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,-79.34 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 100 27.2 11.7 38 15.5 17.4 329 4 299.7 301.3 290.3 325.1 8.62 1 1000 162 25.3 10.8 40 14.5 16.3 331 5 298.4 299.9 289.5 322.3 8.14 2 950 608 20.7 9.6 49 11.1 14.0 331 6 298.2 299.7 289.2 321.4 7.91 3 900 1072 16.7 7.9 56 8.8 11.6 325 7 298.7 300.1 288.9 320.7 7.45 4 850 1557 13.4 6.2 62 7.2 9.2 297 9 300.2 301.4 289.0 320.9 6.98 5 800 2064 9.3 4.9 74 4.4 6.8 279 11 301.1 302.3 289.1 321.3 6.80 6 750 2595 5.3 1.4 76 3.9 3.3 269 13 302.3 303.4 288.5 319.4 5.66 7 700 3155 2.2 -5.5 57 7.7 -1.3 284 14 304.9 305.5 287.4 316.0 3.61 8 650 3752 0.9 -14.6 30 15.6 -4.8 300 17 310.0 310.4 287.5 316.1 1.89 9 600 4392 -2.0 -31.0 9 29.0 -9.1 305 19 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.5 0.48 10 550 5079 -4.4 -40.3 4 35.9 -11.5 307 26 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.21 11 500 5822 -9.8 -33.3 13 23.4 -14.9 309 29 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.46 12 450 6627 -14.8 -43.7 7 28.8 -19.3 311 33 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.18 13 400 7507 -21.0 -43.0 12 22.0 -24.1 310 35 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.21 14 350 8478 -28.5 -48.6 13 20.1 -30.4 304 43 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9561 -37.6 -54.8 15 17.2 -38.6 296 49 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 16 250 10792 -47.3 -60.0 22 12.7 -47.7 281 55 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12227 -59.1 -62.8 62 3.7 -59.2 273 56 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 14019 -60.6 -76.6 10 16.1 -60.7 282 46 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16525 -62.0 -85.1 3 23.1 -62.2 295 28 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.63 m Freezing level: 634.14 mb = 3955.26 m = 12976.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.89 mb = 2995.94 m = 9829.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.04 mb = 2031.77 m = 6665.83 ft T: 9.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 5.24 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2452.75 m = 8046.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: 5.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 21.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7983.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.82 mb = 2034.04 m = 6673.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 331.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 16.77 m/s