MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 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 11.5 43 13.4 16.6 51 12 297.1 298.6 289.3 321.7 8.47 1 1000 170 22.5 10.0 45 12.5 15.0 52 17 295.6 297.0 288.1 318.0 7.73 2 950 612 18.0 8.8 55 9.3 12.6 52 19 295.5 296.8 287.8 317.2 7.47 3 900 1072 13.9 7.4 65 6.5 10.2 52 18 295.8 297.1 287.6 316.7 7.19 4 850 1552 13.6 -2.0 34 15.6 6.0 45 14 300.4 301.1 286.1 312.2 3.89 5 800 2063 13.1 3.9 54 9.2 7.9 357 11 305.1 306.3 290.0 324.3 6.32 6 750 2603 10.6 4.6 67 6.0 7.2 333 12 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.8 7.11 7 700 3176 7.7 3.2 73 4.5 5.2 318 9 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.4 6.90 8 650 3784 4.6 -1.4 65 5.9 1.5 291 7 314.1 315.1 292.0 330.9 5.32 9 600 4432 1.1 -5.0 64 6.1 -1.9 261 6 317.4 318.3 292.2 331.6 4.40 10 550 5127 -3.2 -8.6 66 5.4 -5.5 277 10 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.3 3.63 11 500 5876 -7.3 -14.4 57 7.1 -10.1 268 15 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.6 2.51 12 450 6689 -12.3 -17.5 65 5.2 -14.0 263 23 327.8 328.3 293.2 335.3 2.16 13 400 7580 -17.4 -23.1 61 5.7 -19.0 255 30 332.4 332.7 293.7 337.7 1.49 14 350 8569 -23.6 -25.3 86 1.7 -24.0 247 40 337.0 337.3 294.8 342.1 1.40 15 300 9679 -30.9 -44.6 25 13.7 -32.5 248 45 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.24 16 250 10944 -41.4 -47.0 54 5.7 -41.8 243 51 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.22 17 200 12418 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 257 51 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.05 18 150 14228 -63.3 -75.5 18 12.2 -63.4 262 32 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16671 -68.2 -82.4 11 14.2 -68.4 243 7 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.79 m Freezing level: 586.88 mb = 4614.66 m = 15139.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.77 mb = 4065.64 m = 13338.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.83 mb = 1744.31 m = 5722.72 ft T: 13.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 9.55 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.20 mb = 4099.00 m = 13448.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.65 C = 110.57 F Cap Strength: 9.42 C Lifted Index: 10.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.26 C Showalter Index: 13.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.96 C Cross Totals Index: 5.38 C K Index: 14.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10432.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.21 mb = 1781.06 m = 5843.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.0 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 14.0 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -30.8 tot: -29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 37.27 m/s