MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 34.07,-81.15 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -81.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 105 25.6 22.3 82 3.3 23.2 230 4 298.2 301.3 296.1 347.9 17.07 1 1000 161 26.4 21.6 75 4.8 22.9 233 7 299.6 302.6 296.1 347.5 16.43 2 950 617 27.0 18.4 59 8.6 20.9 228 9 304.6 307.2 295.9 346.9 14.18 3 900 1093 23.6 16.6 65 7.0 18.8 220 7 305.8 308.3 295.7 345.7 13.31 4 850 1590 19.5 15.0 75 4.5 16.4 222 4 306.6 309.0 295.5 344.8 12.71 5 800 2109 15.5 13.1 86 2.3 13.9 295 1 307.6 309.9 295.2 343.7 11.93 6 750 2654 11.6 10.2 91 1.4 10.7 267 1 309.1 311.1 294.6 341.0 10.48 7 700 3230 9.1 6.1 82 2.9 7.3 171 2 312.5 314.2 294.0 338.9 8.50 8 650 3843 6.7 3.1 78 3.6 4.6 70 1 316.5 317.9 294.3 339.7 7.37 9 600 4496 2.8 -1.6 73 4.4 0.5 39 3 319.4 320.5 293.7 337.7 5.69 10 550 5196 -1.3 -5.9 71 4.6 -3.5 35 3 322.6 323.4 293.6 337.3 4.49 11 500 5950 -6.4 -10.0 76 3.6 -7.9 11 2 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.3 3.59 12 450 6766 -11.6 -15.7 71 4.1 -13.1 297 3 328.7 329.2 293.6 337.3 2.50 13 400 7659 -17.0 -26.0 45 9.0 -19.4 299 7 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.0 1.14 14 350 8648 -23.8 -33.4 41 9.6 -25.6 296 5 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.1 0.65 15 300 9754 -32.2 -37.1 61 4.9 -32.9 317 6 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.53 16 250 11013 -42.3 -43.5 88 1.2 -42.4 308 8 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.5 0.33 17 200 12481 -54.6 -57.1 74 2.5 -54.6 290 14 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14259 -68.8 -70.4 79 1.6 -68.8 297 13 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16692 -66.8 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.9 134 2 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.26 m Freezing level: 565.73 mb = 4976.23 m = 16326.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.87 mb = 4578.88 m = 15022.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.92 C = 93.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.93 mb = 533.47 m = 1750.22 ft T: 26.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1968.18 m = 6457.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.77 C = 94.58 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 642.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.32 mb = 1464.65 m = 4805.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.32 mb = 2461.48 m = 8075.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.32 mb = 12564.70 m = 41222.26 ft B at Equ Level: 640.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.32 mb = 15242.22 m = 50006.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -4.1 tot: -1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 230.79 Bulk Shear: 2.78 m/s