MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 32.05,-79.21 Latitude: 32.05 Longitude: -79.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1023 2 27.8 23.3 77 4.5 24.5 69 5 299.0 302.2 296.9 351.2 17.89 1 1000 201 25.8 22.2 81 3.6 23.2 71 5 299.0 302.1 296.4 348.9 17.13 2 950 652 22.4 19.9 86 2.5 20.6 69 4 299.9 302.8 295.7 345.6 15.60 3 900 1121 19.7 17.0 85 2.6 17.9 51 2 301.8 304.3 294.8 342.2 13.71 4 850 1613 17.4 14.5 83 2.9 15.5 18 2 304.4 306.7 294.6 341.1 12.32 5 800 2130 15.1 10.7 75 4.4 12.3 349 2 307.2 309.1 293.8 338.0 10.16 6 750 2675 12.3 6.4 67 5.9 8.7 348 1 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.6 8.04 7 700 3250 8.7 2.9 67 5.8 5.4 216 0 312.1 313.3 292.5 333.0 6.73 8 650 3860 4.9 0.3 72 4.6 2.4 204 4 314.5 315.6 292.7 333.5 6.04 9 600 4509 1.4 -3.2 72 4.6 -0.9 213 6 317.7 318.7 292.7 333.9 5.04 10 550 5206 -2.4 -6.3 75 3.9 -4.3 220 8 321.2 322.1 293.2 335.5 4.35 11 500 5957 -6.5 -10.1 76 3.6 -8.1 214 12 325.1 325.8 293.6 336.9 3.55 12 450 6774 -11.1 -13.0 86 1.9 -11.9 218 13 329.3 329.9 294.3 339.9 3.12 13 400 7669 -16.4 -20.5 70 4.2 -17.7 213 18 333.7 334.1 294.4 340.3 1.87 14 350 8660 -23.5 -28.7 62 5.2 -24.6 199 20 337.1 337.3 294.5 340.8 1.02 15 300 9769 -31.4 -34.8 72 3.4 -31.9 204 17 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.7 0.66 16 250 11033 -41.4 -45.2 66 3.8 -41.8 202 21 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.27 17 200 12507 -53.7 -56.1 75 2.4 -53.8 189 20 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.10 18 150 14294 -67.0 -71.0 56 4.1 -67.0 198 19 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16710 -67.4 -83.6 8 16.3 -67.5 120 7 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.47 m Freezing level: 581.85 mb = 4761.96 m = 15623.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.74 mb = 4325.45 m = 14190.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.91 mb = 569.75 m = 1869.24 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 18.17 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 1104.29 m = 3622.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 620.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.39 mb = 842.24 m = 2763.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.39 mb = 2514.66 m = 8250.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.39 mb = 12047.80 m = 39526.43 ft B at Equ Level: 617.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.39 mb = 15409.53 m = 50555.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -3.8 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 65.15 Bulk Shear: 9.52 m/s