MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 67 20.5 14.4 68 6.1 16.7 265 4 292.8 294.6 289.3 322.0 10.28 1 1000 161 20.2 13.4 65 6.8 15.9 272 8 293.3 295.1 289.0 321.0 9.68 2 950 604 20.1 11.6 58 8.5 14.8 274 11 297.5 299.2 289.9 323.9 9.06 3 900 1068 17.4 8.6 56 8.8 12.1 284 11 299.4 300.8 289.5 322.3 7.78 4 850 1553 13.5 7.5 67 6.0 10.0 290 10 300.3 301.7 289.7 323.0 7.69 5 800 2061 9.3 5.5 77 3.7 7.2 285 9 301.0 302.3 289.4 322.2 7.11 6 750 2592 5.3 0.1 69 5.1 2.7 280 11 302.3 303.2 288.1 317.8 5.15 7 700 3152 1.5 -3.5 69 5.0 -0.9 289 14 304.1 304.9 287.8 317.1 4.22 8 650 3747 -0.1 -15.1 31 15.0 -5.5 288 17 308.8 309.2 287.0 314.7 1.81 9 600 4384 -3.1 -19.3 27 16.2 -8.4 300 21 312.5 312.7 287.8 317.1 1.38 10 550 5067 -7.4 -26.8 19 19.5 -12.3 291 21 315.3 315.5 288.1 318.0 0.77 11 500 5804 -10.6 -43.5 5 32.9 -16.0 306 31 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.7 0.16 12 450 6605 -16.6 -37.4 15 20.8 -20.1 302 36 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.34 13 400 7477 -23.1 -47.0 9 24.0 -25.8 306 42 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.14 14 350 8444 -28.8 -53.0 8 24.3 -30.7 322 52 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 15 300 9529 -37.0 -55.8 13 18.7 -38.1 315 57 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.07 16 250 10763 -46.4 -60.1 20 13.7 -46.9 300 60 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 17 200 12210 -56.6 -64.1 39 7.4 -56.8 284 67 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 14013 -59.4 -77.7 8 18.3 -59.6 280 47 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16517 -63.0 -85.1 3 22.2 -63.1 295 31 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.25 m Freezing level: 653.36 mb = 3706.80 m = 12161.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.22 mb = 3011.53 m = 9880.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.99 mb = 842.30 m = 2763.42 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.34 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.17 mb = 2089.77 m = 6856.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.13 C K Index: 26.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7586.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.89 mb = 1514.70 m = 4969.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.3 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 322.3 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 9.42 m/s