MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 30.57,-77.80 Latitude: 30.57 Longitude: -77.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -312 SFC 966 -1 26.8 25.6 94 1.1 25.9 216 72 302.9 307.0 300.2 368.3 21.93 2 950 143 24.9 23.9 94 1.0 24.2 224 89 302.5 306.2 299.1 362.0 20.08 3 900 617 21.9 21.7 99 0.2 21.8 232 94 304.1 307.5 298.5 359.2 18.47 4 850 1113 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.5 237 92 306.6 309.8 298.2 357.5 16.93 5 800 1634 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 240 87 309.5 312.4 298.0 356.6 15.47 6 750 2184 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 240 86 312.8 315.5 298.0 356.6 14.21 7 700 2767 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 240 89 316.4 318.9 298.1 357.1 13.02 8 650 3387 10.0 9.8 99 0.2 9.9 239 89 320.3 322.6 298.2 357.8 11.81 9 600 4050 7.3 7.1 98 0.2 7.2 242 86 324.6 326.7 298.5 358.9 10.62 10 550 4764 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 244 82 329.1 331.0 298.7 359.8 9.30 11 500 5536 0.4 0.1 98 0.3 0.3 244 78 333.6 335.1 298.6 359.6 7.75 12 450 6377 -3.4 -3.9 96 0.5 -3.7 244 77 339.0 340.3 298.9 361.0 6.39 13 400 7302 -7.6 -8.9 90 1.3 -8.2 242 76 345.1 346.1 299.2 362.4 4.88 14 350 8331 -12.9 -14.7 86 1.8 -13.7 241 74 351.4 352.1 299.5 364.2 3.48 15 300 9490 -20.0 -23.0 77 3.1 -21.0 241 67 357.2 357.7 299.7 364.9 2.00 16 250 10818 -29.6 -35.0 59 5.4 -30.6 240 57 362.1 362.2 299.7 365.2 0.78 17 200 12366 -42.5 -48.9 50 6.4 -43.0 230 44 365.5 365.5 299.9 366.5 0.22 18 150 14245 -57.6 -64.9 39 7.4 -57.8 209 20 370.9 370.9 300.8 371.1 0.04 19 100 16694 -72.8 -80.7 29 7.9 -72.9 88 14 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.51 m Freezing level: 494.32 mb = 5631.86 m = 18477.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 496.76 mb = 5588.20 m = 18333.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.28 mb = 140.18 m = 459.89 ft T: 24.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 11.70 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 541.06 m = 1775.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 95.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.73 mb = 532.23 m = 1746.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.73 mb = 580.61 m = 1904.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 483.73 mb = 5800.40 m = 19029.95 ft B at Equ Level: 95.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 353.73 mb = 8249.32 m = 27064.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 86.3 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 64.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 615.5 neg: -10.5 tot: 605.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 201.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 58.86 m/s