MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 36.62,-82.91 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -82.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 172 SFC 961 503 10.3 7.2 82 3.0 8.6 309 1 286.6 287.8 283.5 305.3 6.65 2 950 603 13.3 6.8 65 6.5 9.7 326 2 290.7 291.9 285.1 309.4 6.55 3 900 1059 13.4 4.6 55 8.7 8.6 347 8 295.3 296.3 286.2 312.6 5.93 4 850 1537 9.6 3.3 65 6.3 6.3 299 11 296.2 297.2 286.4 313.0 5.72 5 800 2037 6.0 -1.8 57 7.8 2.3 286 14 297.5 298.3 285.3 310.0 4.17 6 750 2565 6.1 -22.3 11 28.4 -2.7 279 20 303.2 303.4 283.8 306.0 0.85 7 700 3128 4.4 -26.6 8 30.9 -4.4 275 23 307.3 307.4 285.1 309.4 0.62 8 650 3727 1.7 -28.8 8 30.5 -6.4 270 28 310.9 311.0 286.3 312.8 0.55 9 600 4367 -2.0 -24.9 15 22.9 -8.5 268 37 313.8 313.9 287.6 316.7 0.84 10 550 5053 -6.0 -30.5 12 24.5 -11.9 265 40 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.9 0.55 11 500 5792 -10.7 -36.1 10 25.4 -15.7 268 43 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.3 0.35 12 450 6594 -15.5 -40.4 10 24.9 -19.6 270 53 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.25 13 400 7472 -21.6 -37.3 23 15.8 -24.1 267 60 327.0 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.39 14 350 8444 -27.7 -39.2 33 11.5 -29.3 273 75 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.36 15 300 9535 -34.9 -49.9 20 15.0 -36.1 269 87 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 16 250 10779 -45.6 -49.5 65 3.9 -45.9 268 92 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.17 17 200 12226 -55.9 -59.9 61 4.0 -56.0 268 88 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14045 -58.3 -79.1 5 20.8 -58.6 270 72 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16561 -63.6 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.8 263 40 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.85 m Freezing level: 627.09 mb = 4020.45 m = 13190.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.86 mb = 2277.14 m = 7470.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.50 % Est. max temperature: 20.75 C = 69.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.41 mb = 888.41 m = 2914.71 ft T: 13.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.46 mb = 4022.02 m = 13195.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.58 C = 96.04 F Cap Strength: 10.07 C Lifted Index: 10.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.86 C Showalter Index: 9.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.31 C Cross Totals Index: 14.03 C K Index: -7.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12020.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.01 mb = 1893.89 m = 6213.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: -26.8 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 88.80 m/s