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: 32.55,-78.08 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -78.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.4 23.3 79 4.0 24.5 85 10 298.5 301.8 296.8 350.7 17.91 1 1000 204 25.4 21.8 80 3.6 22.8 86 12 298.6 301.6 296.0 347.1 16.68 2 950 654 22.1 19.4 85 2.6 20.2 90 11 299.6 302.3 295.2 343.7 15.10 3 900 1123 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 94 10 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.5 13.62 4 850 1614 17.0 14.6 86 2.3 15.4 97 9 303.9 306.2 294.5 340.8 12.40 5 800 2130 14.5 12.3 86 2.3 13.0 95 6 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.6 11.29 6 750 2675 11.8 9.5 86 2.3 10.3 87 3 309.4 311.3 294.3 339.8 9.98 7 700 3250 8.6 5.8 83 2.8 6.9 97 0 312.0 313.6 293.7 337.8 8.32 8 650 3860 4.9 1.5 79 3.4 3.1 208 2 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.3 6.60 9 600 4509 1.4 -3.1 72 4.5 -0.9 191 5 317.7 318.7 292.8 333.9 5.06 10 550 5206 -2.3 -8.5 62 6.2 -5.1 201 9 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.4 3.66 11 500 5957 -6.4 -11.2 69 4.7 -8.4 210 12 325.2 325.8 293.3 336.1 3.26 12 450 6774 -10.7 -15.4 69 4.6 -12.5 211 15 329.8 330.3 294.0 338.6 2.57 13 400 7671 -16.1 -22.3 59 6.1 -18.0 215 19 334.0 334.4 294.3 339.8 1.60 14 350 8662 -23.2 -28.2 63 5.0 -24.4 198 18 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.4 1.07 15 300 9772 -31.3 -33.4 81 2.1 -31.6 217 15 341.3 341.4 295.3 344.2 0.76 16 250 11036 -41.2 -42.1 92 0.8 -41.3 218 19 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.38 17 200 12509 -54.2 -55.7 83 1.5 -54.3 188 16 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.10 18 150 14294 -67.1 -70.6 61 3.5 -67.1 208 20 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16714 -66.9 -83.3 8 16.4 -67.0 89 5 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.18 m Freezing level: 581.33 mb = 4769.31 m = 15647.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.52 mb = 4355.09 m = 14288.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.68 mb = 510.78 m = 1675.76 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.22 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1121.26 m = 3678.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.60 mb = 842.51 m = 2764.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.60 mb = 2402.46 m = 7881.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.60 mb = 10642.40 m = 34915.58 ft B at Equ Level: 351.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.60 mb = 14512.79 m = 47613.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 164.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -10.8 tot: -6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 37.40 Bulk Shear: 9.42 m/s