MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 28.8 19.1 56 9.7 22.0 52 11 300.7 303.2 294.6 341.3 13.83 1 1000 195 26.0 18.1 62 7.9 20.6 54 15 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.7 13.21 2 950 645 21.6 17.1 76 4.5 18.5 57 17 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.1 13.02 3 900 1111 17.4 16.0 92 1.3 16.5 60 17 299.4 301.8 293.6 336.9 12.84 4 850 1598 15.2 12.8 86 2.3 13.7 68 16 302.0 304.1 293.0 334.6 11.03 5 800 2111 13.3 10.4 83 2.9 11.5 65 11 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.3 9.98 6 750 2653 10.6 7.9 84 2.7 9.0 58 8 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.3 8.97 7 700 3226 7.4 4.5 82 2.9 5.8 28 4 310.7 312.2 292.8 334.1 7.57 8 650 3833 3.6 1.4 86 2.2 2.4 322 1 313.0 314.3 292.6 333.4 6.54 9 600 4479 0.1 -3.6 76 3.8 -1.7 241 2 316.3 317.2 292.2 331.8 4.87 10 550 5172 -3.4 -9.0 65 5.6 -5.9 211 5 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.6 3.52 11 500 5921 -7.1 -13.5 60 6.4 -9.6 216 11 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.4 2.70 12 450 6735 -12.0 -16.6 68 4.6 -13.6 201 17 328.2 328.7 293.4 336.2 2.32 13 400 7627 -17.3 -26.9 43 9.6 -19.7 198 19 332.5 332.7 293.4 336.4 1.06 14 350 8614 -24.2 -27.9 71 3.7 -25.1 206 26 336.1 336.3 294.3 340.1 1.10 15 300 9719 -32.5 -33.5 91 0.9 -32.7 216 32 339.5 339.7 294.9 342.4 0.76 16 250 10978 -42.1 -44.9 74 2.8 -42.3 228 43 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.28 17 200 12447 -54.5 -55.1 92 0.7 -54.5 223 43 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.11 18 150 14236 -64.9 -72.6 34 7.7 -65.0 225 26 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16692 -65.2 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.3 118 2 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.45 m Freezing level: 598.39 mb = 4501.14 m = 14767.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.04 mb = 4200.76 m = 13781.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.50 mb = 1288.14 m = 4226.11 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.63 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1477.53 m = 4847.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.07 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 32.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.69 mb = 1218.93 m = 3999.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.69 mb = 3662.20 m = 12014.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.69 mb = 5262.82 m = 17266.27 ft B at Equ Level: 15.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 483.69 mb = 6177.16 m = 20266.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.0 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 95.0 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -14.7 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 6.41 m/s