MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.88,-79.24 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -79.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 73 21.1 19.6 91 1.5 20.1 29 10 293.3 295.9 292.8 334.1 14.33 1 1000 173 20.2 19.0 93 1.2 19.4 31 16 293.4 295.9 292.6 333.1 13.96 2 950 615 18.6 18.1 97 0.6 18.3 59 24 296.1 298.6 293.3 336.0 13.87 3 900 1080 18.0 16.4 90 1.6 17.0 59 16 300.1 302.5 294.0 338.6 13.17 4 850 1569 15.5 14.5 94 1.0 14.8 46 11 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.6 12.27 5 800 2082 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 17 8 305.5 307.6 294.3 340.1 11.57 6 750 2625 11.4 9.2 86 2.2 10.0 322 7 309.0 310.8 294.0 338.7 9.78 7 700 3200 8.7 4.2 73 4.5 6.1 303 10 312.2 313.6 293.1 335.2 7.43 8 650 3811 5.3 -0.5 66 5.8 2.2 297 13 315.0 316.1 292.5 333.0 5.70 9 600 4460 1.4 -3.9 68 5.3 -1.2 298 14 317.8 318.7 292.6 333.1 4.77 10 550 5156 -2.4 -6.7 72 4.3 -4.4 292 13 321.2 322.0 293.0 334.9 4.20 11 500 5909 -5.9 -12.1 62 6.2 -8.4 277 11 325.9 326.5 293.3 336.1 3.03 12 450 6727 -10.3 -18.5 51 8.1 -13.2 281 10 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.2 1.98 13 400 7624 -16.3 -17.7 89 1.4 -16.8 280 15 333.8 334.3 294.8 342.2 2.38 14 350 8617 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -23.1 274 18 338.4 338.7 295.2 343.8 1.49 15 300 9732 -30.2 -35.4 60 5.2 -31.0 270 21 342.8 343.0 295.6 345.2 0.62 16 250 11001 -40.6 -44.0 70 3.3 -40.9 262 20 345.6 345.7 296.0 346.9 0.31 17 200 12482 -51.5 -59.7 37 8.2 -51.7 256 31 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.06 18 150 14282 -66.8 -68.1 84 1.3 -66.8 253 34 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.03 19 100 16692 -70.5 -82.0 17 11.6 -70.5 275 12 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.73 m Freezing level: 581.63 mb = 4716.14 m = 15472.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.78 mb = 4223.33 m = 13855.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.75 mb = 261.85 m = 859.09 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1327.01 m = 4353.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 2.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4644.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.25 mb = 640.03 m = 2099.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.4 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 8.4 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -5.6 tot: 39.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 39.61 m/s