MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 23.6 11.9 48 11.7 16.3 202 6 295.9 297.5 289.0 321.0 8.68 1 1000 156 25.2 11.0 41 14.2 16.4 200 9 298.4 299.9 289.5 322.5 8.25 2 950 604 22.5 7.9 39 14.6 13.8 186 8 300.0 301.3 289.0 320.9 7.06 3 900 1071 18.4 6.5 46 11.9 11.5 180 6 300.5 301.7 288.9 320.6 6.77 4 850 1557 14.0 5.4 56 8.5 9.1 204 3 300.8 302.0 288.9 320.5 6.65 5 800 2064 9.3 4.4 72 4.9 6.6 299 4 301.1 302.3 288.9 320.7 6.58 6 750 2595 4.5 2.4 87 2.1 3.4 312 9 301.5 302.6 288.6 319.7 6.09 7 700 3153 1.0 -2.8 76 3.7 -0.8 302 14 303.6 304.4 287.8 317.2 4.46 8 650 3749 0.9 -17.8 23 18.7 -5.4 281 19 310.0 310.3 287.0 314.8 1.45 9 600 4388 -2.5 -20.5 24 18.0 -8.2 273 23 313.2 313.5 287.9 317.4 1.24 10 550 5073 -6.5 -26.9 18 20.4 -11.8 264 28 316.3 316.5 288.4 319.0 0.77 11 500 5810 -11.2 -36.3 11 25.1 -16.0 263 33 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.7 0.34 12 450 6611 -16.1 -41.6 9 25.5 -20.0 269 39 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.22 13 400 7487 -21.7 -36.3 26 14.5 -24.1 264 49 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.43 14 350 8458 -28.1 -47.2 14 19.2 -30.0 265 57 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.15 15 300 9552 -34.0 -53.2 13 19.2 -35.4 275 73 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.09 16 250 10804 -43.1 -45.5 78 2.3 -43.3 284 91 341.9 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.26 17 200 12266 -56.2 -56.2 99 0.1 -56.2 275 89 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14039 -63.4 -74.6 20 11.2 -63.5 277 59 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16536 -62.5 -84.3 4 21.8 -62.7 261 32 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.46 m Freezing level: 636.21 mb = 3925.53 m = 12878.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.49 mb = 3044.38 m = 9988.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.74 mb = 1559.16 m = 5115.30 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.47 mb = 2491.77 m = 8175.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 4.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 26.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8395.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.36 mb = 2257.98 m = 7408.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 298.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -168.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -35.1 tot: -22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 32.63 m/s