MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 20.6 14.4 68 6.2 16.6 265 3 293.0 294.9 289.5 322.3 10.26 1 1000 136 21.7 14.1 62 7.6 16.8 252 7 294.9 296.7 290.0 324.1 10.18 2 950 582 21.8 12.9 57 8.9 16.1 241 17 299.3 301.1 291.2 328.3 9.91 3 900 1050 19.1 9.7 54 9.4 13.3 231 12 301.2 302.7 290.6 326.1 8.41 4 850 1538 15.5 5.3 51 10.1 9.7 236 5 302.3 303.6 289.4 322.1 6.59 5 800 2048 11.0 3.1 58 7.9 6.7 316 4 302.9 304.0 289.0 320.9 5.98 6 750 2582 5.9 2.4 79 3.4 4.1 345 4 303.0 304.1 289.2 321.3 6.09 7 700 3142 1.0 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 353 7 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.2 5.48 8 650 3738 2.5 -26.7 9 29.3 -5.8 302 13 311.8 312.0 286.8 314.1 0.66 9 600 4384 1.2 -36.8 4 38.0 -7.6 273 15 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.6 0.27 10 550 5078 -3.0 -32.5 8 29.5 -10.2 257 19 320.6 320.6 289.4 322.2 0.45 11 500 5824 -8.7 -31.1 14 22.4 -14.0 250 21 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.57 12 450 6630 -14.7 -38.1 12 23.4 -18.8 249 22 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.32 13 400 7510 -21.4 -45.2 10 23.8 -24.4 251 23 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 14 350 8479 -28.9 -52.6 8 23.7 -30.9 254 28 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 15 300 9563 -37.0 -56.6 11 19.6 -38.1 261 30 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 16 250 10799 -46.4 -55.6 34 9.2 -46.8 249 25 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 17 200 12241 -58.2 -59.3 87 1.1 -58.2 265 30 340.6 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.06 18 150 14035 -61.1 -77.3 10 16.2 -61.2 281 39 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16536 -63.2 -84.4 4 21.2 -63.4 278 23 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.48 m Freezing level: 585.28 mb = 4587.99 m = 15052.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.89 mb = 3189.57 m = 10464.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.80 mb = 861.55 m = 2826.58 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.57 mb = 2167.00 m = 7109.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: 6.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 14.04 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.11 mb = 1596.37 m = 5237.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.11 mb = 2591.52 m = 8502.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.11 mb = 3505.26 m = 11500.06 ft B at Equ Level: 50.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 629.11 mb = 4001.71 m = 13128.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -44.4 tot: -24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.87 Bulk Shear: 2.38 m/s