MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1013 67 22.1 21.2 95 0.8 21.5 58 8 294.1 296.9 294.2 339.4 15.88 1 1000 182 21.7 20.8 94 0.9 21.1 63 15 294.9 297.7 294.3 339.7 15.66 2 950 627 20.1 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 84 22 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.2 14.34 3 900 1093 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 87 19 300.0 302.3 293.6 337.1 12.64 4 850 1582 15.7 13.2 85 2.4 14.1 92 17 302.6 304.6 293.3 336.0 11.31 5 800 2096 13.4 10.9 85 2.5 11.8 95 14 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.2 10.26 6 750 2638 11.1 8.1 82 3.0 9.3 93 12 308.6 310.3 293.4 336.3 9.09 7 700 3212 7.8 5.1 83 2.6 6.2 86 11 311.1 312.6 293.2 335.5 7.91 8 650 3820 4.0 1.7 85 2.3 2.7 74 10 313.5 314.8 292.9 334.4 6.68 9 600 4467 0.1 -1.6 88 1.8 -0.8 69 10 316.3 317.3 292.9 334.2 5.66 10 550 5160 -3.4 -6.0 82 2.6 -4.6 69 6 320.1 321.0 292.9 334.6 4.46 11 500 5910 -6.9 -10.7 74 3.8 -8.5 139 1 324.6 325.2 293.3 335.9 3.38 12 450 6725 -11.8 -15.1 76 3.3 -13.0 215 7 328.4 328.9 293.7 337.4 2.62 13 400 7618 -17.1 -20.7 74 3.6 -18.2 220 17 332.8 333.1 294.1 339.3 1.84 14 350 8607 -23.4 -26.0 79 2.6 -24.1 222 20 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.0 1.31 15 300 9715 -31.9 -32.0 98 0.2 -31.9 232 29 340.5 340.7 295.2 343.8 0.87 16 250 10977 -41.7 -44.8 72 3.0 -42.0 223 34 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.2 0.28 17 200 12447 -54.5 -57.5 69 3.0 -54.6 218 40 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.08 18 150 14234 -65.1 -72.2 37 7.1 -65.2 242 28 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16694 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.3 158 2 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.13 m Freezing level: 598.33 mb = 4490.00 m = 14730.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.39 mb = 4314.80 m = 14155.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.57 mb = 168.07 m = 551.41 ft T: 21.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 3.70 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 1067.22 m = 3501.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.52 mb = 686.11 m = 2250.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.52 mb = 3589.11 m = 11775.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.52 mb = 5776.83 m = 18952.64 ft B at Equ Level: 59.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.52 mb = 8026.60 m = 26333.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.3 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 113.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.61 Bulk Shear: 3.82 m/s