MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 20.7 13.4 63 7.3 16.1 280 3 293.2 294.9 288.9 320.7 9.63 1 1000 138 21.7 13.3 59 8.4 16.4 282 5 294.9 296.6 289.5 322.6 9.64 2 950 584 21.3 12.6 58 8.7 15.8 270 10 298.8 300.5 290.9 327.1 9.70 3 900 1050 18.7 9.5 55 9.2 13.1 265 10 300.8 302.3 290.4 325.4 8.33 4 850 1538 14.9 6.7 58 8.1 10.1 251 8 301.7 303.0 289.8 323.4 7.27 5 800 2047 10.5 4.0 64 6.5 6.9 247 6 302.4 303.5 289.2 321.5 6.37 6 750 2580 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.8 256 3 302.7 303.8 288.9 320.6 5.96 7 700 3140 0.5 -2.2 82 2.8 -0.8 275 4 303.1 303.9 287.8 317.2 4.65 8 650 3736 1.5 -24.1 13 25.6 -6.1 268 8 310.6 310.8 286.5 313.5 0.83 9 600 4378 -0.4 -35.1 5 34.7 -8.5 245 12 315.6 315.7 287.7 316.8 0.32 10 550 5069 -3.9 -36.3 6 32.4 -11.0 250 17 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.31 11 500 5812 -9.4 -32.7 13 23.2 -14.6 260 20 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.49 12 450 6617 -14.9 -37.7 12 22.9 -19.0 255 23 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.8 0.33 13 400 7497 -21.4 -45.4 10 24.0 -24.5 248 28 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.7 0.16 14 350 8465 -29.3 -51.2 10 21.9 -31.2 255 31 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 15 300 9546 -37.7 -49.6 28 11.9 -38.5 271 31 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.14 16 250 10779 -46.5 -54.7 39 8.2 -46.9 245 31 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.09 17 200 12220 -57.5 -57.7 98 0.2 -57.5 248 36 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 18 150 14024 -60.5 -78.0 8 17.4 -60.7 282 38 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16522 -64.6 -83.8 6 19.2 -64.8 289 25 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.02 m Freezing level: 610.76 mb = 4239.55 m = 13909.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.49 mb = 3041.84 m = 9979.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.03 mb = 1002.26 m = 3288.22 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2169.07 m = 7116.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 16.15 C K Index: 28.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.52 mb = 1612.09 m = 5288.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.52 mb = 2607.26 m = 8553.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 667.52 mb = 3521.95 m = 11554.82 ft B at Equ Level: 49.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 617.52 mb = 4146.94 m = 13605.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -10.6 tot: -8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 25.14 Bulk Shear: 2.11 m/s