MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 7 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 1010 108 23.4 20.6 84 2.8 21.5 84 5 295.7 298.5 294.3 339.8 15.33 1 1000 195 23.3 20.4 83 3.0 21.2 87 10 296.5 299.2 294.4 340.3 15.22 2 950 643 22.1 17.9 77 4.2 19.2 95 17 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.6 13.70 3 900 1113 19.7 15.1 75 4.6 16.6 83 11 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.4 12.05 4 850 1603 16.0 12.1 77 4.0 13.5 70 9 302.9 304.9 292.8 334.0 10.47 5 800 2116 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 11.0 73 6 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.5 9.55 6 750 2657 10.6 7.7 82 2.9 8.9 93 3 308.1 309.7 293.0 335.0 8.85 7 700 3231 8.5 2.2 64 6.4 5.0 164 4 311.9 313.2 292.2 331.9 6.40 8 650 3840 5.1 -2.7 57 7.7 1.1 195 6 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.1 4.84 9 600 4489 0.4 -2.5 81 2.9 -1.1 186 9 316.6 317.6 292.7 333.6 5.31 10 550 5182 -3.5 -6.8 78 3.4 -5.0 164 11 319.9 320.8 292.7 333.5 4.17 11 500 5931 -7.1 -9.7 82 2.6 -8.2 177 11 324.3 325.1 293.4 336.5 3.66 12 450 6747 -11.6 -15.0 76 3.3 -12.9 204 13 328.6 329.2 293.7 337.7 2.66 13 400 7641 -16.7 -22.6 60 6.0 -18.4 204 14 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.9 1.55 14 350 8630 -23.5 -26.2 78 2.7 -24.2 182 16 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.8 1.29 15 300 9739 -31.9 -34.2 80 2.3 -32.3 192 22 340.4 340.5 295.1 343.1 0.71 16 250 10999 -42.5 -43.8 87 1.3 -42.6 206 20 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.31 17 200 12466 -54.6 -56.4 81 1.8 -54.6 199 18 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14251 -65.5 -70.8 48 5.3 -65.5 200 15 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16706 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 110 7 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.97 m Freezing level: 594.45 mb = 4565.93 m = 14979.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.22 mb = 4168.32 m = 13675.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.94 mb = 461.95 m = 1515.57 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1532.18 m = 5026.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.21 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.13 mb = 1044.13 m = 3425.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.13 mb = 4195.43 m = 13764.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 472.13 mb = 6375.09 m = 20915.39 ft B at Equ Level: 59.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.13 mb = 8175.97 m = 26823.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 163.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -35.3 tot: -11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.98 Bulk Shear: 8.67 m/s