MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 34.05,-80.92 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -80.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 31.6 22.1 57 9.4 24.7 157 4 304.0 307.2 297.5 354.3 16.90 1 1000 152 29.1 21.6 64 7.5 23.6 161 4 302.3 305.3 296.8 350.8 16.42 2 950 607 24.6 20.4 78 4.2 21.6 177 3 302.1 305.1 296.5 349.6 16.08 3 900 1080 22.0 17.4 75 4.6 18.8 270 2 304.2 306.8 295.7 345.8 14.01 4 850 1575 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 15.8 292 4 306.0 308.3 294.8 342.3 12.08 5 800 2094 15.6 11.7 77 3.9 13.0 295 5 307.8 309.8 294.4 340.6 10.84 6 750 2639 12.1 9.1 82 3.0 10.3 297 6 309.8 311.6 294.2 339.5 9.75 7 700 3215 8.8 6.0 82 2.8 7.1 292 7 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.3 8.40 8 650 3826 5.4 2.1 79 3.3 3.5 295 8 315.1 316.4 293.5 336.7 6.86 9 600 4477 2.1 -1.6 77 3.7 0.2 291 7 318.6 319.7 293.5 336.8 5.69 10 550 5175 -2.0 -4.1 85 2.1 -3.1 281 7 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.4 5.12 11 500 5928 -5.4 -10.8 66 5.3 -7.7 262 8 326.4 327.1 293.7 337.8 3.37 12 450 6749 -9.8 -17.0 56 7.2 -12.4 247 13 330.9 331.3 294.0 338.7 2.25 13 400 7648 -15.3 -27.7 34 12.4 -18.5 249 15 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.7 0.98 14 350 8642 -22.6 -31.1 46 8.4 -24.4 250 16 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.3 0.82 15 300 9754 -31.1 -43.0 30 11.9 -32.5 253 17 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.7 0.29 16 250 11018 -41.6 -49.3 43 7.7 -42.1 238 20 344.2 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.17 17 200 12489 -54.2 -60.3 47 6.1 -54.4 239 23 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14270 -68.1 -71.0 66 2.9 -68.2 242 16 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 19 100 16689 -66.8 -82.3 10 15.5 -66.9 88 8 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.34 m Freezing level: 574.40 mb = 4834.06 m = 15859.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.02 mb = 4516.78 m = 14818.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.88 mb = 1275.50 m = 4184.66 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.63 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1705.60 m = 5595.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.02 C = 93.24 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 847.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.90 mb = 1226.26 m = 4023.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.90 mb = 2201.11 m = 7221.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.90 mb = 13498.97 m = 44287.42 ft B at Equ Level: 836.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.90 mb = 16126.18 m = 52906.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 104.94 Bulk Shear: 8.08 m/s