MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 31.91,-81.41 Latitude: 31.91 Longitude: -81.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 19 27.7 25.0 85 2.7 25.7 122 13 299.9 303.6 298.5 358.9 20.10 1 1000 116 27.1 23.7 82 3.4 24.6 125 25 300.3 303.7 297.8 355.5 18.81 2 950 568 23.2 21.9 93 1.3 22.3 129 36 300.7 303.9 297.2 352.6 17.67 3 900 1040 20.9 17.3 80 3.6 18.4 142 41 303.0 305.6 295.3 344.3 13.94 4 850 1533 18.0 12.7 71 5.4 14.6 150 41 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.7 10.90 5 800 2050 14.7 9.7 72 5.0 11.6 150 43 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.6 9.52 6 750 2594 11.3 7.1 75 4.3 8.8 150 46 308.9 310.5 293.0 334.7 8.45 7 700 3168 8.8 5.0 77 3.8 6.5 149 48 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.5 7.83 8 650 3780 6.4 2.0 73 4.5 3.9 144 46 316.2 317.6 293.7 337.8 6.80 9 600 4434 3.3 -1.8 69 5.1 0.6 142 44 320.0 321.1 293.9 338.1 5.60 10 550 5135 -0.2 -3.2 80 3.0 -1.7 141 45 323.9 325.0 294.8 341.9 5.50 11 500 5894 -4.1 -5.7 89 1.6 -4.9 142 47 328.0 329.0 295.4 344.7 5.00 12 450 6719 -8.5 -10.2 88 1.7 -9.2 141 43 332.6 333.4 295.7 346.0 3.93 13 400 7624 -14.0 -15.4 88 1.5 -14.5 133 39 336.8 337.4 296.0 347.0 2.88 14 350 8626 -20.4 -21.5 91 1.1 -20.7 133 34 341.3 341.7 296.3 348.4 1.97 15 300 9749 -28.5 -30.6 82 2.1 -28.9 134 34 345.3 345.5 296.4 349.1 1.00 16 250 11029 -38.3 -38.5 98 0.2 -38.4 142 27 349.1 349.2 296.9 351.2 0.55 17 200 12524 -50.1 -50.2 99 0.1 -50.1 160 15 353.5 353.5 297.5 354.3 0.19 18 150 14334 -66.6 -67.0 95 0.4 -66.6 198 7 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.03 19 100 16721 -73.4 -82.8 23 9.4 -73.5 43 7 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.32 m Freezing level: 552.46 mb = 5100.95 m = 16735.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.08 mb = 4609.20 m = 15121.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.72 mb = 359.78 m = 1180.38 ft T: 24.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 24.22 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1024.76 m = 3362.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: 31.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.08 mb = 762.60 m = 2501.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.08 mb = 1391.38 m = 4564.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.08 mb = 11762.23 m = 38589.52 ft B at Equ Level: 649.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.08 mb = 15946.00 m = 52315.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.6 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 173.6 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 14.96 Bulk Shear: 43.50 m/s