MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 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 12.5 46 12.5 17.1 50 13 297.2 298.8 289.8 323.5 9.04 1 1000 170 22.6 11.2 49 11.4 15.6 51 18 295.8 297.3 288.8 320.1 8.39 2 950 613 18.2 9.9 58 8.3 13.2 52 20 295.6 297.1 288.4 319.0 8.08 3 900 1073 14.0 8.4 69 5.6 10.7 53 20 295.9 297.3 288.2 318.3 7.70 4 850 1553 13.2 -3.7 31 16.9 5.2 56 18 299.9 300.6 285.4 310.3 3.41 5 800 2062 12.9 -12.3 16 25.2 2.7 38 11 304.9 305.2 285.6 310.8 1.85 6 750 2601 11.0 -6.7 28 17.7 2.8 5 8 308.5 309.1 288.2 318.2 3.08 7 700 3174 8.4 1.1 60 7.3 4.4 316 6 311.8 312.9 291.8 330.3 5.94 8 650 3784 5.2 -1.4 62 6.6 1.8 272 7 314.9 315.9 292.2 331.8 5.34 9 600 4433 1.2 -4.3 67 5.5 -1.5 257 8 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.4 4.64 10 550 5128 -3.2 -8.1 68 5.0 -5.4 259 9 320.3 321.1 292.4 332.7 3.77 11 500 5877 -7.2 -14.6 56 7.3 -10.0 256 12 324.3 324.7 292.4 332.6 2.48 12 450 6691 -11.9 -17.3 64 5.4 -13.8 248 18 328.2 328.7 293.3 335.8 2.18 13 400 7583 -17.2 -18.6 89 1.4 -17.7 248 25 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.3 2.20 14 350 8573 -23.2 -24.4 90 1.2 -23.5 250 35 337.4 337.7 295.0 342.9 1.52 15 300 9683 -31.2 -31.3 99 0.1 -31.2 233 45 341.4 341.6 295.5 345.0 0.94 16 250 10949 -41.0 -43.5 77 2.4 -41.3 236 52 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.3 0.33 17 200 12423 -53.5 -55.1 83 1.6 -53.5 245 50 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.11 18 150 14229 -63.3 -75.4 18 12.1 -63.4 255 32 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16670 -68.6 -82.5 12 14.0 -68.7 253 6 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.43 m Freezing level: 586.59 mb = 4619.27 m = 15154.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.15 mb = 4125.76 m = 13535.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.10 mb = 1631.32 m = 5352.04 ft T: 13.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.50 mb = 3941.07 m = 12929.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.44 C = 110.19 F Cap Strength: 8.49 C Lifted Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.19 C Showalter Index: 14.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 3.45 C K Index: 9.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9548.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.79 mb = 1654.39 m = 5427.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.5 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 36.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -16.6 tot: -10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 21.69 m/s