MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 29.11,-77.68 Latitude: 29.11 Longitude: -77.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 28.6 22.5 69 6.1 24.2 150 6 300.4 303.5 296.8 350.6 17.12 1 1000 146 27.2 21.3 70 5.9 22.9 150 7 300.3 303.2 296.1 347.5 16.11 2 950 598 23.0 19.8 82 3.2 20.8 155 7 300.5 303.4 295.7 346.1 15.53 3 900 1069 20.8 15.2 70 5.6 17.1 170 6 303.0 305.2 294.1 339.0 12.16 4 850 1562 18.8 11.8 64 7.0 14.3 200 4 305.9 307.8 293.5 336.8 10.30 5 800 2081 15.9 9.1 64 6.9 11.6 242 4 308.1 309.8 293.3 335.8 9.08 6 750 2626 12.4 6.5 67 5.9 8.9 254 5 310.1 311.6 293.0 335.0 8.13 7 700 3202 8.5 3.9 73 4.7 5.9 239 7 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.4 7.25 8 650 3811 4.7 0.9 77 3.8 2.7 217 9 314.3 315.5 292.8 334.1 6.31 9 600 4460 1.0 -2.3 79 3.3 -0.7 213 12 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.5 5.40 10 550 5155 -2.8 -7.2 72 4.4 -4.8 222 12 320.8 321.6 292.8 334.0 4.05 11 500 5905 -7.1 -11.3 72 4.1 -8.8 233 11 324.3 325.0 293.1 335.2 3.23 12 450 6719 -12.4 -16.3 73 3.9 -13.8 226 10 327.6 328.1 293.3 335.8 2.38 13 400 7609 -18.0 -24.4 58 6.3 -19.7 210 10 331.6 331.8 293.4 336.3 1.33 14 350 8594 -24.2 -35.7 34 11.6 -26.2 170 11 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.2 0.52 15 300 9700 -32.3 -41.2 41 8.9 -33.3 151 10 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.2 0.35 16 250 10960 -41.8 -48.9 46 7.1 -42.3 125 11 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.6 0.18 17 200 12432 -54.0 -56.1 78 2.1 -54.1 141 12 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.10 18 150 14243 -62.6 -79.8 8 17.3 -62.7 157 15 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16676 -70.0 -83.5 12 13.5 -70.1 116 18 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.29 m Freezing level: 586.95 mb = 4641.38 m = 15227.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.23 mb = 4322.91 m = 14182.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.04 mb = 782.67 m = 2567.77 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1785.13 m = 5856.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.14 C = 95.26 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.96 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 689.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.90 mb = 1030.90 m = 3382.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.90 mb = 2750.77 m = 9024.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.90 mb = 11541.80 m = 37866.34 ft B at Equ Level: 687.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.90 mb = 14704.66 m = 48243.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 84.88 Bulk Shear: 8.12 m/s