 -53.4 -55.9 74 2.5 -53.5 223 32 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.10 18 150 14282 -67.1 -69.1 76 2.0 -67.1 231 24 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16733 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.1 -66.5 127 5 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.28 m Freezing level: 578.52 mb = 4788.30 m = 15709.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.96 mb = 4448.88 m = 14595.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.14 mb = 480.42 m = 1576.18 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.09 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1409.17 m = 4623.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.09 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 23.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5784.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.38 mb = 897.69 m = 2945.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.9 neg: -16.0 tot: 32.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 50.06 m/s