MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1012 67 30.1 16.9 45 13.2 21.1 46 9 302.3 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.08 1 1000 169 28.8 16.0 46 12.8 20.2 47 13 302.0 304.1 293.3 336.0 11.52 2 950 622 24.4 15.0 56 9.4 18.1 49 15 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.5 11.35 3 900 1092 20.0 14.1 69 5.8 16.1 53 15 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.6 11.33 4 850 1582 15.3 13.2 88 2.0 14.0 55 15 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.6 11.32 5 800 2094 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 56 14 303.4 305.4 293.0 335.0 10.63 6 750 2633 9.0 8.6 97 0.5 8.8 52 8 306.4 308.1 293.0 334.7 9.39 7 700 3204 8.0 1.5 63 6.6 4.4 37 4 311.4 312.5 291.8 330.4 6.09 8 650 3813 5.2 0.9 74 4.2 2.8 23 4 314.8 316.0 293.0 334.7 6.32 9 600 4463 1.6 -3.2 70 4.9 -0.9 355 4 318.0 319.0 292.8 334.1 5.02 10 550 5160 -2.0 -8.4 62 6.3 -4.9 339 5 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.9 3.70 11 500 5913 -5.8 -16.6 42 10.8 -9.8 316 6 325.9 326.4 292.6 333.1 2.08 12 450 6731 -10.5 -20.5 43 10.1 -13.7 289 8 330.1 330.4 293.3 335.9 1.66 13 400 7628 -16.1 -18.3 83 2.2 -16.9 247 11 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.0 2.26 14 350 8621 -22.3 -26.7 68 4.3 -23.4 221 16 338.6 338.9 295.1 343.2 1.24 15 300 9735 -30.7 -37.0 54 6.3 -31.7 201 19 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.2 0.53 16 250 11001 -41.3 -44.4 72 3.1 -41.6 185 27 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.30 17 200 12473 -54.3 -57.0 72 2.7 -54.4 180 32 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.09 18 150 14255 -68.0 -69.7 78 1.7 -68.0 226 21 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16689 -66.8 -83.6 8 16.8 -67.0 112 5 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.02 m Freezing level: 577.77 mb = 4773.34 m = 15660.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.64 mb = 4307.38 m = 14131.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.27 mb = 1729.59 m = 5674.43 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.26 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1918.31 m = 6293.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 2.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 27.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.51 mb = 1798.16 m = 5899.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.51 mb = 2056.65 m = 6747.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.51 mb = 2704.49 m = 8872.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 723.51 mb = 2930.31 m = 9613.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 37.6 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 67.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -5.7 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 3.36 m/s