MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1010 66 28.6 10.3 32 18.2 17.2 203 6 300.8 302.3 290.0 324.0 7.81 1 1000 157 27.1 8.9 32 18.2 16.0 205 7 300.3 301.6 289.2 321.5 7.15 2 950 606 22.7 7.9 39 14.8 13.8 208 6 300.2 301.5 289.0 321.0 7.03 3 900 1073 18.2 7.0 48 11.2 11.7 216 4 300.3 301.5 289.0 321.0 7.00 4 850 1558 13.5 6.1 61 7.5 9.3 231 3 300.3 301.6 289.0 320.9 6.95 5 800 2065 8.7 4.9 77 3.8 6.6 269 3 300.4 301.7 288.9 320.6 6.80 6 750 2595 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.1 314 5 301.1 302.2 288.3 318.8 5.94 7 700 3153 0.9 -5.4 62 6.4 -1.9 285 10 303.5 304.2 287.0 314.7 3.65 8 650 3748 0.9 -20.2 19 21.0 -5.9 268 18 310.0 310.2 286.7 313.9 1.18 9 600 4387 -2.3 -20.8 23 18.5 -8.1 267 23 313.5 313.7 287.9 317.6 1.22 10 550 5072 -6.3 -25.9 19 19.6 -11.5 263 28 316.6 316.8 288.6 319.6 0.84 11 500 5810 -11.3 -34.4 13 23.2 -16.0 265 31 319.3 319.4 289.0 320.8 0.41 12 450 6611 -16.0 -42.9 8 26.9 -20.0 273 38 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.9 0.19 13 400 7488 -21.7 -40.7 16 19.0 -24.4 264 51 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.27 14 350 8458 -27.5 -34.8 50 7.3 -28.7 264 65 331.6 331.8 292.7 333.8 0.57 15 300 9548 -35.6 -49.3 23 13.7 -36.7 275 70 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 16 250 10792 -44.7 -50.5 53 5.8 -45.0 286 88 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12248 -56.0 -56.9 90 0.8 -56.0 286 106 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.09 18 150 14034 -61.0 -77.0 10 16.1 -61.2 272 57 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16536 -63.4 -84.0 5 20.6 -63.6 271 30 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.61 m Freezing level: 636.00 mb = 3926.98 m = 12883.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.85 mb = 2937.76 m = 9638.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.68 mb = 2339.33 m = 7674.87 ft T: 6.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.59 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.66 mb = 2532.88 m = 8309.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.34 C K Index: 24.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.87 mb = 2444.11 m = 8018.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.87 mb = 3050.72 m = 10008.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.87 mb = 3165.53 m = 10385.45 ft B at Equ Level: 0.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 688.87 mb = 3281.30 m = 10765.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -18.3 tot: -13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 20.06 m/s