MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 21.3 17.6 80 3.7 18.8 42 8 293.0 295.3 291.3 328.7 12.57 1 1000 215 19.6 17.1 86 2.5 17.9 46 12 292.7 294.9 291.1 327.8 12.36 2 950 657 19.3 14.0 71 5.3 15.9 57 14 296.8 298.7 291.0 327.5 10.63 3 900 1121 17.1 12.3 73 4.9 14.1 50 10 299.2 301.0 291.3 328.5 10.01 4 850 1608 14.5 10.2 75 4.3 11.9 39 7 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.7 9.26 5 800 2119 12.5 8.8 79 3.6 10.3 344 4 304.4 306.1 292.0 331.2 8.95 6 750 2660 11.3 6.1 71 5.1 8.2 297 8 308.8 310.3 292.5 333.0 7.92 7 700 3234 8.4 4.2 75 4.2 5.9 286 9 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.7 7.41 8 650 3844 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 2.9 277 9 314.4 315.6 293.0 335.0 6.57 9 600 4493 1.3 -2.8 74 4.1 -0.8 248 10 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.3 5.19 10 550 5189 -2.8 -6.4 76 3.6 -4.5 225 11 320.8 321.6 293.0 334.9 4.31 11 500 5939 -6.7 -10.1 77 3.4 -8.2 219 13 324.9 325.6 293.5 336.7 3.56 12 450 6756 -11.0 -15.7 68 4.7 -12.8 218 15 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.0 2.50 13 400 7652 -16.4 -19.9 74 3.5 -17.5 212 18 333.7 334.1 294.5 340.6 1.97 14 350 8644 -22.8 -25.5 79 2.7 -23.5 220 19 338.0 338.3 295.0 343.0 1.37 15 300 9756 -31.1 -34.6 71 3.5 -31.7 231 23 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.1 0.68 16 250 11020 -41.3 -48.1 47 6.9 -41.8 220 30 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.5 0.20 17 200 12494 -53.9 -57.0 69 3.1 -54.0 212 35 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.09 18 150 14279 -67.4 -67.8 95 0.4 -67.4 262 15 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.03 19 100 16718 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.3 102 7 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.52 m Freezing level: 583.76 mb = 4719.20 m = 15482.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.67 mb = 4350.06 m = 14271.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.87 mb = 532.35 m = 1746.52 ft T: 19.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 1.21 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2521.48 m = 8272.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.03 C = 96.86 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.84 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.24 C Cross Totals Index: 16.96 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6697.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.88 mb = 1037.08 m = 3402.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -6.6 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 49.21 m/s