MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 27.70,-77.99 Latitude: 27.70 Longitude: -77.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -310 SFC 966 -1 27.1 25.6 92 1.5 26.0 42 31 303.3 307.3 300.3 368.7 21.93 2 950 145 25.4 23.9 92 1.5 24.3 64 38 302.9 306.6 299.1 362.3 20.00 3 900 620 22.2 21.7 97 0.5 21.9 76 38 304.4 307.8 298.6 359.5 18.45 4 850 1116 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 81 36 306.8 309.9 298.1 357.0 16.68 5 800 1638 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.9 84 34 309.9 312.7 297.8 355.5 14.96 6 750 2189 15.1 13.9 92 1.2 14.3 85 32 313.0 315.6 297.6 354.6 13.47 7 700 2772 12.5 11.3 92 1.2 11.7 84 30 316.3 318.7 297.5 354.2 12.10 8 650 3392 9.6 8.4 92 1.2 8.8 82 29 319.8 321.9 297.4 353.8 10.72 9 600 4054 6.6 5.3 92 1.3 5.8 82 28 323.8 325.6 297.5 354.1 9.38 10 550 4765 3.0 1.9 92 1.2 2.4 78 28 327.7 329.3 297.5 354.0 8.00 11 500 5534 -0.4 -1.6 91 1.2 -1.1 77 26 332.6 334.0 297.8 355.5 6.82 12 450 6373 -3.9 -5.7 87 1.8 -4.8 77 25 338.3 339.4 298.2 357.5 5.57 13 400 7298 -7.4 -11.1 75 3.7 -9.1 84 24 345.4 346.3 298.7 360.1 4.10 14 350 8329 -12.6 -17.4 67 4.9 -14.5 89 27 351.9 352.5 299.1 362.2 2.79 15 300 9488 -20.6 -25.5 64 5.0 -22.1 93 27 356.4 356.7 299.2 362.6 1.60 16 250 10810 -30.8 -36.5 57 5.7 -31.8 93 28 360.3 360.4 299.3 363.0 0.67 17 200 12352 -43.2 -50.5 45 7.3 -43.7 95 25 364.4 364.4 299.7 365.2 0.19 18 150 14223 -58.2 -66.8 32 8.7 -58.3 107 24 369.9 369.9 300.6 370.0 0.03 19 100 16666 -73.1 -81.4 27 8.3 -73.1 116 16 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.43 m Freezing level: 505.60 mb = 5448.06 m = 17874.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 515.82 mb = 5282.92 m = 17332.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.04 mb = 181.67 m = 596.03 ft T: 25.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 638.42 m = 2094.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.37 mb = 586.74 m = 1924.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.37 mb = 732.53 m = 2403.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.37 mb = 6578.38 m = 21582.36 ft B at Equ Level: 180.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.37 mb = 9281.06 m = 30449.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 109.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.8 neg: -11.7 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 15.64 m/s