MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 24.4 17.6 66 6.8 19.8 57 10 296.5 298.8 292.5 332.8 12.58 1 1000 171 24.1 17.4 66 6.6 19.6 59 17 297.2 299.5 292.7 333.7 12.62 2 950 618 20.6 16.4 77 4.2 17.8 64 26 298.1 300.4 292.9 334.2 12.41 3 900 1084 18.1 13.3 74 4.8 15.0 52 22 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.6 10.73 4 850 1572 15.0 11.5 80 3.5 12.8 39 20 301.9 303.7 292.2 331.7 10.09 5 800 2083 12.0 8.9 81 3.2 10.1 40 18 304.0 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.96 6 750 2623 10.9 5.5 69 5.5 7.8 61 12 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.5 7.55 7 700 3197 8.8 0.4 55 8.4 4.3 58 7 312.3 313.3 291.7 329.9 5.64 8 650 3808 5.4 0.1 69 5.3 2.5 55 7 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.8 5.95 9 600 4458 1.7 -3.4 69 5.1 -0.9 57 7 318.1 319.0 292.8 334.0 4.95 10 550 5155 -1.6 -8.7 58 7.1 -4.8 53 7 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.0 3.59 11 500 5910 -4.4 -17.7 35 13.3 -9.3 44 8 327.6 328.0 292.9 334.2 1.90 12 450 6732 -9.8 -20.3 42 10.4 -13.3 12 7 330.9 331.2 293.6 336.9 1.70 13 400 7630 -15.7 -18.8 77 3.1 -16.8 272 7 334.5 335.0 294.8 342.2 2.16 14 350 8624 -22.4 -24.6 82 2.2 -23.0 235 11 338.5 338.8 295.3 343.9 1.48 15 300 9738 -30.7 -30.7 100 0.0 -30.7 186 22 342.1 342.3 295.7 345.8 0.98 16 250 11002 -41.9 -42.5 94 0.6 -41.9 197 21 343.8 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.36 17 200 12470 -54.8 -57.2 75 2.4 -54.8 188 31 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14258 -66.4 -71.2 51 4.8 -66.4 234 12 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16702 -66.1 -83.5 7 17.4 -66.2 146 7 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.15 m Freezing level: 574.71 mb = 4810.50 m = 15782.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.27 mb = 4280.07 m = 14042.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.74 mb = 934.45 m = 3065.76 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 2.53 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1718.36 m = 5637.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.46 C Cross Totals Index: 15.96 C K Index: 22.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5802.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.35 mb = 1176.00 m = 3858.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 82.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -46.7 tot: -23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 6.83 m/s