MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 31.88,-78.47 Latitude: 31.88 Longitude: -78.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -449 SFC 951 -0 27.9 26.3 91 1.6 26.7 162 55 305.4 309.7 301.5 375.2 23.17 2 950 9 27.6 25.8 90 1.8 26.2 167 56 305.2 309.3 301.1 372.8 22.47 3 900 487 23.5 23.1 97 0.4 23.2 170 69 305.8 309.5 299.9 366.4 20.17 4 850 987 21.1 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 172 69 308.2 311.6 299.2 363.0 18.06 5 800 1512 18.8 17.9 94 1.0 18.1 173 69 311.2 314.3 299.0 361.2 16.31 6 750 2066 16.3 15.4 94 0.9 15.7 172 67 314.3 317.1 298.7 360.2 14.82 7 700 2653 13.6 12.9 96 0.7 13.1 172 67 317.6 320.2 298.7 360.1 13.53 8 650 3277 11.0 10.3 96 0.6 10.6 173 66 321.4 323.8 298.8 360.4 12.24 9 600 3944 8.3 7.4 94 0.9 7.8 173 61 325.7 327.9 298.9 361.0 10.88 10 550 4662 5.6 4.1 90 1.4 4.7 174 57 330.7 332.6 299.1 361.9 9.42 11 500 5438 2.1 0.5 89 1.6 1.1 174 53 335.6 337.2 299.2 362.6 7.99 12 450 6285 -1.6 -3.4 88 1.7 -2.6 174 52 341.2 342.6 299.5 364.2 6.64 13 400 7217 -5.2 -9.5 72 4.3 -7.3 174 49 348.3 349.3 299.7 365.1 4.67 14 350 8264 -7.3 -24.9 23 17.5 -13.5 174 43 358.9 359.2 299.6 364.6 1.45 15 300 9447 -15.3 -36.3 15 20.9 -20.4 175 37 363.8 363.9 299.9 366.2 0.57 16 250 10794 -26.1 -47.6 11 21.5 -29.2 170 29 367.3 367.3 300.2 368.2 0.21 17 200 12363 -39.8 -58.0 13 18.1 -41.1 157 24 369.7 369.7 300.6 370.0 0.08 18 150 14257 -56.7 -68.6 21 12.0 -56.9 151 23 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.02 19 100 16708 -73.4 -80.2 35 6.8 -73.5 101 12 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5887.22 m Freezing level: 471.98 mb = 5912.75 m = 19398.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 484.89 mb = 5684.79 m = 18650.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.98 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.60 mb = 200.59 m = 658.08 ft T: 25.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 597.52 m = 1960.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.34 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.20 mb = 582.48 m = 1911.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.20 mb = 631.73 m = 2072.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.20 mb = 6369.76 m = 20897.91 ft B at Equ Level: 153.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.20 mb = 8369.75 m = 27459.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.6 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 202.6 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.2 neg: -19.9 tot: 156.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 62.61 Bulk Shear: 2.47 m/s