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,-81.26 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 114 23.3 20.6 85 2.7 21.4 85 5 295.6 298.4 294.2 339.5 15.27 1 1000 195 23.3 20.3 83 3.0 21.2 88 10 296.4 299.2 294.4 340.2 15.18 2 950 643 22.1 17.9 77 4.2 19.2 96 17 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.7 13.69 3 900 1113 19.7 15.0 74 4.7 16.6 85 11 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.3 12.02 4 850 1603 16.1 11.9 77 4.1 13.4 72 9 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.8 10.37 5 800 2116 12.9 9.6 80 3.3 10.9 73 6 304.9 306.7 292.6 333.2 9.43 6 750 2657 10.6 7.7 83 2.8 8.9 91 3 308.0 309.7 293.0 335.0 8.86 7 700 3231 8.5 2.4 65 6.1 5.1 163 4 311.8 313.1 292.3 332.0 6.49 8 650 3840 5.0 -2.5 58 7.5 1.2 192 6 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.2 4.90 9 600 4489 0.5 -2.5 80 3.0 -1.0 185 9 316.7 317.7 292.7 333.6 5.30 10 550 5182 -3.4 -6.8 77 3.4 -5.0 164 11 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.6 4.17 11 500 5931 -7.2 -9.8 81 2.6 -8.3 177 11 324.3 325.0 293.4 336.4 3.63 12 450 6746 -11.6 -15.2 75 3.6 -13.0 205 12 328.6 329.1 293.7 337.5 2.60 13 400 7640 -16.6 -23.2 57 6.6 -18.6 204 14 333.4 333.7 294.0 338.6 1.47 14 350 8630 -23.5 -26.1 79 2.6 -24.1 181 16 337.1 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.29 15 300 9739 -31.9 -34.1 81 2.2 -32.3 192 22 340.4 340.5 295.1 343.1 0.71 16 250 10998 -42.5 -43.8 88 1.2 -42.6 206 20 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.32 17 200 12465 -54.6 -56.3 81 1.8 -54.6 200 18 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.09 18 150 14251 -65.5 -70.8 48 5.3 -65.5 200 14 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16706 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 113 7 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.89 m Freezing level: 594.10 mb = 4570.46 m = 14994.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.24 mb = 4180.77 m = 13716.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.59 mb = 456.16 m = 1496.56 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.76 mb = 1544.97 m = 5068.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 29.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.80 mb = 1056.91 m = 3467.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.80 mb = 4212.52 m = 13820.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 480.80 mb = 6234.12 m = 20452.90 ft B at Equ Level: 57.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.80 mb = 8005.01 m = 26262.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.2 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 163.2 at 6.4 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: 24.7 neg: -35.1 tot: -10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.86 Bulk Shear: 8.37 m/s