MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1007 66 30.9 9.4 26 21.5 17.5 300 5 303.4 304.7 290.4 325.4 7.34 1 1000 132 29.5 7.9 26 21.6 16.4 301 6 302.6 303.9 289.6 322.7 6.69 2 950 584 25.0 6.9 31 18.1 14.3 300 8 302.5 303.7 289.4 322.2 6.57 3 900 1054 20.4 6.1 39 14.3 12.0 298 8 302.5 303.7 289.4 322.2 6.55 4 850 1543 15.7 5.2 50 10.5 9.7 296 8 302.6 303.8 289.4 322.1 6.52 5 800 2054 10.8 4.2 64 6.5 7.1 295 9 302.6 303.8 289.4 322.1 6.49 6 750 2587 5.6 3.1 84 2.5 4.3 293 9 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.9 6.41 7 700 3148 2.9 -5.3 55 8.2 -0.8 296 13 305.7 306.4 287.8 317.1 3.68 8 650 3747 1.8 -25.2 11 27.0 -6.0 293 15 311.0 311.2 286.6 313.6 0.76 9 600 4388 -0.6 -37.7 4 37.0 -8.7 300 15 315.4 315.4 287.5 316.3 0.25 10 550 5080 -3.4 -28.6 12 25.3 -10.1 307 19 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.65 11 500 5826 -7.9 -29.9 15 22.1 -13.3 308 23 323.4 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.64 12 450 6636 -13.9 -36.2 13 22.4 -18.2 298 27 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.38 13 400 7519 -20.5 -45.9 8 25.5 -23.8 290 32 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 14 350 8491 -28.1 -52.3 8 24.2 -30.2 283 35 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 15 300 9576 -37.3 -54.8 14 17.5 -38.3 280 38 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 16 250 10806 -47.9 -56.0 39 8.1 -48.2 291 36 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 17 200 12240 -58.7 -61.0 75 2.2 -58.8 289 37 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14028 -61.9 -76.6 12 14.7 -62.0 276 44 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16527 -62.8 -84.9 4 22.1 -63.0 280 27 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.83 m Freezing level: 613.01 mb = 4221.44 m = 13849.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.85 mb = 3057.27 m = 10030.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.24 mb = 2737.61 m = 8981.54 ft T: 4.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.81 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.80 mb = 3848.87 m = 12627.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.20 C = 102.57 F Cap Strength: 6.73 C Lifted Index: 7.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 7.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 13.04 C K Index: 20.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7098.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.18 mb = 2827.14 m = 9275.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 5.42 m/s