MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.99,-78.90 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 57 28.2 23.9 78 4.3 25.0 354 3 300.8 304.2 298.0 356.3 18.87 1 1000 112 28.9 22.9 70 6.0 24.5 345 5 302.1 305.3 297.7 354.8 17.84 2 950 569 26.7 20.9 71 5.7 22.5 267 10 304.2 307.3 297.4 353.8 16.62 3 900 1046 22.9 19.5 81 3.4 20.5 255 13 305.1 308.1 297.3 353.0 16.03 4 850 1542 19.6 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 264 19 306.7 309.4 296.6 349.8 14.34 5 800 2063 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.4 279 22 308.7 310.9 295.6 345.5 12.13 6 750 2611 13.9 8.9 72 5.0 10.7 285 19 311.7 313.5 294.6 341.2 9.59 7 700 3191 11.1 5.8 70 5.3 7.9 277 18 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.6 8.27 8 650 3807 7.6 2.7 71 4.9 4.8 272 18 317.6 319.0 294.4 340.3 7.15 9 600 4463 4.0 -1.8 66 5.8 0.9 271 19 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.8 5.58 10 550 5166 0.2 -6.5 61 6.7 -3.1 269 19 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.4 4.27 11 500 5923 -4.4 -11.9 56 7.4 -7.6 266 19 327.7 328.3 293.9 338.1 3.08 12 450 6746 -9.1 -16.5 55 7.4 -11.8 270 19 331.8 332.3 294.3 340.0 2.35 13 400 7649 -14.2 -19.6 64 5.4 -16.0 261 16 336.6 337.0 295.2 343.8 2.03 14 350 8650 -20.4 -28.5 49 8.1 -22.4 255 19 341.2 341.5 295.6 345.2 1.04 15 300 9772 -28.5 -34.2 58 5.7 -29.5 257 17 345.2 345.3 296.2 347.9 0.71 16 250 11053 -38.0 -43.5 56 5.6 -38.5 259 13 349.6 349.7 296.8 350.9 0.32 17 200 12549 -50.3 -55.3 55 5.0 -50.5 220 11 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.6 0.11 18 150 14359 -66.0 -68.7 69 2.6 -66.1 193 10 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16749 -71.9 -81.7 22 9.8 -71.9 301 9 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.98 m Freezing level: 548.26 mb = 5192.12 m = 17034.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.72 mb = 4615.99 m = 15144.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.79 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.10 mb = 605.65 m = 1987.01 ft T: 26.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.16 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1587.95 m = 5209.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.63 mb = 1195.31 m = 3921.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.63 mb = 2067.23 m = 6782.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.63 mb = 12884.50 m = 42271.47 ft B at Equ Level: 724.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.63 mb = 16207.57 m = 53173.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.6 neg: -7.2 tot: 45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 44.38 Bulk Shear: 16.42 m/s