MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 35.95,-76.38 Latitude: 35.95 Longitude: -76.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 25.1 23.2 89 1.9 23.7 6 18 297.2 300.4 296.4 349.1 17.94 1 1000 110 24.0 22.1 89 1.9 22.7 9 23 297.2 300.3 295.8 346.4 17.01 2 950 558 21.0 20.5 97 0.5 20.6 25 29 298.5 301.4 295.6 345.4 16.15 3 900 1027 18.9 18.3 96 0.6 18.5 30 33 301.0 303.7 295.4 344.6 14.85 4 850 1518 16.9 15.7 93 1.2 16.1 31 33 303.9 306.3 295.1 343.5 13.33 5 800 2034 15.0 12.9 87 2.1 13.6 29 30 307.1 309.3 295.0 342.6 11.76 6 750 2580 12.7 10.3 86 2.3 11.2 24 25 310.4 312.4 295.0 342.7 10.59 7 700 3158 9.9 7.8 87 2.1 8.6 19 20 313.4 315.2 295.0 342.9 9.51 8 650 3772 6.6 5.3 92 1.2 5.8 20 16 316.4 318.1 295.2 343.6 8.65 9 600 4426 3.0 1.9 92 1.1 2.4 25 15 319.6 321.1 295.1 343.1 7.35 10 550 5128 -0.1 -1.9 88 1.8 -1.0 21 12 324.0 325.2 295.3 343.8 6.08 11 500 5887 -3.8 -6.8 80 3.0 -5.3 26 10 328.3 329.3 295.2 343.7 4.58 12 450 6712 -9.1 -11.7 82 2.6 -10.2 13 11 331.7 332.4 295.2 343.7 3.48 13 400 7613 -14.9 -19.2 70 4.3 -16.4 27 10 335.6 336.0 295.0 343.0 2.09 14 350 8610 -21.8 -32.8 36 11.0 -24.1 32 10 339.3 339.5 294.8 341.9 0.69 15 300 9725 -30.5 -39.0 44 8.4 -31.7 337 8 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.0 0.44 16 250 10991 -41.4 -44.8 70 3.4 -41.7 285 9 344.5 344.6 295.7 345.6 0.28 17 200 12462 -54.4 -57.4 69 3.0 -54.5 222 7 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14244 -67.0 -70.5 62 3.4 -67.1 175 11 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16694 -66.4 -83.7 7 17.4 -66.5 216 2 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.04 m Freezing level: 551.24 mb = 5110.88 m = 16767.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 565.10 mb = 4909.68 m = 16107.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.05 mb = 241.98 m = 793.89 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 673.03 m = 2208.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.52 mb = 580.91 m = 1905.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.52 mb = 3866.23 m = 12684.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.52 mb = 4946.50 m = 16228.48 ft B at Equ Level: 16.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 482.52 mb = 6165.93 m = 20229.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 54.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.8 neg: -39.9 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.92 Bulk Shear: 3.41 m/s