MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-81.21 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 108 23.8 22.9 95 0.9 23.2 47 4 296.6 299.8 296.2 348.0 17.80 1 1000 150 23.7 22.7 94 1.0 23.0 48 7 296.8 300.0 296.1 347.7 17.61 2 950 599 22.8 19.4 81 3.5 20.4 47 8 300.4 303.1 295.4 344.5 15.07 3 900 1071 22.2 15.4 65 6.8 17.6 71 6 304.4 306.6 294.6 341.1 12.32 4 850 1567 20.1 12.7 62 7.4 15.2 91 4 307.2 309.3 294.4 340.2 10.91 5 800 2088 16.7 11.7 72 5.0 13.4 56 3 309.0 311.0 294.8 342.1 10.88 6 750 2635 12.6 9.5 81 3.1 10.6 341 3 310.3 312.2 294.5 340.8 9.97 7 700 3211 8.7 5.2 78 3.5 6.6 328 5 312.2 313.7 293.5 336.8 7.94 8 650 3821 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 311 6 314.2 315.5 293.4 336.5 7.13 9 600 4469 0.4 -0.1 96 0.6 0.1 281 10 316.6 317.9 293.5 336.7 6.33 10 550 5164 -2.5 -3.7 91 1.2 -3.1 291 18 321.1 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.29 11 500 5917 -5.6 -7.6 86 2.0 -6.5 293 18 326.2 327.1 294.5 340.6 4.33 12 450 6738 -10.0 -11.8 87 1.8 -10.7 295 18 330.7 331.4 294.9 342.5 3.45 13 400 7637 -15.5 -16.7 90 1.2 -15.9 293 20 334.9 335.4 295.3 343.9 2.58 14 350 8633 -22.1 -22.8 94 0.7 -22.3 287 21 339.0 339.4 295.6 345.3 1.75 15 300 9748 -30.4 -31.6 89 1.2 -30.6 285 21 342.6 342.8 295.7 346.0 0.91 16 250 11017 -40.3 -43.5 72 3.1 -40.6 265 20 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.4 0.33 17 200 12499 -52.3 -58.2 49 5.9 -52.5 245 27 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.07 18 150 14300 -66.4 -69.4 66 3.0 -66.4 227 35 355.7 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16719 -69.7 -82.5 14 12.9 -69.8 303 12 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.35 m Freezing level: 592.40 mb = 4574.62 m = 15008.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.88 mb = 4497.37 m = 14754.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.81 % Est. max temperature: 34.22 C = 93.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.29 mb = 217.61 m = 713.93 ft T: 23.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.82 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.15 mb = 2064.70 m = 6773.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.39 mb = 989.85 m = 3247.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.39 mb = 3052.74 m = 10015.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.39 mb = 7761.39 m = 25463.56 ft B at Equ Level: 206.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.39 mb = 12068.57 m = 39594.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 17.90 m/s