MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 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 1013 66 25.5 14.2 50 11.2 18.2 40 10 297.5 299.3 290.8 326.9 10.12 1 1000 181 22.9 12.8 53 10.0 16.5 40 14 296.0 297.7 289.7 323.1 9.35 2 950 624 18.5 11.7 64 6.8 14.3 41 15 296.0 297.6 289.5 322.4 9.14 3 900 1085 14.4 10.4 77 4.0 12.0 45 14 296.4 298.0 289.3 322.0 8.84 4 850 1567 14.3 -5.8 24 20.0 5.1 50 10 301.1 301.6 285.4 310.1 2.92 5 800 2077 13.3 -10.5 18 23.7 3.2 10 5 305.3 305.7 286.1 312.1 2.15 6 750 2617 11.6 -12.1 18 23.8 1.8 305 4 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.7 2.01 7 700 3191 9.0 -5.7 35 14.8 2.0 275 6 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.8 3.56 8 650 3800 5.1 -2.7 57 7.8 1.1 265 7 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.1 4.84 9 600 4449 1.0 -9.4 46 10.3 -3.6 259 9 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.5 3.13 10 550 5143 -2.8 -19.3 27 16.5 -8.4 252 15 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.9 1.51 11 500 5892 -6.9 -23.4 26 16.5 -11.9 243 18 324.6 324.9 291.3 328.7 1.16 12 450 6709 -10.1 -26.0 26 15.9 -14.6 247 24 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.2 1.02 13 400 7607 -15.7 -31.4 25 15.7 -19.3 246 20 334.5 334.7 293.6 337.1 0.69 14 350 8599 -23.1 -38.1 24 15.0 -25.6 248 27 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.2 0.41 15 300 9707 -32.3 -41.0 41 8.8 -33.3 239 30 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.3 0.35 16 250 10968 -41.5 -44.2 75 2.7 -41.7 246 44 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.6 0.30 17 200 12442 -53.8 -56.7 70 3.0 -53.9 252 42 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.09 18 150 14239 -63.9 -74.2 23 10.3 -64.0 244 24 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -68.6 -82.8 11 14.3 -68.7 218 6 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.37 m Freezing level: 587.19 mb = 4626.84 m = 15179.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.91 mb = 3952.49 m = 12967.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.51 mb = 1473.18 m = 4833.19 ft T: 14.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.82 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.73 mb = 3554.52 m = 11661.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.84 C = 107.32 F Cap Strength: 7.42 C Lifted Index: 7.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.42 C Showalter Index: 15.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.16 C Cross Totals Index: 1.13 C K Index: 0.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8582.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.34 mb = 1484.74 m = 4871.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -9.7 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 50.74 m/s