MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 36.83,-76.22 Latitude: 36.83 Longitude: -76.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1026 6 27.3 18.7 59 8.6 21.3 56 13 298.2 300.6 293.6 336.9 13.32 1 1000 234 24.1 16.7 63 7.5 19.1 55 17 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.1 12.02 2 950 680 19.8 15.6 77 4.2 17.1 55 16 297.3 299.5 292.2 331.6 11.84 3 900 1143 15.7 14.0 90 1.6 14.6 54 15 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.4 11.27 4 850 1629 15.2 5.3 51 9.9 9.6 53 10 302.1 303.3 289.3 321.8 6.58 5 800 2140 12.6 4.8 59 7.7 8.2 64 7 304.5 305.8 290.2 324.9 6.76 6 750 2679 10.8 -10.7 21 21.6 1.7 84 7 308.3 308.8 287.3 315.5 2.25 7 700 3252 8.6 -13.3 20 22.0 -0.3 72 6 312.0 312.4 288.2 318.4 1.95 8 650 3860 4.4 -4.6 52 9.1 0.0 57 4 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.3 4.17 9 600 4507 1.3 -17.4 23 18.7 -5.5 19 2 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.1 1.62 10 550 5203 -1.9 -15.0 36 13.1 -7.0 246 3 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.1 2.17 11 500 5955 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -8.2 227 6 326.0 326.7 293.4 336.6 3.12 12 450 6775 -10.2 -22.4 36 12.2 -13.9 258 7 330.5 330.7 293.2 335.5 1.41 13 400 7671 -16.5 -25.1 48 8.5 -18.8 250 16 333.5 333.7 293.8 338.0 1.25 14 350 8662 -23.4 -30.8 51 7.4 -24.9 241 23 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.4 0.84 15 300 9770 -31.6 -39.8 44 8.3 -32.6 245 28 340.9 341.0 294.9 342.4 0.40 16 250 11033 -41.4 -49.1 43 7.6 -41.9 242 41 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.2 0.18 17 200 12505 -53.9 -57.8 63 3.8 -54.1 240 44 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.08 18 150 14294 -65.4 -70.9 47 5.5 -65.5 240 26 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16739 -67.7 -83.2 9 15.5 -67.8 93 3 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.56 m Freezing level: 580.08 mb = 4784.27 m = 15696.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.86 mb = 3170.73 m = 10402.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.27 mb = 1093.19 m = 3586.54 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1930.57 m = 6333.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 9.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 11.04 C K Index: 4.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5631.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.20 mb = 1188.63 m = 3899.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 88.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -8.6 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 9.28 m/s