MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 23.5 21.6 89 1.8 22.2 71 8 295.6 298.5 294.9 342.4 16.30 1 1000 174 23.6 20.8 84 2.8 21.6 76 15 296.7 299.6 294.8 341.9 15.64 2 950 621 20.9 18.5 86 2.4 19.2 94 19 298.4 301.0 294.3 339.7 14.22 3 900 1088 18.0 16.5 91 1.5 17.0 95 16 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.7 13.20 4 850 1577 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.8 85 14 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.7 12.16 5 800 2091 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 78 13 305.3 307.4 293.8 338.0 10.89 6 750 2633 10.7 8.6 87 2.1 9.4 75 12 308.2 310.0 293.5 336.8 9.39 7 700 3206 7.8 4.9 82 2.8 6.1 60 10 311.1 312.5 293.1 335.1 7.79 8 650 3814 4.2 1.1 81 3.0 2.5 44 9 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.8 6.41 9 600 4462 0.2 -2.1 84 2.3 -1.0 44 6 316.3 317.4 292.7 333.7 5.46 10 550 5156 -2.9 -6.2 78 3.4 -4.5 359 4 320.7 321.5 293.0 334.9 4.36 11 500 5906 -6.7 -10.9 72 4.2 -8.5 279 6 324.9 325.6 293.3 336.1 3.33 12 450 6722 -11.6 -14.2 81 2.6 -12.6 245 11 328.6 329.2 293.9 338.3 2.83 13 400 7615 -17.1 -19.2 84 2.0 -17.8 228 19 332.7 333.1 294.3 340.1 2.10 14 350 8604 -23.9 -25.0 90 1.2 -24.2 224 23 336.6 336.9 294.7 341.8 1.43 15 300 9711 -32.0 -32.0 100 0.0 -32.0 224 26 340.3 340.5 295.2 343.6 0.87 16 250 10972 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.9 219 35 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.4 0.38 17 200 12442 -54.5 -54.7 98 0.2 -54.5 223 41 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.9 0.11 18 150 14229 -65.1 -72.2 37 7.1 -65.2 238 29 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16686 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.2 -65.5 191 3 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.47 m Freezing level: 597.19 mb = 4500.58 m = 14765.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.60 mb = 4267.19 m = 13999.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.81 mb = 298.48 m = 979.24 ft T: 22.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1069.36 m = 3508.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.91 mb = 815.19 m = 2674.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.91 mb = 3042.82 m = 9982.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.91 mb = 6825.38 m = 22392.70 ft B at Equ Level: 78.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.91 mb = 9385.55 m = 30792.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 100.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -15.7 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.16 Bulk Shear: 4.87 m/s