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: 35.02,-79.40 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 17.9 7.9 52 10.0 12.3 82 3 290.3 291.4 285.0 309.1 6.63 1 1000 187 20.2 7.4 44 12.8 12.9 89 5 293.3 294.5 286.0 311.9 6.46 2 950 629 19.4 5.9 41 13.5 11.8 130 4 296.9 298.0 287.1 314.9 6.13 3 900 1091 15.3 4.9 50 10.3 9.5 186 3 297.2 298.3 287.1 315.0 6.04 4 850 1571 10.8 3.8 62 7.1 7.0 222 4 297.5 298.5 287.1 314.9 5.90 5 800 2073 6.2 3.2 81 3.0 4.6 261 10 297.7 298.8 287.2 315.5 6.03 6 750 2598 3.1 -4.4 58 7.4 -0.3 265 10 299.9 300.6 285.7 311.1 3.68 7 700 3157 3.1 -21.4 15 24.5 -4.6 260 15 305.9 306.1 285.0 309.1 0.99 8 650 3756 2.2 -37.5 3 39.7 -6.7 257 20 311.5 311.5 286.1 312.3 0.23 9 600 4398 -0.4 -32.7 7 32.3 -8.3 252 24 315.7 315.8 287.8 317.1 0.41 10 550 5088 -4.6 -28.0 14 23.4 -10.8 260 25 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.1 0.69 11 500 5830 -10.0 -32.1 15 22.1 -14.9 265 31 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.52 12 450 6633 -15.6 -39.9 11 24.3 -19.6 268 39 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.26 13 400 7511 -21.4 -30.7 43 9.3 -23.2 264 46 327.2 327.3 291.7 329.9 0.74 14 350 8482 -27.9 -30.2 81 2.3 -28.3 277 52 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.4 0.89 15 300 9571 -36.1 -37.7 85 1.6 -36.3 285 63 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.3 0.49 16 250 10809 -46.1 -46.1 100 -0.0 -46.2 285 68 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.24 17 200 12252 -58.1 -58.2 99 0.1 -58.1 300 89 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.07 18 150 14050 -59.6 -77.9 8 18.3 -59.8 285 56 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16562 -63.2 -84.2 4 21.0 -63.4 274 36 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.49 m Freezing level: 607.32 mb = 4304.05 m = 14120.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.81 mb = 2568.02 m = 8425.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.62 mb = 1379.31 m = 4525.23 ft T: 12.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.37 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.78 mb = 4387.66 m = 14395.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.38 C = 110.08 F Cap Strength: 10.13 C Lifted Index: 9.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.38 C Showalter Index: 9.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.82 C Cross Totals Index: 13.77 C K Index: 0.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10801.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.09 mb = 2133.18 m = 6998.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 50.29 m/s