MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 66 30.6 14.2 37 16.4 19.8 42 7 302.3 304.2 292.3 332.3 10.09 1 1000 211 27.5 13.0 41 14.5 18.1 42 9 300.6 302.4 291.3 328.5 9.44 2 950 662 22.9 12.1 50 10.8 16.0 42 9 300.4 302.2 291.2 328.0 9.36 3 900 1129 18.4 11.2 63 7.2 13.9 41 9 300.5 302.2 291.2 328.0 9.32 4 850 1616 13.9 10.3 79 3.6 11.7 40 8 300.7 302.4 291.2 328.1 9.28 5 800 2126 12.5 7.2 70 5.3 9.3 1 3 304.5 306.0 291.3 328.5 8.00 6 750 2667 10.9 6.7 75 4.2 8.4 287 3 308.4 310.0 292.7 333.6 8.25 7 700 3241 8.5 3.8 72 4.7 5.8 287 3 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.3 7.22 8 650 3850 4.9 0.6 74 4.3 2.5 279 4 314.5 315.7 292.7 333.8 6.15 9 600 4499 0.8 -3.0 76 3.8 -1.1 247 7 317.1 318.0 292.6 333.4 5.12 10 550 5194 -2.7 -7.4 70 4.6 -4.9 234 10 320.8 321.6 292.7 333.9 4.00 11 500 5945 -6.8 -10.0 78 3.2 -8.2 224 12 324.8 325.5 293.5 336.7 3.58 12 450 6761 -11.4 -14.5 78 3.1 -12.6 214 11 328.9 329.5 293.9 338.4 2.77 13 400 7656 -16.3 -18.0 87 1.7 -16.9 215 18 333.8 334.2 294.8 341.9 2.32 14 350 8648 -22.9 -26.3 74 3.3 -23.8 211 18 337.8 338.1 294.9 342.5 1.28 15 300 9760 -30.8 -33.8 75 3.0 -31.3 207 30 342.0 342.2 295.5 344.8 0.73 16 250 11025 -41.3 -41.6 97 0.3 -41.3 207 37 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.40 17 200 12498 -54.1 -54.5 95 0.4 -54.1 211 37 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14286 -67.2 -68.5 83 1.3 -67.2 191 14 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.03 19 100 16730 -66.1 -83.6 7 17.5 -66.2 146 7 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.29 m Freezing level: 588.57 mb = 4657.99 m = 15281.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.05 mb = 4298.37 m = 14102.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.30 mb = 2112.06 m = 6929.26 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.62 mb = 3447.67 m = 11311.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.11 C = 105.99 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.75 C Showalter Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: 26.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6411.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.59 mb = 2035.97 m = 6679.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.9 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 319.9 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 21.35 m/s