MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 27.2 13.1 42 14.2 18.1 302 5 299.4 301.2 290.9 327.0 9.39 1 1000 161 25.0 12.0 44 13.0 16.8 305 5 298.1 299.7 290.0 324.0 8.85 2 950 607 20.5 10.9 54 9.7 14.6 308 6 298.0 299.6 289.8 323.2 8.63 3 900 1071 16.7 8.8 59 8.0 12.0 309 7 298.7 300.2 289.3 321.9 7.89 4 850 1556 13.4 6.4 63 7.0 9.4 292 9 300.2 301.5 289.1 321.3 7.12 5 800 2063 9.3 5.4 77 3.9 7.1 275 12 301.0 302.3 289.3 321.9 7.03 6 750 2595 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.6 270 14 302.2 303.3 288.8 320.1 5.94 7 700 3155 1.9 -4.8 61 6.8 -1.2 281 15 304.6 305.3 287.5 316.4 3.81 8 650 3751 0.8 -14.5 31 15.2 -4.8 297 18 309.8 310.2 287.4 316.1 1.92 9 600 4390 -2.1 -29.0 11 27.0 -9.0 300 20 313.7 313.8 287.3 315.7 0.58 10 550 5078 -4.6 -40.1 4 35.5 -11.6 307 26 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.4 0.21 11 500 5820 -9.9 -33.1 13 23.1 -15.0 307 29 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.6 0.47 12 450 6624 -15.0 -44.5 6 29.5 -19.4 311 34 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.16 13 400 7504 -21.1 -44.1 11 23.0 -24.2 309 36 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.19 14 350 8474 -28.6 -48.9 12 20.3 -30.5 305 44 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9557 -37.5 -55.1 14 17.6 -38.5 297 51 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 16 250 10789 -47.2 -60.5 20 13.3 -47.6 282 56 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12225 -59.0 -62.8 61 3.8 -59.0 272 58 339.3 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 14017 -60.6 -76.7 10 16.1 -60.7 279 46 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16524 -61.5 -85.1 3 23.6 -61.7 293 27 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.08 m Freezing level: 636.40 mb = 3924.91 m = 12876.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.21 mb = 3014.13 m = 9888.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.77 mb = 1838.30 m = 6031.10 ft T: 11.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.18 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.89 mb = 2230.49 m = 7317.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.35 C K Index: 23.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7681.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.40 mb = 1852.28 m = 6076.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 15.29 m/s