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: 35.73,-72.17 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -72.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1022 1 25.9 18.4 63 7.6 20.8 81 15 297.2 299.6 293.1 335.1 13.10 1 1000 192 23.8 15.7 61 8.1 18.5 82 17 297.0 299.0 291.6 329.7 11.31 2 950 638 19.5 14.8 74 4.7 16.4 82 16 297.0 299.0 291.6 329.5 11.22 3 900 1101 15.8 13.0 83 2.8 14.0 81 14 297.8 299.7 291.2 328.3 10.51 4 850 1586 15.1 7.8 62 7.3 10.8 87 7 302.0 303.4 290.3 325.3 7.85 5 800 2099 13.5 4.8 56 8.7 8.5 108 5 305.6 306.8 290.6 326.1 6.77 6 750 2640 10.6 6.9 78 3.7 8.3 196 2 308.1 309.6 292.6 333.4 8.34 7 700 3213 7.8 4.6 80 3.2 6.0 237 9 311.2 312.6 293.0 334.8 7.65 8 650 3821 3.6 2.4 92 1.2 2.9 229 14 313.0 314.4 293.0 334.9 7.00 9 600 4467 -0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.3 235 9 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.7 6.20 10 550 5162 -2.5 -4.9 84 2.4 -3.7 269 4 321.1 322.0 293.5 336.8 4.84 11 500 5913 -6.7 -9.8 78 3.2 -8.1 330 8 324.9 325.6 293.6 337.0 3.63 12 450 6729 -11.3 -11.7 97 0.4 -11.5 279 1 329.0 329.7 294.5 340.8 3.46 13 400 7625 -16.4 -16.8 97 0.4 -16.6 247 13 333.6 334.2 295.0 342.6 2.56 14 350 8616 -23.3 -23.7 96 0.5 -23.4 268 20 337.4 337.7 295.1 343.2 1.61 15 300 9726 -31.5 -32.1 94 0.7 -31.6 279 28 341.0 341.2 295.3 344.3 0.86 16 250 10988 -41.9 -42.0 98 0.2 -41.9 257 29 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.3 0.38 17 200 12455 -55.3 -55.3 99 0.1 -55.2 246 28 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.11 18 150 14234 -65.2 -71.7 40 6.5 -65.3 274 23 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16693 -65.0 -83.5 6 18.5 -65.1 59 0 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.02 m Freezing level: 600.54 mb = 4460.09 m = 14632.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.32 mb = 4409.16 m = 14465.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.14 mb = 957.98 m = 3142.93 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2403.23 m = 7884.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.34 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Showalter Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: 26.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5997.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.36 mb = 1211.39 m = 3974.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.7 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 182.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -24.1 tot: -20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 34.13 m/s