MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 22.5 20.1 86 2.5 20.8 37 12 294.7 297.3 293.6 336.9 14.76 1 1000 171 21.3 19.5 90 1.7 20.1 39 19 294.4 297.0 293.2 335.7 14.43 2 950 614 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 55 28 295.7 298.1 293.2 335.5 13.85 3 900 1077 16.7 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 72 30 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.0 13.15 4 850 1565 15.2 14.2 94 1.0 14.6 72 26 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.6 12.06 5 800 2078 13.1 12.1 93 1.0 12.4 80 21 305.1 307.2 293.9 338.4 11.12 6 750 2620 10.4 9.4 94 1.0 9.7 79 23 307.8 309.7 293.8 337.9 9.93 7 700 3193 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 78 20 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.9 9.10 8 650 3802 5.0 3.8 92 1.2 4.3 67 10 314.6 316.1 294.0 338.8 7.74 9 600 4452 1.0 0.4 96 0.6 0.6 77 5 317.2 318.5 293.9 338.1 6.57 10 550 5148 -2.3 -4.7 84 2.4 -3.5 137 2 321.3 322.3 293.7 337.4 4.92 11 500 5900 -6.2 -8.4 84 2.2 -7.2 183 8 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.9 4.04 12 450 6718 -10.8 -15.1 70 4.3 -12.4 181 13 329.7 330.2 294.0 338.7 2.63 13 400 7615 -15.8 -26.1 41 10.3 -18.6 186 20 334.4 334.6 294.0 338.5 1.13 14 350 8608 -22.7 -32.6 40 9.9 -24.6 199 20 338.2 338.4 294.6 340.9 0.71 15 300 9718 -31.8 -34.3 79 2.5 -32.2 212 23 340.5 340.7 295.1 343.2 0.70 16 250 10978 -42.4 -44.3 82 1.9 -42.5 223 26 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.3 0.30 17 200 12446 -54.5 -57.1 73 2.6 -54.6 215 36 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.08 18 150 14224 -66.7 -69.7 66 3.0 -66.8 232 23 355.1 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16674 -66.8 -83.2 8 16.4 -66.9 186 2 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.50 m Freezing level: 585.41 mb = 4655.02 m = 15272.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.31 mb = 4555.03 m = 14944.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.67 mb = 374.73 m = 1229.42 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 1.43 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.59 mb = 608.55 m = 1996.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.30 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: 2.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 35.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4747.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.45 mb = 609.79 m = 2000.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.4 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 104.4 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.4 neg: -10.7 tot: 121.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 14.85 m/s