MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 19.9 17.6 86 2.3 18.4 41 6 291.7 293.9 290.9 327.1 12.51 1 1000 207 20.3 17.3 83 3.0 18.3 53 13 293.4 295.7 291.5 329.1 12.53 2 950 651 19.6 15.9 79 3.7 17.1 69 12 297.1 299.2 292.2 331.9 12.05 3 900 1115 16.8 14.4 85 2.5 15.3 68 7 298.9 301.0 292.4 332.4 11.51 4 850 1601 14.3 11.0 81 3.2 12.2 29 4 301.1 302.9 291.7 329.9 9.76 5 800 2112 11.8 9.6 87 2.2 10.4 359 3 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.8 9.43 6 750 2651 10.3 6.3 76 4.0 7.9 281 6 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.2 8.02 7 700 3224 8.2 2.5 67 5.7 5.0 266 8 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.0 6.56 8 650 3834 4.8 1.5 80 3.2 3.0 259 9 314.4 315.6 293.1 335.1 6.60 9 600 4484 2.1 -2.4 73 4.4 -0.2 262 10 318.5 319.5 293.3 335.7 5.37 10 550 5182 -1.3 -8.8 57 7.5 -4.7 242 11 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.3 3.57 11 500 5936 -5.8 -12.6 58 6.8 -8.6 226 15 326.0 326.5 293.3 335.7 2.89 12 450 6754 -10.9 -15.3 70 4.4 -12.5 216 15 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.5 2.59 13 400 7649 -16.7 -21.5 66 4.8 -18.1 222 17 333.3 333.6 294.1 339.4 1.72 14 350 8640 -23.0 -26.6 72 3.6 -23.9 224 23 337.7 338.0 294.8 342.3 1.24 15 300 9752 -31.1 -34.1 75 2.9 -31.6 229 26 341.5 341.6 295.3 344.2 0.71 16 250 11017 -41.2 -48.0 47 6.9 -41.7 230 30 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.6 0.20 17 200 12490 -53.9 -58.5 57 4.6 -54.1 224 32 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14278 -66.1 -69.8 60 3.7 -66.2 251 22 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16719 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.7 134 4 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.84 m Freezing level: 569.55 mb = 4909.07 m = 16105.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.33 mb = 4438.71 m = 14562.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.34 mb = 361.15 m = 1184.87 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.57 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1573.82 m = 5163.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Showalter Index: 5.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.83 C K Index: 25.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6568.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.86 mb = 918.35 m = 3012.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.3 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 294.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 52.39 m/s