MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34,-81.29 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -81.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 119 29.7 18.5 51 11.2 21.9 62 8 302.2 304.6 294.7 341.8 13.42 1 1000 191 28.3 17.7 53 10.6 21.0 63 11 301.4 303.8 294.1 339.3 12.84 2 950 643 23.8 16.7 65 7.1 19.0 66 13 301.3 303.7 294.0 338.8 12.72 3 900 1113 19.3 15.9 81 3.4 17.0 68 13 301.4 303.7 294.0 338.8 12.72 4 850 1602 15.2 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 69 13 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.6 12.69 5 800 2115 12.6 12.1 96 0.6 12.3 86 9 304.6 306.7 293.8 337.9 11.14 6 750 2657 11.0 6.9 75 4.2 8.5 117 3 308.6 310.1 292.8 334.0 8.33 7 700 3230 8.1 1.4 62 6.7 4.4 198 3 311.5 312.6 291.8 330.3 6.06 8 650 3839 4.3 -1.2 67 5.5 1.4 204 6 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.38 9 600 4486 0.0 -2.6 82 2.6 -1.3 186 9 316.2 317.2 292.5 333.0 5.27 10 550 5179 -3.4 -7.6 73 4.2 -5.4 198 9 320.0 320.8 292.4 332.8 3.91 11 500 5928 -7.2 -10.0 80 2.8 -8.4 210 11 324.3 325.0 293.3 336.2 3.57 12 450 6742 -11.9 -15.5 75 3.5 -13.2 205 13 328.2 328.8 293.6 337.0 2.55 13 400 7634 -17.4 -20.0 80 2.6 -18.2 204 17 332.4 332.8 294.1 339.3 1.96 14 350 8622 -24.0 -26.8 77 2.8 -24.6 208 17 336.4 336.7 294.5 340.8 1.22 15 300 9727 -32.8 -39.1 53 6.4 -33.6 197 19 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.8 0.43 16 250 10983 -42.8 -48.1 56 5.3 -43.2 192 22 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.20 17 200 12449 -54.5 -58.7 60 4.1 -54.6 194 24 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14234 -65.5 -70.3 52 4.7 -65.6 180 15 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16694 -66.6 -83.6 7 17.0 -66.7 208 3 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.79 m Freezing level: 599.35 mb = 4494.56 m = 14745.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.83 mb = 4170.70 m = 13683.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.07 mb = 1531.44 m = 5024.34 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 9.22 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1643.27 m = 5391.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 30.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.86 mb = 1533.53 m = 5031.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.86 mb = 3815.03 m = 12516.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 491.86 mb = 6054.39 m = 19863.24 ft B at Equ Level: 42.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.86 mb = 8174.07 m = 26817.50 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: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -9.0 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 18.08 m/s