MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 66 24.9 12.5 46 12.4 17.0 48 10 296.9 298.5 289.7 323.0 8.99 1 1000 180 22.3 11.1 49 11.2 15.4 48 14 295.4 296.9 288.6 319.5 8.32 2 950 622 18.0 9.8 59 8.2 13.0 49 15 295.4 296.8 288.3 318.6 8.01 3 900 1082 14.0 7.6 65 6.4 10.3 51 15 295.9 297.2 287.8 317.1 7.27 4 850 1564 15.1 -15.2 11 30.3 3.5 52 12 302.0 302.2 284.0 306.4 1.38 5 800 2076 14.0 -9.8 18 23.8 3.7 28 6 306.0 306.4 286.5 313.2 2.26 6 750 2617 11.4 2.9 56 8.5 6.6 333 6 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.3 6.30 7 700 3191 8.2 2.1 65 6.2 4.8 293 5 311.6 312.8 292.1 331.4 6.36 8 650 3799 4.6 -0.1 72 4.7 2.1 267 6 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.7 5.87 9 600 4448 0.6 -2.2 81 2.9 -0.9 255 12 316.8 317.9 292.8 334.1 5.42 10 550 5142 -3.1 -7.8 70 4.7 -5.3 237 16 320.4 321.1 292.5 333.0 3.85 11 500 5891 -6.7 -25.9 20 19.2 -12.1 247 20 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.2 0.93 12 450 6708 -9.9 -37.8 8 27.9 -15.7 251 24 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.33 13 400 7607 -15.5 -40.2 10 24.8 -19.9 237 20 334.9 334.9 293.3 336.0 0.29 14 350 8599 -23.1 -29.0 58 5.9 -24.5 248 27 337.6 337.8 294.6 341.2 0.99 15 300 9710 -31.1 -34.3 73 3.2 -31.6 252 38 341.6 341.7 295.3 344.3 0.70 16 250 10975 -41.5 -42.2 93 0.7 -41.5 252 41 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.9 0.37 17 200 12448 -53.4 -56.9 66 3.5 -53.5 251 40 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.09 18 150 14248 -63.0 -74.5 20 11.4 -63.1 240 23 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16692 -68.7 -82.9 11 14.3 -68.8 238 5 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.68 m Freezing level: 591.79 mb = 4561.68 m = 14965.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.38 mb = 4255.96 m = 13962.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.32 mb = 1620.95 m = 5318.01 ft T: 14.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 16.68 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.92 mb = 3862.98 m = 12673.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.47 C = 108.45 F Cap Strength: 8.76 C Lifted Index: 10.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.29 C Showalter Index: 17.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: -8.52 C K Index: 0.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10927.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.16 mb = 1662.62 m = 5454.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -10.6 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 56.80 m/s