MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 1011 67 21.0 20.2 95 0.8 20.5 33 10 293.2 295.9 293.2 335.6 14.91 1 1000 163 20.4 19.9 97 0.5 20.1 36 17 293.6 296.2 293.2 335.7 14.77 2 950 606 19.2 18.2 94 1.0 18.5 66 27 296.7 299.2 293.6 337.1 13.99 3 900 1071 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.3 68 24 299.4 301.7 293.3 336.0 12.52 4 850 1559 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.3 66 21 302.3 304.5 293.5 336.7 11.63 5 800 2072 13.0 11.4 90 1.6 12.0 69 19 305.0 307.0 293.6 337.0 10.67 6 750 2614 10.4 8.5 88 1.9 9.3 72 17 307.9 309.6 293.4 336.2 9.34 7 700 3187 7.8 5.0 83 2.8 6.2 72 13 311.1 312.6 293.2 335.3 7.85 8 650 3795 4.7 1.8 81 2.9 3.1 87 9 314.3 315.5 293.2 335.3 6.71 9 600 4445 1.4 -1.7 80 3.1 -0.3 110 8 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.7 5.62 10 550 5142 -2.2 -6.5 73 4.2 -4.3 124 9 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.5 4.29 11 500 5893 -6.4 -12.5 62 6.0 -8.9 156 6 325.2 325.8 293.1 335.1 2.94 12 450 6710 -11.3 -15.5 72 4.1 -12.9 177 11 329.0 329.5 293.7 337.8 2.55 13 400 7603 -17.2 -21.1 72 3.9 -18.4 219 14 332.6 333.0 294.0 338.9 1.78 14 350 8592 -23.8 -29.4 60 5.6 -25.1 220 19 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.1 0.96 15 300 9699 -31.8 -38.4 52 6.6 -32.7 232 27 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.4 0.46 16 250 10959 -42.3 -45.6 70 3.3 -42.5 235 36 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.2 0.26 17 200 12427 -54.5 -56.7 76 2.2 -54.5 228 41 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.09 18 150 14211 -65.4 -71.5 43 6.0 -65.5 246 24 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16666 -66.1 -83.3 7 17.2 -66.2 239 4 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.37 m Freezing level: 580.82 mb = 4712.06 m = 15459.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.09 mb = 4389.66 m = 14401.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.17 mb = 161.20 m = 528.87 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1055.87 m = 3464.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4087.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.01 mb = 632.97 m = 2076.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 107.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.1 neg: -15.5 tot: 74.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 11.91 m/s