MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 35.08,-78.92 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -78.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 64 21.3 19.6 90 1.7 20.2 22 7 293.2 295.8 292.7 333.8 14.28 1 1000 193 21.1 19.4 90 1.7 19.9 31 14 294.3 296.9 293.1 335.2 14.32 2 950 638 20.6 18.0 85 2.6 18.8 58 17 298.1 300.5 293.8 338.0 13.76 3 900 1105 18.2 15.6 85 2.6 16.5 59 14 300.3 302.6 293.6 336.9 12.50 4 850 1594 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.4 61 11 302.4 304.6 293.6 337.0 11.70 5 800 2107 12.7 11.1 90 1.6 11.7 63 8 304.7 306.7 293.3 336.0 10.45 6 750 2648 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.2 95 4 307.5 309.2 293.3 335.9 9.39 7 700 3220 7.2 5.1 86 2.1 6.0 158 3 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.7 7.88 8 650 3827 3.8 1.0 82 2.8 2.2 173 5 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.1 6.35 9 600 4472 -0.8 -2.1 91 1.3 -1.5 155 6 315.2 316.2 292.4 332.5 5.45 10 550 5164 -3.8 -6.2 83 2.4 -4.9 237 4 319.6 320.4 292.7 333.8 4.38 11 500 5912 -7.3 -16.1 49 8.8 -10.5 227 12 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.18 12 450 6726 -11.7 -22.3 41 10.5 -14.9 212 14 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.5 1.42 13 400 7620 -16.9 -26.6 42 9.8 -19.4 219 16 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.0 1.08 14 350 8609 -23.7 -29.5 58 5.9 -24.9 226 24 336.9 337.0 294.4 340.4 0.95 15 300 9716 -32.4 -35.0 78 2.5 -32.8 227 29 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.65 16 250 10975 -41.7 -46.2 62 4.5 -42.1 229 41 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.24 17 200 12447 -54.0 -57.0 69 3.0 -54.1 228 42 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.09 18 150 14239 -64.7 -72.5 33 7.8 -64.8 250 23 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16688 -65.8 -83.5 7 17.6 -66.0 195 6 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.46 m Freezing level: 608.86 mb = 4357.95 m = 14297.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4207.24 m = 13803.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.21 mb = 278.30 m = 913.05 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.59 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1391.90 m = 4566.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.67 mb = 797.29 m = 2615.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.67 mb = 3981.23 m = 13061.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 537.67 mb = 5342.33 m = 17527.11 ft B at Equ Level: 43.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.67 mb = 6595.75 m = 21639.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.1 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 119.1 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -13.2 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.88 Bulk Shear: 15.32 m/s