MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1009 67 22.1 13.3 58 8.7 16.5 204 6 294.5 296.2 289.3 322.0 9.57 1 1000 141 24.2 13.4 51 10.8 17.2 205 11 297.3 299.1 290.4 325.4 9.67 2 950 590 23.0 11.3 48 11.6 15.7 204 13 300.5 302.1 290.8 326.8 8.91 3 900 1058 19.6 9.0 50 10.6 13.1 201 7 301.7 303.2 290.5 325.6 8.02 4 850 1547 15.5 6.4 55 9.1 10.2 239 5 302.4 303.7 289.9 323.7 7.12 5 800 2057 11.0 3.5 60 7.5 6.9 308 5 302.9 304.0 289.2 321.4 6.17 6 750 2592 6.3 1.2 69 5.2 3.7 344 11 303.5 304.5 288.8 320.2 5.55 7 700 3153 2.7 -6.8 50 9.4 -1.4 332 13 305.4 306.1 287.3 315.7 3.29 8 650 3752 2.1 -26.4 10 28.5 -6.0 289 15 311.3 311.4 286.6 313.6 0.68 9 600 4395 0.3 -37.2 4 37.4 -8.2 266 15 316.4 316.5 287.9 317.4 0.26 10 550 5087 -3.3 -30.2 10 26.9 -10.2 256 16 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.1 0.56 11 500 5833 -8.9 -29.5 17 20.6 -14.0 264 18 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.66 12 450 6638 -14.9 -36.7 14 21.8 -18.9 272 20 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.37 13 400 7518 -21.4 -44.1 11 22.7 -24.4 277 22 327.2 327.3 291.1 328.0 0.19 14 350 8488 -28.5 -52.7 8 24.1 -30.6 268 28 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 15 300 9574 -35.9 -55.4 12 19.4 -37.1 263 25 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10813 -46.6 -53.0 48 6.4 -46.9 284 25 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12253 -58.1 -61.7 63 3.6 -58.2 271 24 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 14039 -62.2 -76.6 13 14.4 -62.4 280 40 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16537 -61.5 -84.9 3 23.4 -61.7 293 24 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.29 m Freezing level: 596.35 mb = 4445.30 m = 14584.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.17 mb = 2990.25 m = 9810.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.78 mb = 1184.99 m = 3887.72 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.14 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.68 mb = 2355.78 m = 7728.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 5.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 15.34 C K Index: 21.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.03 mb = 1921.44 m = 6303.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.03 mb = 3060.58 m = 10041.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.03 mb = 3176.21 m = 10420.52 ft B at Equ Level: 18.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 658.03 mb = 3652.60 m = 11983.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -134.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -32.6 tot: -16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 22.60 m/s