MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1013 67 29.1 19.8 57 9.3 22.5 62 9 301.1 303.8 295.2 343.8 14.52 1 1000 181 27.6 18.6 58 9.0 21.3 62 13 300.8 303.3 294.5 340.8 13.62 2 950 633 23.2 17.5 70 5.7 19.3 61 15 300.8 303.2 294.3 340.0 13.36 3 900 1102 18.9 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 59 15 301.0 303.4 294.3 339.7 13.18 4 850 1591 15.0 14.4 96 0.6 14.7 59 15 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.1 12.25 5 800 2104 12.7 11.0 90 1.6 11.6 65 14 304.6 306.6 293.2 335.7 10.37 6 750 2645 10.3 8.2 87 2.0 9.0 64 10 307.7 309.4 293.2 335.5 9.16 7 700 3217 7.4 4.8 83 2.6 5.8 47 5 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.4 7.70 8 650 3824 3.9 1.1 82 2.8 2.4 13 4 313.4 314.6 292.6 333.4 6.39 9 600 4471 0.5 -4.1 71 4.6 -1.8 330 3 316.7 317.6 292.2 331.7 4.70 10 550 5165 -3.0 -8.6 65 5.6 -5.5 225 5 320.5 321.3 292.4 332.5 3.63 11 500 5915 -6.8 -12.0 66 5.2 -8.9 215 11 324.7 325.3 293.0 335.0 3.05 12 450 6731 -11.2 -18.4 55 7.2 -13.7 210 17 329.1 329.5 293.3 336.0 1.98 13 400 7625 -17.1 -25.3 49 8.3 -19.3 203 22 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.2 1.22 14 350 8613 -24.2 -26.6 81 2.4 -24.7 209 30 336.2 336.4 294.5 340.7 1.25 15 300 9719 -32.3 -33.1 92 0.8 -32.4 214 35 339.9 340.0 295.0 342.8 0.78 16 250 10978 -42.1 -45.6 69 3.5 -42.3 223 42 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.26 17 200 12447 -54.6 -55.8 86 1.3 -54.6 221 45 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14235 -64.8 -72.8 32 8.0 -64.9 222 28 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16693 -66.1 -83.6 7 17.5 -66.2 175 2 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.19 m Freezing level: 592.97 mb = 4568.82 m = 14989.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.59 mb = 4185.49 m = 13731.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.63 mb = 1240.03 m = 4068.30 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 12.06 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1447.02 m = 4747.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.83 mb = 1344.96 m = 4412.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.83 mb = 1592.95 m = 5226.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.83 mb = 6397.23 m = 20988.04 ft B at Equ Level: 92.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.83 mb = 9722.51 m = 31897.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 90.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -9.1 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 34.90 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s