MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 67 19.8 13.8 68 6.0 16.0 36 9 291.9 293.6 288.6 319.7 9.81 1 1000 171 18.8 12.9 69 5.8 15.1 40 15 291.9 293.6 288.3 318.6 9.40 2 950 610 17.3 10.9 66 6.4 13.4 57 27 294.8 296.3 288.6 319.7 8.64 3 900 1070 14.8 6.1 56 8.7 9.9 54 27 296.7 297.9 287.4 315.9 6.56 4 850 1551 12.8 -0.2 41 12.9 6.2 50 20 299.5 300.3 286.4 312.9 4.45 5 800 2059 12.0 -5.8 28 17.8 3.8 26 13 304.0 304.6 286.6 313.6 3.10 6 750 2598 10.4 0.0 48 10.4 4.9 341 11 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.7 5.11 7 700 3170 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 4.9 302 10 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.6 6.44 8 650 3780 5.1 -1.3 63 6.4 1.7 285 9 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.7 5.37 9 600 4429 1.2 -4.8 64 6.0 -1.7 276 8 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.8 4.45 10 550 5124 -3.0 -7.9 69 4.9 -5.2 264 10 320.5 321.3 292.6 333.1 3.84 11 500 5873 -7.2 -13.9 59 6.6 -9.8 252 14 324.2 324.8 292.6 333.1 2.62 12 450 6687 -11.9 -16.9 66 5.0 -13.7 254 19 328.3 328.7 293.3 336.0 2.25 13 400 7580 -17.1 -19.5 82 2.4 -17.9 255 24 332.8 333.2 294.3 340.0 2.05 14 350 8569 -23.3 -24.9 87 1.6 -23.7 256 34 337.4 337.7 295.0 342.7 1.45 15 300 9680 -31.0 -31.5 95 0.5 -31.1 248 46 341.7 341.8 295.6 345.1 0.91 16 250 10945 -41.5 -41.6 100 0.0 -41.5 249 48 344.3 344.4 295.7 345.9 0.40 17 200 12415 -54.0 -54.3 97 0.3 -54.0 253 52 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.8 0.12 18 150 14223 -62.8 -76.0 15 13.3 -62.9 257 31 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16661 -69.9 -82.1 15 12.3 -69.9 294 4 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.44 m Freezing level: 586.11 mb = 4621.95 m = 15163.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.93 mb = 4098.70 m = 13447.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.00 mb = 827.67 m = 2715.41 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.88 mb = 3718.10 m = 12198.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.34 C = 108.20 F Cap Strength: 8.92 C Lifted Index: 9.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.33 C Showalter Index: 13.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.97 C Cross Totals Index: 7.06 C K Index: 13.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10496.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.40 mb = 1332.16 m = 4370.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.6 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 29.6 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -37.5 tot: -28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 27.05 m/s