MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 1010 67 22.7 21.6 94 1.0 22.0 72 10 295.0 298.0 294.8 341.9 16.34 1 1000 149 22.2 21.3 95 0.9 21.6 75 15 295.3 298.2 294.7 341.7 16.17 2 950 595 19.7 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 95 20 297.2 300.0 294.6 341.0 15.13 3 900 1061 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.7 114 19 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.3 14.13 4 850 1550 15.7 15.3 98 0.4 15.4 128 18 302.6 305.0 294.6 340.9 12.97 5 800 2064 13.0 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 132 16 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.1 11.72 6 750 2605 10.6 9.5 93 1.1 9.9 129 13 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.5 10.02 7 700 3179 7.9 6.5 91 1.4 7.1 120 14 311.2 312.9 293.9 338.1 8.72 8 650 3789 5.4 3.5 87 1.9 4.3 89 21 315.1 316.6 294.1 339.0 7.60 9 600 4442 2.9 -1.4 73 4.3 0.7 66 14 319.5 320.6 293.9 338.1 5.78 10 550 5142 -1.1 -6.0 69 5.0 -3.5 45 17 322.8 323.7 293.7 337.4 4.43 11 500 5897 -5.0 -9.6 70 4.6 -7.0 14 9 327.0 327.7 294.1 339.4 3.70 12 450 6719 -9.7 -15.6 62 6.0 -11.9 267 4 331.1 331.6 294.3 339.8 2.52 13 400 7618 -15.3 -25.3 42 10.0 -18.0 238 8 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.6 1.22 14 350 8613 -22.7 -28.7 58 6.0 -24.1 241 12 338.1 338.3 294.8 341.9 1.02 15 300 9724 -30.8 -37.1 54 6.3 -31.7 234 23 341.9 342.0 295.3 344.0 0.53 16 250 10991 -41.0 -44.1 72 3.1 -41.2 221 26 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.4 0.30 17 200 12465 -54.3 -54.5 98 0.2 -54.3 188 25 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.12 18 150 14241 -67.5 -69.8 72 2.4 -67.5 244 23 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16686 -66.1 -83.3 7 17.1 -66.2 120 4 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.85 m Freezing level: 563.54 mb = 4952.35 m = 16247.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4549.40 m = 14925.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.79 mb = 194.49 m = 638.08 ft T: 21.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 633.66 m = 2078.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.19 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.85 mb = 577.71 m = 1895.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.85 mb = 1783.91 m = 5852.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.85 mb = 3455.63 m = 11337.22 ft B at Equ Level: 25.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 586.85 mb = 4620.00 m = 15157.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 123.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 26.94 Bulk Shear: 0.97 m/s