MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 22.7 18.8 78 3.9 20.0 28 10 294.6 297.0 292.6 333.3 13.54 1 1000 202 21.2 18.4 84 2.8 19.3 32 15 294.4 296.8 292.4 332.7 13.41 2 950 646 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 57 20 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.5 13.29 3 900 1111 17.6 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 59 15 299.6 301.8 292.9 334.2 11.84 4 850 1598 14.8 13.2 90 1.7 13.8 61 13 301.7 303.8 293.0 335.0 11.28 5 800 2110 12.0 10.1 88 1.9 10.8 75 10 303.9 305.7 292.5 333.0 9.73 6 750 2649 9.6 7.6 87 2.0 8.4 105 6 307.0 308.7 292.7 333.7 8.79 7 700 3221 7.9 2.5 68 5.5 4.9 54 1 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.5 6.54 8 650 3830 4.6 1.8 82 2.8 3.0 327 3 314.1 315.4 293.1 335.1 6.70 9 600 4479 0.6 -2.2 81 2.8 -0.8 272 3 316.9 317.9 292.9 334.2 5.45 10 550 5173 -3.0 -5.5 82 2.6 -4.2 218 3 320.5 321.4 293.2 335.5 4.60 11 500 5924 -6.8 -9.1 83 2.3 -7.8 173 5 324.8 325.5 293.7 337.5 3.84 12 450 6739 -11.1 -17.5 59 6.4 -13.4 201 9 329.2 329.7 293.5 336.7 2.15 13 400 7635 -16.5 -21.2 67 4.7 -17.9 197 12 333.6 334.0 294.3 339.9 1.76 14 350 8626 -23.6 -24.6 92 0.9 -23.9 202 15 336.9 337.2 294.8 342.3 1.49 15 300 9734 -31.8 -32.0 99 0.1 -31.9 209 23 340.5 340.7 295.2 343.8 0.87 16 250 10995 -41.9 -46.4 62 4.5 -42.3 218 26 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.24 17 200 12468 -53.5 -61.1 39 7.6 -53.7 229 30 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14256 -67.5 -70.9 62 3.4 -67.5 214 20 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16693 -66.1 -83.7 7 17.6 -66.2 133 8 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.77 m Freezing level: 591.18 mb = 4601.03 m = 15095.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.51 mb = 4337.86 m = 14231.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.74 mb = 566.50 m = 1858.57 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 2.11 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1412.38 m = 4633.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4481.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.61 mb = 841.69 m = 2761.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.8 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 92.8 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 45.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 12.05 m/s