MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 21.2 20.6 96 0.6 20.8 41 9 293.4 296.1 293.6 336.9 15.28 1 1000 170 20.7 20.3 98 0.4 20.4 45 15 293.8 296.6 293.6 337.1 15.15 2 950 614 19.7 18.6 94 1.1 18.9 76 24 297.1 299.7 294.0 338.6 14.33 3 900 1080 17.9 15.9 88 2.0 16.6 79 22 300.0 302.3 293.7 337.3 12.75 4 850 1568 15.7 13.6 88 2.1 14.3 82 20 302.5 304.7 293.6 336.9 11.60 5 800 2082 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.8 79 18 305.1 307.1 293.4 336.2 10.36 6 750 2623 10.7 8.1 84 2.6 9.1 67 15 308.2 309.9 293.3 335.8 9.08 7 700 3197 8.0 4.8 80 3.1 6.1 74 11 311.3 312.8 293.1 335.2 7.74 8 650 3806 4.5 1.9 83 2.6 3.1 90 10 314.1 315.4 293.1 335.3 6.77 9 600 4454 0.8 -1.9 82 2.7 -0.6 98 11 317.1 318.2 293.0 334.8 5.56 10 550 5149 -3.1 -5.9 81 2.8 -4.4 103 8 320.4 321.3 293.0 335.0 4.48 11 500 5899 -6.7 -11.5 69 4.8 -8.7 165 5 324.9 325.5 293.2 335.5 3.17 12 450 6715 -11.5 -16.2 68 4.7 -13.2 197 10 328.8 329.3 293.6 337.0 2.39 13 400 7609 -16.7 -21.0 69 4.3 -18.0 220 18 333.3 333.6 294.2 339.6 1.79 14 350 8599 -23.5 -26.1 79 2.6 -24.1 223 21 337.1 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.30 15 300 9706 -32.2 -35.4 73 3.2 -32.7 226 29 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.63 16 250 10967 -42.1 -47.4 56 5.3 -42.5 237 36 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.21 17 200 12436 -54.4 -58.4 62 4.0 -54.5 232 41 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14220 -65.7 -71.4 45 5.7 -65.7 245 26 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16674 -65.4 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.5 181 7 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.45 m Freezing level: 589.25 mb = 4603.60 m = 15103.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.79 mb = 4349.58 m = 14270.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.21 mb = 142.04 m = 465.99 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 3.38 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1120.43 m = 3675.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 32.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3586.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.61 mb = 635.36 m = 2084.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.2 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 112.2 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.7 neg: -21.6 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.06 Bulk Shear: 7.23 m/s