MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 34,-81.47 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -81.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 143 23.5 19.2 77 4.3 20.5 255 4 296.5 299.1 293.7 337.4 14.15 1 1000 152 24.1 19.1 74 5.0 20.6 255 4 297.3 299.8 293.8 337.9 14.06 2 950 604 24.9 18.0 66 6.8 20.1 250 10 302.4 305.0 295.1 343.3 13.84 3 900 1077 21.8 15.7 69 6.0 17.7 247 9 304.0 306.3 294.7 341.5 12.60 4 850 1571 18.1 13.4 74 4.7 15.0 241 8 305.1 307.3 294.1 339.3 11.43 5 800 2088 14.2 10.4 78 3.9 11.8 232 8 306.3 308.2 293.4 336.3 9.93 6 750 2631 11.6 5.2 65 6.4 7.8 236 6 309.2 310.5 292.2 331.8 7.39 7 700 3206 8.9 2.7 65 6.2 5.4 254 8 312.4 313.6 292.6 333.2 6.68 8 650 3816 5.5 -2.6 56 8.1 1.4 266 9 315.2 316.1 291.9 330.6 4.86 9 600 4466 1.9 -4.6 62 6.5 -1.3 271 11 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.55 10 550 5165 -1.1 -9.1 54 8.0 -4.7 279 10 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.3 3.48 11 500 5920 -5.1 -14.0 50 8.9 -8.7 302 7 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.6 2.59 12 450 6740 -10.1 -18.2 51 8.1 -12.9 319 7 330.5 330.9 293.7 337.6 2.02 13 400 7637 -16.2 -24.2 50 8.0 -18.4 337 7 334.0 334.2 294.0 338.9 1.35 14 350 8627 -24.0 -29.6 60 5.6 -25.2 351 9 336.4 336.6 294.3 339.9 0.94 15 300 9734 -31.6 -40.1 43 8.5 -32.7 353 15 340.8 340.9 294.9 342.3 0.39 16 250 10995 -41.8 -43.5 83 1.8 -41.9 339 10 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.3 0.32 17 200 12467 -54.3 -54.4 99 0.0 -54.3 134 11 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.12 18 150 14267 -62.5 -79.1 9 16.6 -62.7 145 10 362.3 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16716 -69.3 -82.9 12 13.6 -69.4 43 8 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.12 m Freezing level: 568.48 mb = 4906.60 m = 16097.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.07 mb = 4146.72 m = 13604.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.67 mb = 690.53 m = 2265.50 ft T: 24.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.51 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.96 mb = 1940.42 m = 6366.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2975.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.92 mb = 1390.88 m = 4563.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -7.0 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 46.13 Bulk Shear: 0.56 m/s