MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 26 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 1010 67 20.0 9.9 52 10.1 14.0 357 8 292.3 293.6 286.7 313.9 7.58 1 1000 154 19.6 8.5 48 11.2 13.1 1 13 292.8 294.0 286.3 312.8 6.96 2 950 595 19.6 4.8 37 14.9 11.4 23 20 297.1 298.1 286.6 313.8 5.66 3 900 1058 16.4 3.7 43 12.7 9.5 23 13 298.4 299.4 287.0 314.8 5.54 4 850 1541 13.3 4.1 54 9.1 8.2 312 8 300.0 301.1 288.1 318.1 6.06 5 800 2049 10.0 5.4 73 4.6 7.4 275 14 301.8 303.1 289.6 322.8 7.03 6 750 2583 8.5 -10.1 26 18.6 0.7 274 18 305.8 306.3 286.5 313.3 2.37 7 700 3152 7.7 -29.1 5 36.8 -2.8 270 24 311.0 311.1 286.3 312.7 0.49 8 650 3759 5.3 -22.2 12 27.6 -3.7 265 29 315.0 315.2 288.2 318.4 0.99 9 600 4407 0.9 -18.3 22 19.3 -5.8 255 32 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.3 1.50 10 550 5100 -3.6 -17.9 32 14.3 -8.5 248 38 319.8 320.2 290.5 325.6 1.70 11 500 5846 -8.4 -18.9 43 10.5 -11.9 243 43 322.7 323.1 291.3 328.6 1.71 12 450 6654 -14.3 -15.2 93 0.9 -14.6 248 44 325.2 325.7 292.8 334.1 2.61 13 400 7540 -19.2 -19.4 98 0.2 -19.3 253 50 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.2 2.05 14 350 8521 -25.2 -31.9 54 6.7 -26.5 261 60 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.6 0.76 15 300 9621 -33.9 -37.5 70 3.7 -34.3 260 65 337.6 337.8 294.2 339.6 0.51 16 250 10870 -44.2 -44.7 95 0.4 -44.3 259 72 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.29 17 200 12322 -56.8 -58.0 87 1.2 -56.9 260 76 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 18 150 14122 -61.0 -76.8 11 15.8 -61.2 260 55 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16601 -65.5 -83.3 7 17.8 -65.6 255 36 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.33 m Freezing level: 589.62 mb = 4550.73 m = 14930.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.72 mb = 2696.94 m = 8848.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.72 mb = 1347.28 m = 4420.17 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.17 mb = 4729.58 m = 15516.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.21 C = 115.18 F Cap Strength: 11.36 C Lifted Index: 11.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.06 C Showalter Index: 9.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 12.58 C K Index: -10.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 109.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11148.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.00 mb = 2173.78 m = 7131.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: -38.2 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 138.51 m/s