MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 33.72,-80.55 Latitude: 33.72 Longitude: -80.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 52 24.2 21.6 85 2.6 22.3 42 12 296.2 299.1 295.0 342.9 16.21 1 1000 167 22.5 20.9 90 1.7 21.3 43 17 295.7 298.5 294.5 340.9 15.71 2 950 613 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.3 53 21 296.8 299.5 294.3 340.0 14.98 3 900 1079 18.3 16.9 92 1.3 17.4 69 22 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.2 13.60 4 850 1568 15.8 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 74 18 302.7 305.1 294.4 340.4 12.72 5 800 2083 13.5 12.6 94 0.9 12.9 78 13 305.6 307.7 294.4 340.2 11.54 6 750 2626 11.1 9.8 91 1.4 10.3 83 9 308.7 310.6 294.2 339.7 10.19 7 700 3200 8.6 6.7 88 1.9 7.5 85 7 312.0 313.7 294.1 339.3 8.85 8 650 3812 5.7 3.5 85 2.3 4.4 79 5 315.5 316.9 294.1 339.3 7.58 9 600 4464 2.6 -1.5 74 4.1 0.4 50 2 319.1 320.2 293.7 337.5 5.73 10 550 5163 -1.4 -6.7 68 5.2 -3.9 219 2 322.4 323.2 293.4 336.3 4.22 11 500 5917 -5.7 -12.2 60 6.5 -8.4 177 4 326.1 326.7 293.4 336.2 2.99 12 450 6736 -9.9 -19.1 47 9.1 -13.0 172 2 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.3 1.88 13 400 7635 -16.0 -21.9 60 5.9 -17.8 193 3 334.2 334.6 294.4 340.1 1.65 14 350 8626 -23.2 -27.7 66 4.6 -24.2 186 8 337.5 337.8 294.7 341.7 1.12 15 300 9736 -31.9 -38.5 52 6.6 -32.8 221 10 340.4 340.5 294.8 342.2 0.46 16 250 10996 -42.2 -50.7 39 8.4 -42.8 226 20 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.15 17 200 12463 -54.8 -60.6 48 5.8 -54.9 224 22 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14243 -67.1 -70.6 61 3.6 -67.1 257 11 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16677 -67.5 -83.7 8 16.1 -67.7 180 9 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.32 m Freezing level: 567.82 mb = 4914.10 m = 16122.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.04 mb = 4530.65 m = 14864.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.85 mb = 379.68 m = 1245.65 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.22 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.93 mb = 585.98 m = 1922.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.62 mb = 607.06 m = 1991.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.62 mb = 652.58 m = 2140.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.62 mb = 744.25 m = 2441.74 ft B at Equ Level: 13.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.62 mb = 1412.41 m = 4633.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.9 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 101.9 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 13.00 m/s