MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1011 66 26.5 15.2 50 11.3 19.1 280 1 298.8 300.7 291.8 330.3 10.81 1 1000 161 24.3 14.3 54 10.0 17.8 284 1 297.4 299.3 291.0 327.4 10.32 2 950 607 20.0 13.3 65 6.7 15.7 234 1 297.5 299.4 290.9 327.0 10.14 3 900 1072 18.7 9.0 53 9.7 12.9 214 4 300.8 302.3 290.2 324.6 8.05 4 850 1560 15.1 5.5 52 9.6 9.6 240 3 302.0 303.2 289.3 321.9 6.65 5 800 2069 10.5 3.3 61 7.1 6.6 261 3 302.3 303.4 288.9 320.6 6.08 6 750 2602 5.6 1.4 75 4.1 3.4 302 4 302.6 303.7 288.6 319.7 5.67 7 700 3163 1.7 -4.3 64 6.0 -1.0 314 8 304.3 305.1 287.6 316.6 3.97 8 650 3758 -0.1 -16.6 28 16.5 -5.8 277 11 308.9 309.2 286.8 314.1 1.61 9 600 4394 -2.9 -24.6 17 21.7 -9.0 276 13 312.8 313.0 287.3 315.7 0.87 10 550 5080 -4.9 -35.4 7 30.5 -11.6 248 12 318.3 318.3 288.6 319.5 0.34 11 500 5823 -9.6 -34.6 11 25.0 -14.9 241 16 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.40 12 450 6626 -15.6 -37.1 14 21.5 -19.4 251 18 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.35 13 400 7503 -22.4 -39.1 21 16.6 -24.9 245 23 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.32 14 350 8466 -30.7 -31.4 94 0.7 -30.8 236 28 327.4 327.5 291.7 330.2 0.79 15 300 9548 -37.2 -37.2 100 -0.0 -37.2 251 26 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.9 0.52 16 250 10778 -47.5 -47.5 100 -0.0 -47.5 231 26 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.21 17 200 12219 -56.0 -64.0 36 8.0 -56.1 244 35 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14036 -59.4 -78.6 7 19.2 -59.6 279 30 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16537 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.6 289 17 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.13 m Freezing level: 652.25 mb = 3730.75 m = 12239.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.62 mb = 3028.81 m = 9936.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.65 mb = 1493.39 m = 4899.52 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.25 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.95 mb = 2090.44 m = 6858.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: 24.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.24 mb = 1577.25 m = 5174.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.24 mb = 2566.60 m = 8420.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 643.24 mb = 3840.70 m = 12600.58 ft B at Equ Level: 45.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 563.24 mb = 4892.90 m = 16052.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.95 Bulk Shear: 6.65 m/s