MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 26.3 18.8 63 7.6 21.1 48 10 298.2 300.6 293.7 337.5 13.54 1 1000 200 24.2 18.1 69 6.1 20.1 47 15 297.4 299.7 293.2 335.5 13.18 2 950 646 19.9 17.1 84 2.8 18.0 48 17 297.4 299.7 293.0 335.0 12.99 3 900 1111 16.9 14.6 86 2.3 15.4 56 16 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.1 11.71 4 850 1598 14.9 12.3 85 2.6 13.2 59 13 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.1 10.62 5 800 2109 12.0 10.8 92 1.2 11.3 63 9 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.5 10.23 6 750 2649 9.7 9.2 96 0.5 9.3 97 5 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.6 9.76 7 700 3221 7.6 2.4 69 5.2 4.7 9 2 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.1 6.52 8 650 3829 4.6 1.5 80 3.1 2.9 15 3 314.2 315.5 293.0 334.9 6.59 9 600 4478 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.7 327 2 317.2 318.2 293.0 334.6 5.47 10 550 5173 -2.7 -5.8 79 3.1 -4.2 249 3 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.5 4.51 11 500 5924 -6.4 -9.7 77 3.4 -7.8 211 6 325.3 326.0 293.7 337.5 3.65 12 450 6742 -10.7 -22.5 37 11.7 -14.3 205 9 329.8 330.0 293.0 334.7 1.40 13 400 7637 -16.6 -19.0 81 2.4 -17.4 185 14 333.4 333.9 294.6 340.9 2.13 14 350 8629 -22.9 -26.6 72 3.7 -23.8 204 16 337.9 338.1 294.9 342.5 1.24 15 300 9739 -31.6 -35.6 67 4.1 -32.2 194 23 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.2 0.61 16 250 11000 -42.1 -45.2 71 3.1 -42.3 216 23 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.27 17 200 12472 -53.7 -60.0 46 6.3 -53.9 211 26 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14255 -68.1 -69.4 83 1.3 -68.1 218 22 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16701 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.8 -66.1 138 3 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.38 m Freezing level: 587.66 mb = 4649.36 m = 15253.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.56 mb = 4349.60 m = 14270.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.33 mb = 1022.40 m = 3354.29 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1423.32 m = 4669.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 28.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4300.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.41 mb = 1040.52 m = 3413.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.7 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 83.7 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -1.3 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 8.68 m/s