MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1012 66 29.1 13.6 39 15.5 19.0 49 8 301.2 303.0 291.7 330.0 9.74 1 1000 170 26.5 12.1 41 14.4 17.4 49 10 299.7 301.3 290.5 325.9 8.91 2 950 619 21.9 11.0 50 11.0 15.1 49 11 299.5 301.0 290.3 325.0 8.70 3 900 1084 17.5 9.8 61 7.7 12.8 49 10 299.5 301.1 290.1 324.5 8.50 4 850 1569 13.0 8.6 74 4.5 10.3 49 10 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.1 8.25 5 800 2077 12.9 -7.2 24 20.1 3.8 55 4 304.9 305.5 286.6 313.6 2.78 6 750 2618 12.2 -14.0 15 26.2 1.7 310 2 309.8 310.1 287.2 315.4 1.73 7 700 3193 9.3 -4.1 39 13.3 2.7 272 5 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.5 4.04 8 650 3803 5.4 -4.0 51 9.4 0.7 258 6 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.1 4.38 9 600 4452 1.8 -15.5 26 17.3 -4.8 262 9 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.6 1.91 10 550 5148 -2.5 -19.0 27 16.5 -8.2 261 16 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.5 1.55 11 500 5898 -6.2 -21.9 28 15.7 -11.2 252 17 325.4 325.7 291.7 330.1 1.32 12 450 6716 -10.1 -26.6 24 16.6 -14.6 251 24 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.1 0.96 13 400 7614 -15.5 -34.2 19 18.7 -19.5 234 23 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.8 0.53 14 350 8607 -23.1 -32.4 42 9.3 -25.0 232 26 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.3 0.72 15 300 9716 -31.3 -32.7 88 1.4 -31.5 237 39 341.3 341.5 295.4 344.4 0.82 16 250 10981 -41.1 -45.8 61 4.7 -41.5 237 48 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.25 17 200 12455 -53.5 -58.0 58 4.5 -53.7 242 45 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14254 -64.3 -73.7 27 9.3 -64.4 230 29 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16699 -68.9 -82.7 12 13.9 -69.0 220 9 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.43 m Freezing level: 578.92 mb = 4745.66 m = 15569.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.44 mb = 3885.26 m = 12746.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.67 mb = 1997.41 m = 6553.09 ft T: 12.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.54 mb = 3770.82 m = 12371.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.87 C = 109.16 F Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lifted Index: 7.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.60 C Showalter Index: 7.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.27 C Cross Totals Index: 14.80 C K Index: 14.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7819.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.77 mb = 1996.35 m = 6549.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -6.5 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 37.57 m/s