MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.05,-81.97 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -81.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 997 158 36.8 18.8 35 18.0 23.9 328 4 310.3 312.9 297.1 352.4 13.82 2 950 590 31.2 17.0 43 14.1 21.3 311 7 308.8 311.3 296.2 348.1 12.96 3 900 1072 26.6 16.0 52 10.6 19.2 296 9 308.9 311.3 296.1 347.7 12.80 4 850 1573 21.9 14.9 65 7.0 17.1 286 11 309.1 311.4 296.1 347.4 12.64 5 800 2096 17.0 13.7 81 3.3 14.8 279 12 309.3 311.6 296.0 347.0 12.41 6 750 2644 12.4 11.5 94 0.9 11.8 271 15 310.0 312.2 295.5 345.0 11.44 7 700 3220 8.3 6.6 89 1.7 7.3 273 13 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.8 8.77 8 650 3831 6.2 -0.4 63 6.6 2.7 292 9 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.2 5.73 9 600 4483 1.8 -1.7 78 3.5 -0.0 281 9 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.3 5.65 10 550 5179 -2.8 -6.1 78 3.3 -4.3 280 12 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.2 4.41 11 500 5930 -6.5 -12.9 61 6.4 -9.1 275 17 325.1 325.6 293.0 334.6 2.83 12 450 6747 -10.5 -18.3 53 7.8 -13.2 271 17 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.1 2.02 13 400 7645 -15.4 -22.9 53 7.5 -17.6 276 22 335.0 335.3 294.4 340.4 1.52 14 350 8640 -22.2 -28.0 59 5.8 -23.6 272 20 338.8 339.1 295.0 342.9 1.09 15 300 9756 -29.6 -42.7 27 13.1 -31.3 264 24 343.7 343.7 295.5 344.8 0.29 16 250 11032 -39.0 -57.0 13 18.0 -40.0 247 27 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 17 200 12522 -51.2 -59.5 36 8.4 -51.5 239 28 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.0 0.06 18 150 14327 -65.9 -71.1 48 5.2 -66.0 214 30 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16730 -70.4 -82.7 15 12.3 -70.4 254 12 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.86 m Freezing level: 580.24 mb = 4757.69 m = 15609.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.72 mb = 4472.88 m = 14674.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.63 % Est. max temperature: 35.62 C = 96.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.59 mb = 2425.04 m = 7956.07 ft T: 14.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 18.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.43 mb = 2471.00 m = 8106.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.43 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 41.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 578.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.43 mb = 2393.72 m = 7853.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.43 mb = 2560.11 m = 8399.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.43 mb = 10559.91 m = 34644.95 ft B at Equ Level: 577.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.43 mb = 14845.37 m = 48704.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 83.14 Bulk Shear: 6.95 m/s