MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 27.1 15.8 50 11.3 19.5 78 4 299.0 301.0 292.2 331.6 11.20 1 1000 196 28.5 14.2 42 14.3 19.1 78 10 301.7 303.6 292.3 332.0 10.24 2 950 649 24.6 12.9 48 11.8 17.0 77 12 302.2 304.0 292.1 331.4 9.87 3 900 1120 20.3 11.6 57 8.7 14.8 70 11 302.4 304.2 291.9 330.9 9.58 4 850 1610 16.0 10.0 67 6.0 12.3 55 12 302.9 304.6 291.7 330.0 9.10 5 800 2122 11.6 8.4 80 3.2 9.7 54 13 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.5 8.68 6 750 2661 10.7 5.3 69 5.4 7.6 45 5 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.1 7.49 7 700 3235 8.4 3.4 70 5.1 5.5 317 3 311.8 313.2 292.7 333.5 6.98 8 650 3844 5.0 0.9 74 4.2 2.7 265 4 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.4 6.28 9 600 4494 1.4 -1.9 79 3.3 -0.3 256 6 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.5 5.55 10 550 5191 -2.3 -6.3 74 3.9 -4.2 244 8 321.3 322.2 293.2 335.6 4.36 11 500 5942 -6.4 -9.8 77 3.4 -7.9 227 9 325.2 325.9 293.7 337.4 3.64 12 450 6760 -10.6 -14.9 70 4.4 -12.2 238 8 330.0 330.5 294.1 339.1 2.66 13 400 7656 -16.6 -18.2 87 1.6 -17.1 258 10 333.4 333.9 294.7 341.4 2.28 14 350 8647 -23.1 -23.4 97 0.4 -23.1 228 14 337.7 338.0 295.2 343.7 1.66 15 300 9760 -31.0 -31.3 97 0.3 -31.1 242 20 341.6 341.8 295.6 345.2 0.93 16 250 11024 -41.7 -42.0 97 0.3 -41.8 221 27 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.6 0.38 17 200 12494 -54.1 -56.5 75 2.3 -54.2 203 38 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.4 0.09 18 150 14281 -67.7 -69.1 81 1.5 -67.7 213 22 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16726 -66.3 -83.6 7 17.3 -66.4 73 5 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.91 m Freezing level: 581.31 mb = 4754.43 m = 15598.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.39 mb = 4421.39 m = 14505.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.89 mb = 1500.65 m = 4923.34 ft T: 16.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3183.63 m = 10444.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.67 C = 103.40 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.43 C Cross Totals Index: 16.41 C K Index: 27.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5588.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.55 mb = 2052.84 m = 6734.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.7 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 77.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -17.5 tot: -17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 3.07 m/s