MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.46,-75.71 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -75.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 2 24.9 22.4 86 2.5 23.2 40 22 296.6 299.6 295.7 345.7 17.02 1 1000 158 23.3 20.8 86 2.5 21.5 42 27 296.4 299.2 294.7 341.4 15.60 2 950 604 19.8 19.2 96 0.6 19.4 45 29 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.2 14.86 3 900 1069 17.6 16.7 94 1.0 17.0 51 24 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.8 13.38 4 850 1558 15.6 14.7 94 0.9 15.0 50 18 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.2 12.44 5 800 2072 13.3 12.8 97 0.4 13.0 53 12 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.4 11.73 6 750 2614 10.7 10.3 97 0.4 10.4 56 8 308.2 310.2 294.3 340.1 10.53 7 700 3188 7.7 7.3 97 0.4 7.5 42 6 311.0 312.8 294.1 339.4 9.22 8 650 3797 4.6 4.4 99 0.1 4.5 36 6 314.2 315.7 294.2 339.5 8.12 9 600 4446 1.4 1.3 100 0.1 1.4 66 4 317.7 319.1 294.3 340.1 7.04 10 550 5144 -2.0 -2.1 99 0.1 -2.0 92 5 321.8 322.9 294.6 341.2 5.99 11 500 5897 -5.6 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.8 82 2 326.2 327.2 294.9 342.5 4.92 12 450 6718 -9.8 -11.1 90 1.4 -10.4 266 5 331.0 331.7 295.1 343.4 3.63 13 400 7619 -15.0 -15.4 96 0.5 -15.2 240 11 335.5 336.1 295.6 345.6 2.88 14 350 8616 -21.7 -21.9 98 0.2 -21.8 238 17 339.5 339.8 295.8 346.3 1.89 15 300 9733 -30.0 -30.2 98 0.2 -30.1 237 17 343.0 343.3 296.0 346.9 1.03 16 250 11003 -40.7 -40.7 100 -0.0 -40.8 247 24 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.2 0.44 17 200 12480 -53.0 -53.3 97 0.3 -53.1 249 35 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.13 18 150 14272 -67.2 -67.9 91 0.7 -67.2 268 45 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.03 19 100 16685 -70.5 -82.1 16 11.6 -70.5 266 18 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.72 m Freezing level: 579.36 mb = 4734.36 m = 15532.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.88 mb = 4719.76 m = 15484.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.07 mb = 315.13 m = 1033.89 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.93 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.67 mb = 707.26 m = 2320.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.40 mb = 627.57 m = 2058.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.40 mb = 2587.35 m = 8488.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.40 mb = 4965.09 m = 16289.45 ft B at Equ Level: 28.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.40 mb = 6339.76 m = 20799.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.7 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 80.7 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: -16.4 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 34.22 m/s