MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 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 1013 67 19.1 13.4 69 5.7 15.5 33 8 291.2 292.9 288.2 318.3 9.57 1 1000 175 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.7 36 12 291.1 292.7 287.9 317.3 9.26 2 950 613 16.8 10.4 66 6.5 13.0 50 18 294.3 295.8 288.2 318.3 8.35 3 900 1073 15.2 3.0 44 12.2 8.7 45 18 297.1 298.1 286.3 312.7 5.27 4 850 1555 13.8 -2.9 31 16.8 5.8 37 16 300.6 301.3 285.9 311.6 3.62 5 800 2065 13.3 -6.7 24 20.0 4.1 21 8 305.3 305.9 286.9 314.3 2.88 6 750 2606 11.4 2.9 56 8.5 6.6 317 5 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.2 6.28 7 700 3180 8.6 1.7 62 6.9 4.8 279 5 312.0 313.1 292.0 331.2 6.17 8 650 3789 4.7 -0.7 68 5.4 1.8 260 7 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.9 5.60 9 600 4437 0.7 -3.7 72 4.4 -1.5 255 12 316.9 317.8 292.4 332.4 4.84 10 550 5132 -3.0 -10.8 55 7.8 -6.2 243 16 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.7 3.05 11 500 5880 -7.2 -22.6 28 15.4 -11.9 248 19 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.24 12 450 6696 -10.1 -37.3 9 27.1 -15.7 257 21 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.35 13 400 7596 -15.2 -41.5 9 26.4 -19.8 254 14 335.3 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.25 14 350 8587 -23.4 -42.7 15 19.3 -26.2 257 24 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.25 15 300 9696 -31.4 -39.1 47 7.7 -32.4 257 36 341.2 341.2 295.0 342.8 0.43 16 250 10959 -41.5 -42.1 94 0.6 -41.6 260 46 344.3 344.4 295.7 345.8 0.38 17 200 12433 -53.2 -57.8 58 4.5 -53.4 267 51 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14235 -63.5 -74.4 21 11.0 -63.6 261 30 360.7 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16677 -68.8 -83.0 11 14.2 -68.8 269 5 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.53 m Freezing level: 590.68 mb = 4566.80 m = 14982.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.51 mb = 4139.12 m = 13579.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.10 mb = 793.22 m = 2602.40 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.12 mb = 3800.12 m = 12467.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.31 C = 108.16 F Cap Strength: 9.85 C Lifted Index: 10.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.33 C Showalter Index: 14.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 4.27 C K Index: 11.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 50.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10483.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.96 mb = 1359.25 m = 4459.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 336.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -18.4 tot: -3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 48.10 m/s