MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 22.4 18.2 77 4.2 19.6 38 7 294.4 296.7 292.2 331.7 13.08 1 1000 194 21.9 18.0 79 3.9 19.2 41 14 295.0 297.4 292.4 332.4 13.06 2 950 640 20.2 17.5 84 2.7 18.4 67 19 297.7 300.1 293.4 336.3 13.32 3 900 1106 17.8 16.1 89 1.8 16.7 69 16 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.6 12.88 4 850 1594 15.0 13.3 89 1.7 13.9 62 15 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.4 11.36 5 800 2106 12.1 10.1 87 2.1 10.9 60 12 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.2 9.74 6 750 2645 9.5 7.1 85 2.4 8.1 87 6 306.9 308.5 292.4 332.6 8.48 7 700 3218 8.3 2.5 67 5.8 5.1 143 0 311.7 312.9 292.3 332.1 6.57 8 650 3827 4.9 1.7 80 3.2 3.1 242 2 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.4 6.66 9 600 4476 1.0 -2.6 77 3.6 -0.9 215 4 317.3 318.3 292.8 334.1 5.27 10 550 5171 -3.1 -5.3 85 2.1 -4.1 211 6 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.7 4.71 11 500 5921 -6.9 -9.4 82 2.5 -7.9 201 4 324.7 325.4 293.6 337.2 3.77 12 450 6737 -10.9 -15.0 72 4.1 -12.5 192 6 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.7 2.66 13 400 7634 -16.0 -23.4 53 7.5 -18.1 202 9 334.2 334.5 294.1 339.4 1.44 14 350 8626 -23.5 -24.4 92 0.9 -23.7 213 14 337.1 337.4 295.0 342.6 1.51 15 300 9735 -31.6 -31.7 99 0.1 -31.6 215 24 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.2 0.89 16 250 10998 -41.8 -42.1 97 0.3 -41.9 209 29 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.4 0.38 17 200 12465 -54.9 -55.4 94 0.5 -54.9 227 32 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14259 -64.7 -71.8 37 7.2 -64.8 224 14 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16697 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 128 5 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.51 m Freezing level: 587.94 mb = 4643.74 m = 15235.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.94 mb = 4329.53 m = 14204.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.81 mb = 604.88 m = 1984.50 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1463.33 m = 4800.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5084.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.14 mb = 905.57 m = 2970.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.2 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 106.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -13.1 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.95 Bulk Shear: 8.84 m/s