MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.45,-78.86 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -78.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 31 18.2 10.1 59 8.1 13.4 59 5 289.8 291.2 285.8 311.5 7.65 1 1000 184 21.3 8.2 43 13.1 13.7 67 12 294.5 295.7 286.8 314.3 6.84 2 950 627 19.3 6.4 43 12.9 11.9 76 11 296.8 297.9 287.2 315.4 6.34 3 900 1089 15.4 6.3 55 9.1 10.2 107 6 297.3 298.5 287.7 316.9 6.67 4 850 1570 11.0 5.4 68 5.6 7.9 172 3 297.7 298.9 287.8 317.2 6.64 5 800 2072 6.7 3.7 81 3.0 5.1 257 9 298.3 299.4 287.6 316.7 6.24 6 750 2600 4.8 -5.9 46 10.7 0.1 257 13 301.8 302.4 286.0 311.9 3.28 7 700 3162 4.3 -20.4 15 24.7 -3.7 247 16 307.2 307.4 285.6 310.8 1.08 8 650 3762 2.9 -35.6 4 38.5 -6.2 248 18 312.2 312.3 286.5 313.2 0.28 9 600 4406 0.3 -38.7 3 39.0 -8.2 254 24 316.4 316.5 287.8 317.3 0.22 10 550 5097 -4.4 -28.6 13 24.2 -10.7 260 25 318.9 319.0 289.1 321.2 0.65 11 500 5840 -9.4 -34.8 11 25.4 -14.7 270 30 321.6 321.6 289.7 323.0 0.40 12 450 6646 -14.4 -39.1 10 24.7 -18.7 268 39 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.29 13 400 7528 -21.0 -26.3 62 5.3 -22.2 268 44 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.6 1.11 14 350 8499 -27.8 -28.6 92 0.9 -27.9 271 45 331.3 331.5 293.1 335.0 1.03 15 300 9590 -35.5 -35.5 100 -0.0 -35.5 280 57 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.62 16 250 10828 -46.4 -46.4 100 -0.0 -46.4 280 62 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.0 0.24 17 200 12272 -57.8 -58.1 96 0.3 -57.9 302 85 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14069 -60.2 -78.0 8 17.7 -60.4 281 56 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16568 -64.4 -84.0 5 19.6 -64.6 275 38 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.08 m Freezing level: 597.12 mb = 4446.09 m = 14586.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.97 mb = 2611.14 m = 8566.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.97 mb = 1060.72 m = 3480.00 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 6.39 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.59 mb = 4291.89 m = 14080.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.15 C = 111.47 F Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lifted Index: 9.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.13 C Showalter Index: 8.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.42 C Cross Totals Index: 14.85 C K Index: 1.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10222.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.67 mb = 2003.32 m = 6572.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -9.6 tot: 71.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 93.86 m/s