MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.15,-79.82 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -79.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 27.6 22.9 75 4.8 24.2 133 6 299.5 302.8 296.8 350.9 17.56 1 1000 129 26.4 21.8 76 4.6 23.1 134 6 299.6 302.6 296.3 348.4 16.70 2 950 580 22.7 19.9 84 2.8 20.8 150 6 300.2 303.1 295.7 345.9 15.60 3 900 1050 20.0 17.0 83 2.9 17.9 207 5 302.1 304.6 294.9 342.5 13.70 4 850 1542 17.4 15.0 86 2.4 15.8 250 7 304.4 306.7 294.8 342.3 12.71 5 800 2059 14.8 12.5 86 2.2 13.3 261 9 306.9 309.0 294.7 341.5 11.47 6 750 2604 11.9 9.9 87 2.1 10.6 253 10 309.5 311.5 294.5 340.7 10.24 7 700 3180 8.9 6.6 86 2.3 7.5 247 10 312.4 314.0 294.2 339.6 8.80 8 650 3791 5.5 3.6 88 1.9 4.4 246 11 315.1 316.6 294.1 339.1 7.64 9 600 4442 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 246 14 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.8 6.68 10 550 5139 -2.1 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 252 15 321.6 322.7 294.4 340.2 5.73 11 500 5892 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.8 260 13 326.3 327.3 294.9 342.5 4.86 12 450 6713 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.6 -10.0 261 10 331.0 331.7 295.3 344.1 3.86 13 400 7614 -15.1 -15.7 95 0.6 -15.3 277 8 335.4 336.0 295.6 345.3 2.82 14 350 8611 -21.9 -22.4 95 0.6 -22.0 286 7 339.3 339.7 295.7 345.8 1.81 15 300 9726 -30.3 -30.6 97 0.3 -30.3 263 6 342.7 342.9 295.8 346.5 1.00 16 250 10995 -40.7 -41.0 97 0.3 -40.7 236 5 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.3 0.43 17 200 12473 -52.9 -55.5 73 2.6 -53.0 223 2 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.10 18 150 14264 -67.1 -70.4 63 3.2 -67.2 193 10 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16680 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.4 -69.3 103 4 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.36 m Freezing level: 581.23 mb = 4703.42 m = 15430.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.31 mb = 4626.68 m = 15179.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.06 mb = 607.31 m = 1992.46 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.09 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1248.82 m = 4097.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 267.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.96 mb = 897.55 m = 2944.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.96 mb = 2262.69 m = 7423.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.96 mb = 10182.62 m = 33407.15 ft B at Equ Level: 266.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.96 mb = 13824.66 m = 45355.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.30 Bulk Shear: 23.66 m/s