MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 66 30.6 14.6 38 16.0 19.9 255 2 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.8 10.39 1 1000 149 28.0 13.4 40 14.7 18.5 251 2 301.2 303.0 291.6 329.7 9.67 2 950 600 23.5 12.4 50 11.1 16.4 242 2 301.0 302.7 291.5 329.1 9.53 3 900 1068 18.9 11.2 61 7.7 14.1 232 2 301.0 302.7 291.3 328.6 9.33 4 850 1556 14.4 9.8 74 4.6 11.6 224 3 301.2 302.9 291.0 327.7 8.96 5 800 2065 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.4 228 3 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.6 7.99 6 750 2598 5.6 2.7 82 2.8 4.1 310 2 302.6 303.8 289.2 321.3 6.23 7 700 3158 1.4 -1.5 81 2.9 -0.0 343 5 304.0 304.9 288.4 319.0 4.90 8 650 3753 -0.2 -14.1 34 13.9 -5.3 303 7 308.7 309.1 287.1 315.1 1.98 9 600 4391 -1.7 -27.8 12 26.1 -8.7 277 11 314.2 314.3 287.6 316.4 0.65 10 550 5079 -5.2 -33.1 9 27.9 -11.6 257 16 318.0 318.0 288.6 319.5 0.43 11 500 5820 -9.8 -39.4 7 29.6 -15.3 245 18 321.1 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.25 12 450 6623 -15.9 -38.7 12 22.8 -19.8 248 18 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.3 0.30 13 400 7498 -23.2 -36.9 28 13.6 -25.4 239 21 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.40 14 350 8461 -28.8 -29.0 98 0.3 -28.8 246 28 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.6 0.99 15 300 9547 -36.9 -37.9 90 1.0 -37.0 255 25 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.3 0.49 16 250 10778 -48.1 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.1 235 24 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.20 17 200 12219 -55.3 -65.5 27 10.3 -55.5 249 28 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14037 -59.4 -78.6 7 19.1 -59.6 269 26 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16542 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 277 18 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.33 m Freezing level: 656.62 mb = 3673.98 m = 12053.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.47 mb = 3152.61 m = 10343.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.58 mb = 2069.14 m = 6788.45 ft T: 10.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2101.22 m = 6893.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.90 mb = 2003.12 m = 6571.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.90 mb = 2264.32 m = 7428.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 620.90 mb = 4118.02 m = 13510.41 ft B at Equ Level: 101.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.90 mb = 6116.97 m = 20068.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -5.1 tot: -3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 25.46 Bulk Shear: 4.00 m/s