MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.3 13.7 66 6.6 16.1 252 4 292.7 294.4 288.9 320.5 9.79 1 1000 152 20.9 13.3 62 7.6 16.1 251 8 294.1 295.8 289.3 321.7 9.63 2 950 596 20.3 11.3 56 9.0 14.7 249 12 297.8 299.4 289.9 323.8 8.91 3 900 1061 17.4 8.4 55 9.1 12.0 268 12 299.5 300.9 289.4 322.1 7.69 4 850 1546 13.6 7.9 68 5.7 10.2 289 11 300.4 301.8 289.9 323.7 7.89 5 800 2053 9.2 6.6 84 2.6 7.7 296 10 300.9 302.3 289.9 323.6 7.65 6 750 2584 4.7 2.7 87 2.0 3.7 288 8 301.7 302.8 288.8 320.3 6.23 7 700 3144 1.2 -0.1 91 1.3 0.5 286 12 303.8 304.8 288.8 320.3 5.44 8 650 3738 0.3 -15.1 30 15.3 -5.3 289 16 309.3 309.6 287.1 315.2 1.82 9 600 4376 -3.2 -22.9 20 19.7 -8.9 285 20 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.9 1.01 10 550 5059 -7.2 -30.6 14 23.4 -12.7 283 27 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.4 0.54 11 500 5793 -12.7 -27.0 29 14.3 -16.1 276 29 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.5 0.84 12 450 6588 -17.5 -43.3 9 25.7 -21.2 289 33 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.19 13 400 7462 -23.1 -51.4 6 28.3 -25.9 290 43 324.9 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 14 350 8424 -30.4 -53.1 9 22.7 -32.1 275 51 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.08 15 300 9505 -36.9 -57.4 10 20.5 -38.1 263 59 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 16 250 10743 -45.3 -61.2 15 15.9 -45.8 263 71 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12197 -55.5 -64.6 31 9.1 -55.6 273 74 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14010 -59.1 -78.2 7 19.1 -59.3 273 53 368.3 368.3 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16517 -63.0 -85.0 4 22.0 -63.2 284 33 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.70 m Freezing level: 646.16 mb = 3787.40 m = 12425.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.28 mb = 3197.92 m = 10491.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.38 mb = 914.90 m = 3001.61 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 3.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2099.44 m = 6887.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.69 mb = 1588.38 m = 5211.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.69 mb = 2795.89 m = 9172.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 690.69 mb = 3251.19 m = 10666.49 ft B at Equ Level: 24.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 640.69 mb = 3853.36 m = 12642.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 12.27 m/s