MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1015 67 31.6 13.9 34 17.7 19.9 60 7 303.5 305.4 292.5 333.0 9.90 1 1000 196 29.4 12.7 36 16.7 18.6 58 9 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.1 9.27 2 950 650 24.9 11.8 44 13.1 16.5 56 9 302.4 304.1 291.6 329.8 9.19 3 900 1120 20.3 11.0 55 9.4 14.4 53 9 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.8 9.18 4 850 1610 15.7 10.1 70 5.5 12.3 50 9 302.6 304.3 291.7 329.9 9.20 5 800 2121 10.9 9.0 88 1.9 9.8 45 8 302.8 304.5 291.6 329.8 9.06 6 750 2659 10.6 6.6 77 3.9 8.2 332 5 308.1 309.6 292.6 333.1 8.20 7 700 3233 8.4 3.8 73 4.6 5.8 295 4 311.8 313.2 292.9 334.2 7.21 8 650 3843 5.3 0.3 70 5.0 2.5 267 3 314.9 316.1 292.7 333.9 6.01 9 600 4493 1.5 -2.7 73 4.2 -0.7 255 7 317.8 318.9 292.9 334.6 5.22 10 550 5190 -2.2 -6.7 71 4.5 -4.3 240 10 321.5 322.3 293.1 335.2 4.21 11 500 5941 -6.5 -10.0 76 3.6 -8.0 220 11 325.1 325.8 293.6 337.1 3.56 12 450 6759 -10.7 -13.8 78 3.1 -11.9 214 11 329.8 330.3 294.3 339.8 2.92 13 400 7655 -16.5 -18.1 88 1.6 -17.0 223 14 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.6 2.30 14 350 8647 -22.9 -23.5 95 0.6 -23.1 218 19 337.9 338.2 295.2 343.8 1.64 15 300 9758 -31.1 -31.8 93 0.7 -31.2 210 29 341.6 341.8 295.5 345.0 0.89 16 250 11023 -41.4 -43.0 84 1.6 -41.5 211 34 344.6 344.7 295.7 346.0 0.34 17 200 12495 -53.8 -58.0 60 4.2 -53.9 214 31 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.9 0.08 18 150 14283 -67.5 -68.8 83 1.3 -67.5 192 16 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16727 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.4 155 4 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.14 m Freezing level: 579.84 mb = 4773.98 m = 15662.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.60 mb = 4350.88 m = 14274.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.72 mb = 2281.77 m = 7486.04 ft T: 10.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 3.27 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.41 mb = 3539.56 m = 11612.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.54 C = 106.77 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 16.63 C K Index: 27.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6253.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.97 mb = 2289.74 m = 7512.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.9 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 354.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -8.1 tot: -8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 18.52 m/s