MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 32.46,-79.28 Latitude: 32.46 Longitude: -79.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -476 1 950 -19 SFC 948 -0 27.6 25.7 89 1.9 26.2 119 12 305.4 309.6 301.1 373.0 22.45 3 900 459 23.6 23.3 98 0.4 23.4 135 14 305.9 309.7 300.1 367.1 20.35 4 850 959 21.0 20.6 98 0.3 20.8 127 13 308.1 311.5 299.4 363.6 18.30 5 800 1484 18.9 18.1 95 0.7 18.4 121 12 311.3 314.4 299.1 362.1 16.58 6 750 2039 16.7 15.8 94 0.9 16.1 118 12 314.7 317.7 299.1 362.1 15.26 7 700 2627 14.3 13.4 95 0.9 13.7 125 11 318.3 321.0 299.2 362.4 13.99 8 650 3253 11.8 10.9 94 1.0 11.2 141 11 322.3 324.8 299.2 362.9 12.68 9 600 3922 9.2 7.9 92 1.3 8.3 146 11 326.8 329.0 299.4 363.4 11.25 10 550 4642 6.1 4.7 91 1.4 5.2 148 12 331.3 333.3 299.4 363.8 9.80 11 500 5420 2.4 1.3 92 1.2 1.7 152 12 336.0 337.7 299.6 364.5 8.43 12 450 6268 -1.6 -2.7 92 1.2 -2.2 151 12 341.3 342.7 299.7 365.5 6.98 13 400 7201 -4.4 -9.7 66 5.3 -7.1 129 11 349.3 350.3 299.8 365.8 4.58 14 350 8251 -6.4 -27.7 17 21.4 -13.5 111 14 360.2 360.4 299.6 364.6 1.12 15 300 9437 -14.8 -43.3 7 28.5 -20.6 101 13 364.6 364.7 299.8 365.8 0.28 16 250 10787 -25.7 -53.3 6 27.6 -29.1 129 12 367.8 367.9 300.2 368.3 0.11 17 200 12359 -39.3 -62.2 7 22.9 -40.6 144 11 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.8 0.04 18 150 14257 -56.1 -69.6 17 13.5 -56.4 149 14 373.3 373.3 301.2 373.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -73.3 -79.2 40 5.9 -73.3 123 10 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5896.29 m Freezing level: 469.45 mb = 5937.99 m = 19481.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 478.11 mb = 5780.30 m = 18964.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.27 mb = 243.21 m = 797.92 ft T: 25.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 577.90 m = 1895.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.49 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.19 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.45 mb = 572.35 m = 1877.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.45 mb = 621.69 m = 2039.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.45 mb = 6383.85 m = 20944.14 ft B at Equ Level: 79.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.45 mb = 7741.08 m = 25396.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 136.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 166.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -8.3 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 160.82 Bulk Shear: 0.50 m/s