MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1011 66 21.9 12.3 54 9.6 16.0 168 5 294.2 295.8 288.7 319.9 8.94 1 1000 157 22.6 12.3 52 10.3 16.1 175 11 295.8 297.4 289.3 321.8 9.01 2 950 604 21.3 9.7 48 11.6 14.3 191 13 298.8 300.3 289.5 322.3 7.98 3 900 1069 17.9 7.2 50 10.7 11.6 220 9 299.9 301.2 289.0 320.9 7.10 4 850 1555 13.8 5.8 59 7.9 9.2 252 8 300.6 301.8 289.0 320.8 6.82 5 800 2062 9.2 4.8 74 4.4 6.8 284 9 301.0 302.2 289.0 321.1 6.75 6 750 2593 4.4 3.5 94 0.8 3.9 306 12 301.3 302.5 289.0 321.0 6.60 7 700 3152 1.2 0.6 96 0.5 0.9 307 16 303.8 304.8 289.0 321.1 5.72 8 650 3746 0.8 -14.8 30 15.6 -4.9 288 18 309.8 310.2 287.4 315.9 1.86 9 600 4386 -1.9 -23.0 18 21.1 -8.2 271 23 313.9 314.1 287.8 317.3 1.00 10 550 5072 -6.1 -28.0 16 21.9 -11.7 261 29 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.3 0.70 11 500 5810 -11.2 -34.8 12 23.6 -15.9 263 32 319.4 319.4 289.0 320.8 0.40 12 450 6610 -16.8 -37.8 14 21.0 -20.4 265 37 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.33 13 400 7483 -22.4 -32.0 41 9.6 -24.2 255 46 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.65 14 350 8454 -26.8 -33.7 52 6.9 -28.0 258 63 332.6 332.8 293.0 335.0 0.64 15 300 9551 -33.4 -36.1 77 2.6 -33.8 263 74 338.2 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.59 16 250 10803 -44.2 -44.4 98 0.2 -44.2 259 80 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12254 -58.1 -58.1 99 0.1 -58.0 269 81 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 14030 -61.7 -76.1 13 14.4 -61.9 272 54 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16540 -61.7 -84.5 3 22.8 -62.0 263 38 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.76 m Freezing level: 635.96 mb = 3926.11 m = 12880.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.25 mb = 3241.01 m = 10633.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.81 mb = 1290.67 m = 4234.42 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 1.43 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2286.66 m = 7502.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 4.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.68 mb = 1899.32 m = 6231.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.68 mb = 3029.04 m = 9937.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.68 mb = 3143.87 m = 10314.41 ft B at Equ Level: 16.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 660.68 mb = 3615.71 m = 11862.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -8.3 tot: 40.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 55.03 m/s