MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1012 67 27.5 21.5 70 6.0 23.2 79 11 299.6 302.6 295.9 346.8 16.16 1 1000 173 26.1 20.2 70 5.9 21.9 79 15 299.3 302.0 295.1 343.3 15.08 2 950 624 21.9 19.1 84 2.9 19.9 77 15 299.5 302.1 294.9 342.6 14.77 3 900 1091 18.4 17.2 93 1.2 17.6 71 15 300.4 303.0 294.6 341.0 13.84 4 850 1581 15.9 14.1 89 1.8 14.7 62 15 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.4 12.01 5 800 2095 12.9 11.7 92 1.3 12.1 67 14 304.9 307.0 293.7 337.4 10.85 6 750 2636 10.6 8.4 86 2.3 9.2 70 12 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.24 7 700 3209 7.6 4.7 82 2.9 5.9 58 8 310.9 312.4 293.0 334.6 7.68 8 650 3817 4.1 0.9 79 3.2 2.4 31 6 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.3 6.28 9 600 4464 0.5 -3.6 74 4.1 -1.5 14 4 316.7 317.7 292.4 332.4 4.89 10 550 5159 -2.7 -7.4 70 4.7 -4.8 298 5 320.9 321.7 292.8 334.0 3.99 11 500 5910 -6.4 -12.2 64 5.8 -8.8 252 10 325.2 325.8 293.2 335.3 3.01 12 450 6726 -11.3 -17.1 62 5.8 -13.3 227 15 329.0 329.5 293.5 336.8 2.23 13 400 7620 -17.1 -20.2 77 3.1 -18.1 217 21 332.7 333.1 294.2 339.5 1.91 14 350 8608 -23.8 -24.0 99 0.2 -23.9 217 26 336.6 337.0 294.8 342.3 1.57 15 300 9716 -31.8 -33.0 89 1.2 -32.0 216 32 340.5 340.7 295.1 343.5 0.79 16 250 10977 -41.9 -42.9 90 1.0 -42.1 221 42 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.1 0.35 17 200 12446 -54.6 -54.8 98 0.2 -54.6 219 45 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14232 -65.6 -71.7 43 6.0 -65.7 225 30 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16683 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.6 183 3 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.32 m Freezing level: 591.72 mb = 4579.10 m = 15023.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4206.13 m = 13799.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.86 mb = 827.64 m = 2715.31 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.44 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1121.22 m = 3678.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 33.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 240.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.32 mb = 992.73 m = 3256.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.32 mb = 1627.60 m = 5339.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.32 mb = 9133.46 m = 29965.04 ft B at Equ Level: 239.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.32 mb = 12919.48 m = 42386.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 57.5 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 87.5 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -13.4 tot: -10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 42.11 Bulk Shear: 5.70 m/s