MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1016 67 23.9 20.2 80 3.7 21.3 83 9 295.7 298.4 293.9 338.4 14.84 1 1000 204 23.3 19.8 80 3.6 20.9 85 16 296.5 299.1 294.0 338.7 14.65 2 950 652 21.8 17.5 76 4.3 18.8 92 20 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.2 13.33 3 900 1120 19.1 14.8 76 4.3 16.3 89 10 301.2 303.3 293.3 336.0 11.84 4 850 1609 15.4 12.1 81 3.3 13.3 66 9 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.3 10.47 5 800 2121 12.1 10.0 87 2.1 10.8 72 11 304.1 305.9 292.5 333.0 9.68 6 750 2661 10.9 5.6 70 5.4 7.8 72 6 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.62 7 700 3235 8.9 2.9 66 5.9 5.5 351 1 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.4 6.77 8 650 3846 5.3 1.4 76 3.9 3.1 230 2 314.9 316.2 293.2 335.4 6.52 9 600 4496 1.2 -2.2 78 3.3 -0.6 208 3 317.5 318.5 293.0 334.8 5.44 10 550 5192 -2.4 -6.0 76 3.6 -4.1 216 5 321.2 322.1 293.3 335.8 4.45 11 500 5943 -6.5 -9.9 77 3.4 -8.0 231 5 325.1 325.8 293.6 337.1 3.60 12 450 6761 -10.6 -14.8 71 4.2 -12.2 198 2 329.9 330.4 294.1 339.2 2.70 13 400 7658 -15.9 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.8 247 6 334.3 334.7 294.8 342.1 2.23 14 350 8650 -23.0 -23.9 92 0.9 -23.2 233 17 337.7 338.0 295.1 343.5 1.58 15 300 9761 -31.7 -32.1 96 0.4 -31.7 212 22 340.8 340.9 295.3 344.0 0.86 16 250 11022 -41.7 -42.9 88 1.2 -41.8 220 32 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.4 0.35 17 200 12492 -54.4 -55.8 84 1.4 -54.4 213 36 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.10 18 150 14279 -66.0 -70.7 52 4.7 -66.1 230 22 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16729 -66.6 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.7 99 6 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.83 m Freezing level: 583.72 mb = 4722.16 m = 15492.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.67 mb = 4392.43 m = 14410.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.29 mb = 539.53 m = 1770.10 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1478.34 m = 4850.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 28.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.84 mb = 1025.84 m = 3365.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.84 mb = 2070.15 m = 6791.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.84 mb = 2281.08 m = 7483.77 ft B at Equ Level: 17.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 734.84 mb = 2830.84 m = 9287.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.7 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 124.7 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -28.6 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 11.89 m/s