MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 22.8 19.5 82 3.3 20.5 56 6 294.6 297.2 293.1 335.1 14.15 1 1000 199 22.4 18.9 81 3.4 20.0 63 13 295.5 298.0 293.2 335.5 13.91 2 950 645 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.7 80 18 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.5 13.65 3 900 1112 18.3 15.7 85 2.6 16.6 70 13 300.4 302.7 293.6 337.3 12.60 4 850 1600 15.1 13.1 88 2.0 13.8 53 12 302.0 304.1 293.1 335.2 11.22 5 800 2112 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 64 11 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.8 10.32 6 750 2652 10.3 6.6 77 3.8 8.1 90 6 307.8 309.3 292.4 332.6 8.15 7 700 3226 8.6 2.7 66 5.9 5.3 69 2 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.8 6.66 8 650 3836 5.2 1.5 77 3.7 3.1 247 1 314.8 316.1 293.2 335.5 6.57 9 600 4485 1.2 -2.6 76 3.8 -0.7 209 2 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.4 5.27 10 550 5181 -2.4 -5.9 77 3.5 -4.1 195 6 321.2 322.1 293.3 335.8 4.49 11 500 5933 -6.5 -10.0 76 3.4 -8.0 203 5 325.1 325.8 293.6 337.1 3.59 12 450 6750 -10.9 -14.6 74 3.8 -12.3 178 5 329.6 330.1 294.0 338.9 2.73 13 400 7646 -16.0 -22.9 56 6.9 -18.1 227 6 334.1 334.4 294.2 339.6 1.52 14 350 8638 -23.2 -23.9 94 0.7 -23.4 218 17 337.5 337.8 295.1 343.2 1.59 15 300 9748 -31.5 -33.5 82 2.0 -31.9 209 26 341.0 341.1 295.3 343.9 0.75 16 250 11010 -41.8 -42.4 94 0.6 -41.9 218 30 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.4 0.37 17 200 12480 -54.6 -55.1 94 0.5 -54.6 218 36 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.11 18 150 14268 -65.7 -71.2 47 5.4 -65.8 237 20 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16718 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 132 5 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.58 m Freezing level: 583.54 mb = 4714.45 m = 15467.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.59 mb = 4356.50 m = 14292.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.54 mb = 485.90 m = 1594.14 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 4.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1398.36 m = 4587.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.11 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4332.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.97 mb = 884.81 m = 2902.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.7 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 113.7 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -24.4 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 5.90 m/s