MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 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 1012 66 25.0 13.8 50 11.3 17.8 46 12 297.2 299.0 290.5 325.7 9.83 1 1000 170 22.9 12.2 51 10.6 16.2 47 18 296.0 297.6 289.3 322.0 8.98 2 950 613 18.5 10.9 61 7.6 13.8 47 20 296.0 297.5 289.0 321.0 8.63 3 900 1074 14.3 9.4 72 4.9 11.4 49 20 296.3 297.8 288.8 320.2 8.26 4 850 1555 12.9 -0.7 39 13.6 6.1 53 19 299.7 300.4 286.2 312.5 4.27 5 800 2063 12.3 -10.1 20 22.4 2.8 36 13 304.3 304.7 285.8 311.3 2.21 6 750 2602 10.8 -11.3 20 22.0 1.5 4 12 308.3 308.7 287.1 315.2 2.15 7 700 3174 8.1 0.4 58 7.7 3.9 328 9 311.5 312.5 291.5 329.0 5.63 8 650 3782 4.7 0.8 76 3.9 2.6 287 8 314.3 315.5 292.8 334.0 6.25 9 600 4431 1.2 -4.0 68 5.2 -1.4 270 7 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.8 4.75 10 550 5127 -3.0 -7.3 72 4.3 -5.0 275 8 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.7 4.02 11 500 5876 -7.3 -11.6 71 4.3 -9.1 270 13 324.1 324.7 293.0 334.6 3.14 12 450 6690 -11.8 -14.4 81 2.7 -12.8 258 23 328.4 329.0 293.8 337.9 2.78 13 400 7583 -17.1 -19.4 83 2.3 -17.9 245 32 332.7 333.2 294.3 340.0 2.06 14 350 8573 -23.4 -26.9 73 3.5 -24.2 238 37 337.2 337.4 294.7 341.6 1.21 15 300 9683 -31.1 -31.1 100 -0.0 -31.2 223 49 341.5 341.7 295.5 345.1 0.95 16 250 10946 -41.8 -41.8 100 0.0 -41.8 238 49 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.4 0.39 17 200 12420 -52.6 -57.4 56 4.8 -52.8 251 52 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.08 18 150 14230 -63.3 -75.2 18 11.9 -63.4 259 34 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16669 -69.0 -82.6 12 13.5 -69.1 261 10 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.90 m Freezing level: 585.62 mb = 4631.36 m = 15194.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.40 mb = 4199.62 m = 13778.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.69 mb = 1478.89 m = 4851.95 ft T: 13.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.21 mb = 3580.01 m = 11745.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.28 C = 106.30 F Cap Strength: 7.63 C Lifted Index: 8.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.09 C Showalter Index: 13.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.21 C Cross Totals Index: 6.60 C K Index: 11.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8943.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.92 mb = 1565.40 m = 5135.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 3.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 33.3 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -165.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -26.2 tot: -20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 20.65 m/s