MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1009 66 30.5 10.5 29 20.0 17.9 304 5 302.9 304.3 290.7 326.5 7.90 1 1000 147 28.2 9.1 30 19.0 16.5 304 6 301.3 302.7 289.6 323.0 7.28 2 950 597 23.5 8.2 37 15.3 14.3 302 7 301.1 302.4 289.5 322.4 7.19 3 900 1065 18.9 7.2 47 11.7 12.0 298 7 301.0 302.3 289.4 322.1 7.11 4 850 1552 14.3 6.3 59 8.0 9.7 294 8 301.1 302.4 289.4 322.1 7.06 5 800 2060 9.5 5.3 75 4.2 7.1 291 8 301.3 302.5 289.3 322.0 6.98 6 750 2591 5.5 1.3 74 4.2 3.3 282 12 302.6 303.6 288.5 319.4 5.60 7 700 3153 3.5 -9.3 39 12.8 -1.8 286 16 306.4 306.9 287.1 314.9 2.70 8 650 3752 1.5 -22.3 15 23.8 -5.8 291 16 310.7 310.8 286.7 314.0 0.98 9 600 4392 -1.4 -37.3 5 35.9 -9.2 302 17 314.5 314.5 287.2 315.4 0.26 10 550 5081 -4.0 -36.3 6 32.4 -11.1 303 24 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.31 11 500 5826 -8.8 -36.9 8 28.1 -14.5 306 28 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.32 12 450 6634 -14.0 -36.6 13 22.6 -18.3 302 31 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.37 13 400 7515 -20.9 -42.2 13 21.3 -23.9 299 36 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.23 14 350 8486 -28.7 -49.8 11 21.1 -30.6 293 43 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9569 -37.7 -54.7 15 17.0 -38.7 286 48 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10797 -48.3 -57.6 33 9.3 -48.6 271 54 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12228 -58.9 -62.1 66 3.3 -58.9 272 54 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 14021 -60.7 -76.5 11 15.8 -60.9 281 44 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16527 -62.3 -85.0 3 22.7 -62.6 283 25 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.91 m Freezing level: 624.41 mb = 4079.74 m = 13384.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.62 mb = 2950.80 m = 9680.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.83 mb = 2549.45 m = 8364.25 ft T: 5.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2955.74 m = 9697.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.78 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 6.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.11 C K Index: 16.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7159.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.73 mb = 2517.85 m = 8260.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s