MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 36.58,-81.70 Latitude: 36.58 Longitude: -81.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 1 950 627 SFC 920 891 9.0 5.1 77 3.9 7.0 266 2 288.9 290.0 283.8 306.0 6.00 3 900 1079 12.1 4.5 60 7.6 8.0 313 6 294.0 295.0 285.7 311.0 5.86 4 850 1557 9.7 2.4 60 7.3 5.9 322 15 296.3 297.2 286.1 312.0 5.36 5 800 2056 5.1 1.1 75 4.1 3.1 311 13 296.6 297.5 286.0 311.8 5.17 6 750 2580 2.5 -5.0 57 7.5 -0.8 297 15 299.3 299.9 285.3 309.9 3.50 7 700 3137 1.4 -13.6 32 15.0 -4.1 286 21 304.0 304.4 285.3 310.1 1.90 8 650 3729 -2.5 -14.1 41 11.6 -6.6 278 24 306.1 306.5 286.2 312.4 1.97 9 600 4359 -6.3 -23.7 24 17.4 -11.0 277 28 308.8 309.0 286.0 312.0 0.94 10 550 5035 -9.2 -37.2 8 27.9 -14.5 290 37 313.1 313.2 286.8 314.1 0.29 11 500 5765 -13.8 -39.2 10 25.5 -18.0 293 46 316.2 316.3 287.8 317.2 0.25 12 450 6558 -18.5 -38.8 15 20.3 -21.7 292 57 320.0 320.0 289.0 321.0 0.30 13 400 7425 -24.8 -46.4 12 21.6 -27.1 289 66 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.15 14 350 8384 -31.2 -53.9 9 22.8 -32.8 290 72 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.07 15 300 9457 -39.3 -55.0 17 15.7 -40.1 286 76 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 16 250 10681 -47.6 -58.2 28 10.6 -48.0 283 77 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12137 -52.0 -66.2 17 14.1 -52.4 279 78 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 13989 -55.3 -78.3 4 23.1 -55.6 281 62 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 19 100 16543 -60.1 -85.0 2 24.9 -60.3 273 37 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.55 m Freezing level: 682.28 mb = 3346.78 m = 10980.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.35 mb = 2468.69 m = 8099.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.21 % Est. max temperature: 18.04 C = 64.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.48 mb = 1386.53 m = 4548.94 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 2.13 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.88 mb = 3369.94 m = 11056.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Cap Strength: 6.96 C Lifted Index: 7.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.00 C Showalter Index: 7.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 10.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11620.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.98 mb = 2220.30 m = 7284.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: -5.7 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 70.24 m/s