MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.75,-75.62 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -75.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 2 27.0 23.1 80 3.8 24.2 57 16 298.3 301.5 296.6 349.8 17.72 1 1000 187 24.9 21.5 82 3.4 22.5 59 17 298.0 301.0 295.6 345.6 16.37 2 950 635 21.1 20.1 94 1.0 20.4 64 17 298.6 301.5 295.4 344.5 15.78 3 900 1103 18.8 17.2 90 1.7 17.7 73 16 300.9 303.5 294.7 341.5 13.82 4 850 1593 16.6 14.5 88 2.1 15.2 78 13 303.5 305.8 294.3 340.0 12.31 5 800 2109 14.2 11.0 81 3.2 12.1 78 11 306.3 308.3 293.7 337.5 10.37 6 750 2652 11.2 5.4 68 5.8 7.8 82 9 308.7 310.2 292.2 331.8 7.54 7 700 3226 8.2 4.3 76 3.9 5.9 93 5 311.6 313.0 293.0 334.6 7.45 8 650 3835 5.1 3.7 90 1.5 4.3 169 1 314.8 316.3 294.0 338.9 7.69 9 600 4486 1.8 1.3 96 0.5 1.5 223 3 318.2 319.6 294.4 340.6 7.03 10 550 5185 -1.7 -2.3 96 0.6 -2.0 227 4 322.1 323.3 294.6 341.2 5.89 11 500 5939 -5.6 -6.5 93 0.9 -6.0 207 6 326.3 327.2 294.8 341.9 4.72 12 450 6759 -10.4 -11.2 94 0.8 -10.8 201 10 330.1 330.8 294.9 342.4 3.61 13 400 7657 -15.8 -16.8 91 1.1 -16.2 203 12 334.5 335.0 295.1 343.5 2.56 14 350 8652 -22.2 -23.7 87 1.6 -22.6 204 14 338.9 339.2 295.4 344.7 1.61 15 300 9766 -30.7 -34.8 67 4.1 -31.4 208 17 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.6 0.66 16 250 11031 -41.5 -47.3 53 5.8 -41.9 221 19 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.2 0.21 17 200 12504 -53.6 -58.3 56 4.7 -53.7 206 27 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.07 18 150 14289 -68.2 -70.1 76 1.9 -68.2 205 22 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 19 100 16721 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.5 164 2 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.76 m Freezing level: 573.74 mb = 4853.23 m = 15922.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.05 mb = 4785.58 m = 15700.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.46 mb = 485.01 m = 1591.23 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.03 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.46 mb = 889.82 m = 2919.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.30 mb = 724.06 m = 2375.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.30 mb = 1640.61 m = 5382.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.30 mb = 8539.79 m = 28017.35 ft B at Equ Level: 199.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.30 mb = 13321.74 m = 43705.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 110.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 16.41 Bulk Shear: 12.19 m/s