MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1012 66 28.7 10.3 32 18.4 17.2 201 5 300.8 302.2 289.9 323.8 7.76 1 1000 174 26.1 8.8 33 17.3 15.7 201 6 299.3 300.6 288.8 320.3 7.12 2 950 622 21.6 7.8 41 13.7 13.4 200 6 299.1 300.4 288.6 319.8 7.02 3 900 1087 17.0 6.9 51 10.1 11.2 200 5 299.1 300.3 288.6 319.5 6.94 4 850 1570 12.4 6.0 65 6.5 8.8 201 4 299.2 300.4 288.6 319.5 6.90 5 800 2075 7.6 4.9 83 2.7 6.1 210 3 299.3 300.5 288.6 319.4 6.82 6 750 2603 3.6 1.5 86 2.1 2.5 298 4 300.5 301.5 287.9 317.5 5.70 7 700 3160 1.4 -8.8 47 10.2 -2.8 271 11 304.0 304.5 286.3 312.7 2.81 8 650 3756 0.7 -24.7 13 25.4 -6.6 263 19 309.8 309.9 286.2 312.5 0.80 9 600 4395 -2.0 -22.1 20 20.1 -8.2 264 23 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.4 1.08 10 550 5081 -6.1 -25.8 19 19.7 -11.4 264 27 316.9 317.1 288.7 319.8 0.85 11 500 5819 -11.2 -29.5 21 18.3 -15.4 266 33 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.66 12 450 6618 -17.1 -33.3 23 16.2 -20.2 272 40 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.51 13 400 7492 -22.2 -45.5 10 23.3 -25.0 266 50 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 14 350 8460 -29.0 -33.8 63 4.8 -29.8 265 62 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.63 15 300 9547 -36.1 -37.6 85 1.6 -36.2 266 74 334.5 334.7 293.4 336.4 0.50 16 250 10784 -46.3 -48.0 83 1.7 -46.4 285 81 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.20 17 200 12229 -57.4 -59.0 82 1.6 -57.5 289 96 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.07 18 150 14029 -60.0 -77.7 8 17.7 -60.2 272 59 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16543 -63.1 -84.4 4 21.3 -63.3 269 28 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.01 m Freezing level: 636.86 mb = 3924.03 m = 12873.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.19 mb = 2863.76 m = 9395.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.21 mb = 2353.73 m = 7722.11 ft T: 5.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 11.29 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2442.72 m = 8014.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 5.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.19 C K Index: 19.46 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8208.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.52 mb = 2339.81 m = 7676.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -13.5 tot: -7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 21.36 m/s