MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1009 67 23.0 21.1 89 1.9 21.7 54 14 295.3 298.2 294.5 340.7 15.81 1 1000 148 22.4 20.6 90 1.8 21.2 55 22 295.6 298.4 294.3 340.0 15.47 2 950 593 19.5 18.9 97 0.6 19.1 62 34 297.0 299.6 294.1 339.3 14.64 3 900 1058 17.6 17.1 97 0.4 17.3 70 34 299.6 302.1 294.3 339.9 13.80 4 850 1547 15.5 15.1 98 0.4 15.3 76 23 302.4 304.7 294.4 340.2 12.81 5 800 2061 13.3 12.9 98 0.4 13.0 73 22 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.6 11.79 6 750 2603 10.4 10.0 97 0.4 10.2 76 24 307.9 309.8 294.1 339.2 10.32 7 700 3177 8.9 5.3 78 3.6 6.8 60 19 312.3 313.9 293.6 337.2 8.03 8 650 3789 6.0 2.3 77 3.7 3.9 43 14 315.7 317.1 293.7 337.7 6.96 9 600 4440 1.6 0.7 94 0.9 1.1 52 10 318.0 319.3 294.2 339.5 6.75 10 550 5138 -1.5 -4.3 81 2.8 -2.9 30 11 322.3 323.3 294.0 338.8 5.05 11 500 5892 -5.8 -9.4 76 3.6 -7.4 342 9 326.0 326.8 294.0 338.6 3.76 12 450 6712 -9.8 -14.3 70 4.5 -11.6 255 5 330.9 331.4 294.4 340.5 2.80 13 400 7612 -15.1 -22.8 52 7.7 -17.4 209 8 335.3 335.6 294.5 340.8 1.52 14 350 8607 -22.5 -29.5 53 6.9 -24.1 227 12 338.4 338.6 294.8 341.9 0.95 15 300 9719 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.4 222 23 341.8 342.0 295.4 344.6 0.73 16 250 10985 -41.1 -48.1 47 7.0 -41.6 212 28 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.7 0.20 17 200 12458 -54.3 -56.2 80 1.9 -54.4 191 30 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.09 18 150 14234 -67.4 -69.6 73 2.3 -67.4 228 23 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16679 -66.1 -83.3 7 17.1 -66.2 254 1 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.31 m Freezing level: 574.10 mb = 4801.66 m = 15753.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.99 mb = 4629.68 m = 15189.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.49 mb = 301.02 m = 987.59 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 757.25 m = 2484.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3397.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.48 mb = 633.91 m = 2079.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.1 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 90.1 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.4 neg: -21.7 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 6.65 m/s