MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 1008 67 24.7 10.4 40 14.3 16.0 83 2 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.1 7.86 1 1000 136 27.5 9.9 33 17.6 16.6 69 3 300.7 302.1 289.8 323.4 7.66 2 950 588 24.8 7.2 32 17.6 14.3 10 3 302.4 303.6 289.5 322.5 6.73 3 900 1058 20.6 5.8 38 14.9 12.0 302 4 302.7 303.9 289.3 322.0 6.41 4 850 1547 16.0 4.7 47 11.3 9.6 284 6 302.9 304.1 289.3 321.8 6.30 5 800 2058 11.1 3.6 60 7.5 7.0 284 8 303.0 304.2 289.3 321.7 6.20 6 750 2592 6.1 2.3 76 3.8 4.1 291 10 303.2 304.3 289.2 321.3 6.02 7 700 3153 1.9 -2.8 71 4.8 -0.3 297 14 304.6 305.5 288.2 318.2 4.44 8 650 3752 2.0 -26.3 10 28.3 -6.1 293 16 311.2 311.3 286.6 313.5 0.68 9 600 4393 -0.5 -36.6 5 36.2 -8.6 284 13 315.6 315.6 287.6 316.6 0.28 10 550 5085 -3.4 -29.1 12 25.8 -10.2 285 15 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.3 0.62 11 500 5831 -8.3 -30.4 15 22.1 -13.6 293 20 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.61 12 450 6639 -14.2 -37.5 12 23.3 -18.5 292 24 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.34 13 400 7521 -20.7 -45.6 9 24.8 -23.9 288 27 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 14 350 8493 -28.0 -53.3 7 25.4 -30.1 275 30 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 15 300 9580 -36.4 -54.2 14 17.7 -37.5 281 27 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 16 250 10816 -46.7 -57.2 29 10.6 -47.1 279 25 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12255 -58.6 -61.9 66 3.3 -58.7 283 31 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14039 -62.7 -76.7 13 14.0 -62.8 278 41 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16533 -63.0 -84.9 4 21.9 -63.2 281 28 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.23 m Freezing level: 609.47 mb = 4271.94 m = 14015.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.78 mb = 3109.46 m = 10201.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.28 mb = 1888.45 m = 6195.61 ft T: 12.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2905.25 m = 9531.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 6.64 C Lifted Index: 6.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 12.93 C K Index: 24.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7480.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.94 mb = 2647.41 m = 8685.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 22.28 m/s