MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1013 67 29.9 17.3 47 12.6 21.2 52 9 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.4 12.37 1 1000 183 27.5 16.4 51 11.2 20.0 53 13 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.4 11.80 2 950 634 23.0 15.5 63 7.5 18.0 53 15 300.5 302.7 293.0 335.0 11.74 3 900 1103 18.6 14.6 78 4.0 16.0 53 15 300.7 302.8 293.1 335.1 11.71 4 850 1590 14.2 13.5 95 0.7 13.8 54 15 301.0 303.2 293.0 335.0 11.52 5 800 2101 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.1 60 11 304.0 305.8 292.8 334.0 10.07 6 750 2641 9.6 8.7 94 0.9 9.1 39 3 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.7 9.49 7 700 3213 8.3 2.0 64 6.4 4.8 30 5 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.4 6.32 8 650 3823 5.0 1.2 76 3.8 2.9 22 4 314.6 315.9 293.0 334.9 6.43 9 600 4472 1.0 -2.2 79 3.2 -0.6 353 3 317.3 318.3 293.0 334.7 5.45 10 550 5167 -2.9 -5.9 80 2.9 -4.3 306 3 320.6 321.5 293.1 335.2 4.49 11 500 5918 -6.5 -12.4 63 5.9 -8.9 264 7 325.1 325.7 293.0 335.0 2.95 12 450 6735 -10.3 -21.0 41 10.7 -13.7 241 10 330.3 330.7 293.3 336.0 1.59 13 400 7634 -15.5 -19.4 72 3.9 -16.9 208 15 334.8 335.2 294.8 342.1 2.05 14 350 8628 -22.6 -25.5 77 2.9 -23.3 195 18 338.3 338.6 295.1 343.3 1.37 15 300 9740 -31.3 -36.9 58 5.6 -32.1 204 24 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.4 0.54 16 250 11003 -41.9 -46.2 62 4.4 -42.2 203 23 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.8 0.24 17 200 12473 -54.3 -58.4 61 4.1 -54.4 198 29 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14257 -67.6 -69.8 74 2.2 -67.7 215 23 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16703 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.1 99 2 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.46 m Freezing level: 587.23 mb = 4649.65 m = 15254.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.89 mb = 4352.83 m = 14280.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.00 mb = 1649.98 m = 5413.27 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 4.37 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1734.74 m = 5691.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4082.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.90 mb = 1591.29 m = 5220.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.5 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 70.5 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -5.4 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 5.29 m/s