MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.05,-81.15 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -81.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 104 28.1 19.8 61 8.3 22.3 61 8 300.3 303.0 295.0 342.9 14.54 1 1000 202 25.8 19.0 66 6.8 21.1 62 12 298.9 301.5 294.3 339.7 13.99 2 950 651 21.3 18.1 82 3.3 19.1 64 13 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.1 13.84 3 900 1118 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 67 13 299.2 301.7 294.0 338.8 13.57 4 850 1605 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 76 13 302.2 304.3 293.3 336.2 11.51 5 800 2118 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 80 9 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.2 10.80 6 750 2660 10.7 7.2 79 3.5 8.6 124 3 308.2 309.8 292.9 334.2 8.53 7 700 3233 7.8 2.0 67 5.8 4.6 190 5 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.8 6.34 8 650 3840 4.2 -0.8 70 5.0 1.6 197 8 313.7 314.8 292.0 331.2 5.56 9 600 4487 0.0 -2.9 80 3.0 -1.4 191 9 316.2 317.2 292.4 332.6 5.14 10 550 5180 -3.6 -8.4 69 4.8 -5.7 191 8 319.8 320.6 292.3 332.0 3.70 11 500 5929 -7.4 -10.8 76 3.5 -8.8 208 10 324.1 324.7 293.1 335.2 3.34 12 450 6743 -12.0 -16.7 68 4.8 -13.6 200 10 328.2 328.7 293.3 336.1 2.29 13 400 7634 -17.5 -20.3 79 2.8 -18.4 194 11 332.2 332.6 294.0 338.9 1.90 14 350 8623 -23.9 -26.8 76 3.0 -24.6 213 18 336.6 336.8 294.6 341.0 1.22 15 300 9728 -32.8 -36.7 68 3.9 -33.3 191 15 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.3 0.55 16 250 10985 -42.8 -50.1 44 7.4 -43.2 186 19 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.16 17 200 12451 -54.4 -60.4 48 5.9 -54.6 188 21 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14234 -66.8 -69.5 69 2.7 -66.8 191 11 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16695 -65.3 -83.8 6 18.5 -65.4 136 6 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.06 m Freezing level: 599.45 mb = 4494.99 m = 14747.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.71 mb = 4174.09 m = 13694.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.57 mb = 1150.33 m = 3774.00 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 1108.47 m = 3636.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 30.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.07 mb = 1078.88 m = 3539.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.07 mb = 3603.24 m = 11821.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.07 mb = 6758.25 m = 22172.48 ft B at Equ Level: 67.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.07 mb = 9064.93 m = 29740.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.4 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 161.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -11.4 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 20.10 m/s