MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.46,-75.71 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -75.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 26.7 24.0 85 2.7 24.7 23 14 298.3 301.7 297.2 352.7 18.71 1 1000 159 25.2 22.7 86 2.5 23.4 24 17 298.4 301.5 296.5 349.5 17.59 2 950 609 21.6 21.0 96 0.6 21.2 27 17 299.1 302.2 296.2 348.0 16.75 3 900 1078 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.1 23 9 302.1 304.9 296.0 346.9 15.18 4 850 1571 17.7 16.3 91 1.4 16.8 341 4 304.7 307.3 295.7 346.1 13.86 5 800 2089 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 299 6 307.3 309.5 294.8 341.9 11.44 6 750 2634 11.9 9.4 85 2.5 10.3 297 7 309.5 311.3 294.3 339.7 9.91 7 700 3209 8.2 6.9 92 1.3 7.4 299 8 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.2 8.98 8 650 3818 4.8 3.8 94 0.9 4.2 301 7 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.6 7.76 9 600 4468 1.6 -3.0 72 4.6 -0.7 296 5 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.4 5.11 10 550 5165 -2.1 -5.4 78 3.3 -3.7 294 7 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.8 4.65 11 500 5918 -5.7 -6.6 93 0.9 -6.1 267 11 326.1 327.0 294.7 341.5 4.66 12 450 6738 -10.4 -11.0 95 0.6 -10.6 270 18 330.2 330.9 295.0 342.7 3.67 13 400 7638 -15.0 -15.4 97 0.4 -15.2 259 27 335.5 336.1 295.7 345.6 2.89 14 350 8636 -21.2 -21.3 100 0.1 -21.2 251 28 340.2 340.6 296.1 347.4 2.00 15 300 9756 -28.8 -29.0 98 0.2 -28.9 249 29 344.7 345.0 296.4 349.1 1.16 16 250 11034 -38.8 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.8 242 29 348.4 348.5 296.7 350.5 0.53 17 200 12523 -51.6 -52.2 93 0.6 -51.6 231 29 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.7 0.15 18 150 14321 -67.0 -69.8 68 2.8 -67.0 236 34 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16729 -71.8 -81.7 22 9.8 -71.9 300 19 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.52 m Freezing level: 578.59 mb = 4766.59 m = 15638.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.54 mb = 4366.85 m = 14326.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.22 mb = 342.95 m = 1125.15 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 18.39 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 781.65 m = 2564.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 490.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.72 mb = 638.59 m = 2095.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.72 mb = 2070.37 m = 6792.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.72 mb = 9714.62 m = 31871.72 ft B at Equ Level: 489.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.72 mb = 15093.00 m = 49517.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.9 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 354.9 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.00 Bulk Shear: 27.23 m/s