MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 26.7 16.9 55 9.7 20.1 38 5 298.8 301.0 292.8 334.1 12.09 1 1000 169 26.9 16.4 53 10.5 19.8 47 10 300.0 302.2 292.9 334.5 11.78 2 950 620 23.5 14.8 58 8.7 17.7 66 17 301.0 303.1 292.8 334.0 11.20 3 900 1089 19.1 13.6 70 5.5 15.5 65 19 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.5 10.96 4 850 1578 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.4 59 18 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.6 10.85 5 800 2088 11.3 10.7 97 0.5 10.9 47 15 303.2 305.0 292.6 333.5 10.19 6 750 2626 9.8 5.5 75 4.3 7.3 24 9 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.2 7.58 7 700 3201 9.1 0.7 56 8.4 4.5 39 8 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.7 5.78 8 650 3811 5.2 0.6 72 4.6 2.7 31 7 314.9 316.1 292.9 334.4 6.17 9 600 4461 1.2 -2.9 74 4.1 -0.9 26 6 317.5 318.5 292.8 333.9 5.14 10 550 5156 -2.5 -8.2 65 5.7 -5.1 10 6 321.1 321.9 292.6 333.4 3.75 11 500 5908 -5.6 -16.2 43 10.6 -9.5 352 8 326.2 326.7 292.7 333.7 2.16 12 450 6727 -10.5 -18.0 54 7.5 -13.1 319 9 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.2 2.07 13 400 7624 -16.2 -18.9 80 2.7 -17.1 267 9 334.0 334.4 294.7 341.5 2.15 14 350 8617 -22.7 -26.1 74 3.4 -23.5 232 13 338.2 338.4 295.0 342.9 1.30 15 300 9729 -31.0 -33.2 81 2.2 -31.4 201 17 341.7 341.9 295.4 344.7 0.78 16 250 10995 -41.3 -41.5 97 0.2 -41.3 172 25 344.7 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.40 17 200 12466 -54.4 -54.4 99 0.1 -54.4 182 32 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.12 18 150 14249 -67.0 -70.6 60 3.6 -67.1 220 16 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16694 -66.3 -83.5 7 17.2 -66.5 149 7 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.62 m Freezing level: 584.06 mb = 4682.53 m = 15362.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.63 mb = 4291.68 m = 14080.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.66 mb = 1303.96 m = 4278.02 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1857.02 m = 6092.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 24.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5105.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.97 mb = 1637.57 m = 5372.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 72.1 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -32.2 tot: -16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.15 Bulk Shear: 1.10 m/s