MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 28 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 1014 66 25.7 11.7 42 13.9 16.9 180 5 297.6 299.1 289.5 322.5 8.54 1 1000 190 23.2 10.4 44 12.8 15.4 181 5 296.3 297.8 288.6 319.5 7.96 2 950 634 18.9 9.2 53 9.7 13.1 183 6 296.3 297.7 288.3 318.8 7.71 3 900 1095 15.8 4.9 48 10.9 9.7 193 8 297.8 298.9 287.3 315.5 6.02 4 850 1577 11.8 3.1 55 8.7 7.1 197 6 298.5 299.5 287.1 315.1 5.61 5 800 2080 7.7 0.8 62 6.9 4.2 252 2 299.3 300.2 286.9 314.4 5.06 6 750 2609 3.8 -0.9 71 4.7 1.5 330 8 300.7 301.5 287.1 315.0 4.78 7 700 3166 0.9 -7.5 53 8.4 -2.6 279 9 303.5 304.1 286.4 313.1 3.11 8 650 3760 0.1 -24.4 14 24.5 -6.9 262 18 309.1 309.2 285.9 311.8 0.81 9 600 4398 -2.5 -24.4 17 22.0 -8.8 266 24 313.3 313.4 287.5 316.3 0.88 10 550 5083 -6.3 -26.6 18 20.3 -11.6 266 30 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.3 0.79 11 500 5821 -11.3 -25.6 30 14.3 -15.0 268 38 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.6 0.95 12 450 6620 -17.1 -26.5 44 9.4 -19.3 268 43 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.2 0.97 13 400 7494 -22.1 -32.3 39 10.1 -24.0 264 53 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.5 0.64 14 350 8464 -28.5 -40.4 31 11.9 -30.0 270 58 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.32 15 300 9552 -35.7 -37.1 86 1.5 -35.8 267 73 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.1 0.53 16 250 10794 -45.6 -47.8 78 2.2 -45.7 273 79 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.20 17 200 12240 -58.2 -58.5 96 0.3 -58.2 276 79 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.07 18 150 14032 -59.8 -77.4 8 17.6 -59.9 277 61 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16544 -62.4 -84.4 4 22.0 -62.6 280 28 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.27 m Freezing level: 648.04 mb = 3785.22 m = 12418.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.90 mb = 2806.10 m = 9206.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.47 mb = 1810.06 m = 5938.45 ft T: 9.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 8.08 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.98 mb = 2287.87 m = 7506.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 5.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 7.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 14.36 C K Index: 17.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8449.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.20 mb = 1903.71 m = 6245.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -24.9 tot: -6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 33.81 m/s