MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 30.20,-75.95 Latitude: 30.20 Longitude: -75.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -331 SFC 963 -1 26.8 25.5 93 1.3 25.8 147 66 303.1 307.1 300.2 368.0 21.77 2 950 124 25.1 24.0 94 1.1 24.3 152 79 302.7 306.4 299.2 362.4 20.13 3 900 598 21.7 21.6 100 0.1 21.7 159 89 303.9 307.3 298.4 358.7 18.39 4 850 1095 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 162 90 306.3 309.4 298.0 356.4 16.67 5 800 1616 17.0 16.3 95 0.7 16.5 162 90 309.3 312.1 297.5 354.1 14.72 6 750 2168 14.9 13.7 92 1.2 14.1 164 91 312.8 315.3 297.4 353.7 13.26 7 700 2752 12.7 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 166 93 316.5 318.9 297.7 354.7 12.20 8 650 3374 10.1 8.9 92 1.2 9.3 168 92 320.4 322.6 297.8 355.8 11.12 9 600 4038 7.0 6.1 94 1.0 6.4 168 90 324.3 326.2 298.0 356.2 9.89 10 550 4751 3.4 2.6 95 0.7 2.9 168 90 328.1 329.8 297.9 355.9 8.46 11 500 5521 -0.3 -0.9 96 0.6 -0.6 169 90 332.6 334.1 298.1 356.8 7.20 12 450 6361 -3.8 -4.9 92 1.1 -4.4 170 88 338.4 339.7 298.5 358.8 5.91 13 400 7285 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.1 -8.8 169 83 344.9 345.9 298.9 361.1 4.55 14 350 8314 -12.9 -15.6 80 2.8 -14.0 170 77 351.4 352.1 299.4 363.4 3.24 15 300 9474 -19.7 -23.0 75 3.3 -20.8 168 64 357.6 358.0 299.7 365.3 2.00 16 250 10801 -29.4 -34.5 61 5.1 -30.4 161 54 362.4 362.6 299.8 365.7 0.82 17 200 12354 -42.0 -47.5 55 5.5 -42.5 159 42 366.3 366.3 300.1 367.4 0.26 18 150 14229 -58.4 -61.2 70 2.8 -58.5 144 32 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.8 0.07 19 100 16667 -73.8 -78.2 51 4.4 -73.9 80 19 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.58 m Freezing level: 504.37 mb = 5454.01 m = 17893.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 508.74 mb = 5381.34 m = 17655.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.69 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.38 mb = 157.23 m = 515.84 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 520.40 m = 1707.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.17 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.02 mb = 529.98 m = 1738.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.02 mb = 578.48 m = 1897.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 452.02 mb = 6324.94 m = 20750.85 ft B at Equ Level: 132.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 332.02 mb = 8710.81 m = 28578.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.9 at 89.6 knts Storm direction: 194.9 at 67.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 552.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 552.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.73 Bulk Shear: 48.64 m/s