MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 1015 67 22.6 19.6 83 2.9 20.5 32 9 294.5 297.0 293.2 335.4 14.30 1 1000 196 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.8 37 14 294.3 296.8 292.9 334.5 14.07 2 950 641 20.5 17.4 82 3.2 18.4 59 21 298.0 300.4 293.4 336.5 13.24 3 900 1107 18.2 15.2 83 3.0 16.3 63 17 300.3 302.5 293.3 336.0 12.19 4 850 1596 15.7 13.4 86 2.3 14.2 63 13 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.4 11.43 5 800 2110 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.6 59 10 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.7 10.21 6 750 2651 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 56 6 307.5 309.3 293.2 335.7 9.28 7 700 3223 7.2 5.0 86 2.2 5.9 59 1 310.4 311.9 292.9 334.5 7.83 8 650 3830 3.5 1.5 87 2.0 2.4 185 3 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.5 6.58 9 600 4475 -1.0 -2.5 89 1.5 -1.8 162 4 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.7 5.30 10 550 5167 -3.7 -8.9 67 5.2 -6.0 229 5 319.7 320.4 292.1 331.3 3.54 11 500 5915 -7.4 -14.6 56 7.2 -10.2 220 12 324.0 324.5 292.3 332.3 2.46 12 450 6728 -11.9 -19.5 53 7.6 -14.4 202 16 328.2 328.6 292.9 334.5 1.81 13 400 7621 -17.0 -24.8 51 7.8 -19.1 207 17 332.9 333.1 293.7 337.5 1.28 14 350 8610 -23.9 -30.8 53 6.9 -25.4 217 25 336.5 336.7 294.2 339.6 0.84 15 300 9715 -32.6 -34.6 83 2.0 -33.0 227 31 339.4 339.5 294.8 341.9 0.68 16 250 10974 -41.9 -44.9 72 3.0 -42.2 229 41 343.7 343.8 295.5 344.9 0.28 17 200 12444 -54.4 -56.4 79 2.0 -54.4 231 43 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14232 -64.8 -72.4 34 7.6 -64.9 237 22 358.4 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16687 -64.7 -83.8 6 19.1 -64.9 243 1 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.85 m Freezing level: 611.13 mb = 4331.09 m = 14209.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.29 mb = 4193.59 m = 13758.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.27 mb = 439.80 m = 1442.89 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1535.51 m = 5037.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.80 mb = 863.53 m = 2833.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.80 mb = 4071.19 m = 13356.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 560.80 mb = 5012.14 m = 16443.82 ft B at Equ Level: 33.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.80 mb = 6216.91 m = 20396.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.7 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 103.7 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -19.7 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 10.53 m/s