MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 33.50,-79.89 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -79.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 22 26.8 24.3 86 2.5 24.9 133 15 299.1 302.6 297.8 355.4 19.25 1 1000 107 26.7 23.2 81 3.5 24.2 136 27 299.9 303.2 297.3 353.3 18.22 2 950 559 23.0 21.6 92 1.3 22.0 140 39 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.5 17.38 3 900 1030 20.3 18.7 90 1.7 19.2 151 49 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.5 15.21 4 850 1523 18.2 14.2 78 4.0 15.5 161 50 305.2 307.4 294.6 341.3 12.07 5 800 2041 15.4 11.5 78 3.9 12.9 162 51 307.5 309.5 294.3 339.9 10.72 6 750 2587 12.3 9.1 81 3.2 10.3 163 51 309.9 311.8 294.2 339.6 9.70 7 700 3163 9.2 6.4 83 2.8 7.5 163 50 312.6 314.3 294.1 339.4 8.65 8 650 3775 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.6 161 51 315.6 317.1 294.3 340.0 7.78 9 600 4427 2.4 1.3 92 1.1 1.8 157 52 318.9 320.3 294.6 341.3 7.03 10 550 5127 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 151 50 322.8 324.1 295.1 343.3 6.30 11 500 5884 -4.5 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.9 150 49 327.5 328.6 295.4 344.7 5.16 12 450 6709 -8.4 -10.3 86 1.9 -9.2 152 46 332.7 333.5 295.7 346.1 3.89 13 400 7616 -12.8 -15.9 77 3.1 -14.0 152 41 338.3 338.9 296.2 348.1 2.76 14 350 8622 -19.3 -22.2 78 2.9 -20.2 151 38 342.8 343.1 296.5 349.5 1.85 15 300 9749 -28.0 -29.1 91 1.0 -28.3 141 35 345.9 346.1 296.7 350.2 1.15 16 250 11034 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.7 175 30 351.6 351.7 297.5 354.2 0.66 17 200 12537 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 196 26 354.1 354.2 297.7 355.0 0.21 18 150 14353 -65.1 -65.3 97 0.2 -65.1 237 32 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.1 0.04 19 100 16728 -75.1 -80.5 43 5.3 -75.2 330 7 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.78 m Freezing level: 565.36 mb = 4912.27 m = 16116.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 570.83 mb = 4828.31 m = 15840.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.06 mb = 338.83 m = 1111.63 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 921.25 m = 3022.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.75 mb = 737.63 m = 2420.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.75 mb = 1667.91 m = 5472.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.75 mb = 10343.18 m = 33933.91 ft B at Equ Level: 404.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.75 mb = 14521.64 m = 47642.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.0 at 48.5 knts Storm direction: 186.0 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 328.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 6.63 Bulk Shear: 61.56 m/s