MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 21.4 19.8 91 1.6 20.3 37 11 293.5 296.1 293.0 334.9 14.52 1 1000 169 20.4 19.2 93 1.1 19.6 40 18 293.5 296.1 292.8 333.9 14.18 2 950 611 18.3 17.8 96 0.6 17.9 64 30 295.8 298.3 293.0 334.9 13.60 3 900 1075 17.5 15.2 87 2.3 16.0 68 25 299.5 301.7 293.1 335.1 12.16 4 850 1563 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 68 20 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.3 11.86 5 800 2076 12.8 11.2 90 1.7 11.8 67 20 304.8 306.8 293.4 336.2 10.48 6 750 2617 10.5 9.0 91 1.5 9.6 72 18 307.9 309.8 293.6 337.3 9.67 7 700 3191 7.9 6.2 89 1.7 6.9 78 14 311.2 312.9 293.7 337.6 8.55 8 650 3800 4.9 3.1 89 1.7 3.9 91 9 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.6 7.40 9 600 4450 1.1 -0.2 91 1.3 0.4 105 6 317.4 318.6 293.7 337.3 6.28 10 550 5146 -2.6 -5.1 83 2.6 -3.8 134 5 321.0 322.0 293.4 336.5 4.75 11 500 5897 -6.6 -10.4 74 3.8 -8.2 170 7 325.0 325.7 293.4 336.6 3.46 12 450 6713 -11.4 -14.7 77 3.3 -12.6 184 12 328.9 329.5 293.9 338.3 2.73 13 400 7606 -17.2 -22.9 61 5.7 -18.8 192 14 332.7 333.0 293.9 338.1 1.51 14 350 8595 -23.6 -32.6 43 9.0 -25.4 215 18 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.6 0.71 15 300 9704 -31.7 -36.3 64 4.5 -32.4 232 24 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.8 0.57 16 250 10964 -42.2 -45.0 74 2.8 -42.4 228 32 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.28 17 200 12431 -54.9 -55.7 91 0.8 -54.9 226 33 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14211 -66.2 -70.3 57 4.0 -66.3 236 23 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16660 -65.5 -83.4 7 18.0 -65.6 204 1 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.33 m Freezing level: 585.21 mb = 4655.73 m = 15274.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.60 mb = 4508.74 m = 14792.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.43 mb = 260.21 m = 853.71 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 1.09 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1281.46 m = 4204.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4610.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.39 mb = 643.48 m = 2111.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.8 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 105.8 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.7 neg: -12.8 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 13.56 m/s