MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 24.8 20.7 78 4.1 21.9 56 14 297.0 299.8 294.7 341.4 15.36 1 1000 160 23.4 20.0 81 3.4 21.0 56 21 296.5 299.2 294.1 339.4 14.87 2 950 606 19.5 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 60 28 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.4 14.32 3 900 1071 17.2 16.7 97 0.4 16.9 65 29 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.4 13.44 4 850 1558 14.8 14.1 96 0.6 14.4 70 30 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.1 12.02 5 800 2071 12.7 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 75 28 304.7 306.7 293.6 336.9 10.79 6 750 2612 10.6 9.7 94 0.9 10.0 79 23 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.9 10.14 7 700 3186 8.1 7.2 94 1.0 7.5 75 20 311.5 313.2 294.2 339.6 9.13 8 650 3796 5.0 3.7 91 1.3 4.3 72 12 314.7 316.1 294.0 338.8 7.72 9 600 4446 1.5 0.5 93 1.0 1.0 67 8 317.9 319.1 294.0 338.9 6.62 10 550 5144 -1.7 -4.7 79 3.1 -3.2 20 2 322.1 323.1 293.9 338.1 4.89 11 500 5898 -5.4 -8.6 78 3.2 -6.8 216 4 326.5 327.3 294.3 339.8 3.99 12 450 6719 -9.8 -14.3 70 4.5 -11.6 177 9 330.9 331.5 294.4 340.5 2.80 13 400 7617 -15.9 -21.0 65 5.1 -17.4 185 11 334.4 334.7 294.5 340.8 1.80 14 350 8611 -22.5 -31.4 44 8.9 -24.4 214 15 338.5 338.6 294.7 341.5 0.80 15 300 9723 -31.1 -35.5 65 4.4 -31.8 213 23 341.5 341.7 295.3 343.9 0.62 16 250 10986 -41.7 -42.8 90 1.0 -41.8 196 29 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.4 0.35 17 200 12456 -54.6 -56.8 77 2.2 -54.6 204 34 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14232 -67.1 -69.5 71 2.4 -67.1 231 24 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16675 -67.0 -83.1 9 16.0 -67.1 186 3 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.58 m Freezing level: 576.23 mb = 4777.87 m = 15675.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.49 mb = 4601.48 m = 15096.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.38 mb = 584.16 m = 1916.52 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 4.49 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.29 mb = 869.89 m = 2853.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.60 mb = 737.32 m = 2418.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.60 mb = 1354.21 m = 4442.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.60 mb = 1959.62 m = 6429.12 ft B at Equ Level: 8.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 740.60 mb = 2717.04 m = 8914.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 99.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.9 neg: -5.5 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 6.83 m/s