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,-79.31 Latitude: 32.46 Longitude: -79.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.2 108 10 305.4 309.5 301.1 372.9 22.42 3 900 460 23.6 23.3 98 0.4 23.4 125 11 305.9 309.6 300.1 367.1 20.37 4 850 959 21.0 20.6 98 0.3 20.8 113 11 308.1 311.6 299.4 363.6 18.31 5 800 1485 18.9 18.1 96 0.7 18.4 104 10 311.2 314.4 299.1 362.1 16.59 6 750 2039 16.7 15.8 95 0.9 16.1 103 11 314.7 317.6 299.1 362.1 15.26 7 700 2627 14.3 13.5 95 0.8 13.7 108 9 318.3 321.0 299.2 362.4 14.00 8 650 3253 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 130 9 322.3 324.8 299.2 362.9 12.68 9 600 3922 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.3 135 9 326.7 328.9 299.4 363.3 11.24 10 550 4642 6.1 4.7 91 1.4 5.2 137 9 331.3 333.3 299.4 363.7 9.78 11 500 5420 2.5 1.2 92 1.2 1.7 143 10 336.0 337.8 299.5 364.5 8.41 12 450 6268 -1.5 -2.8 91 1.2 -2.2 142 9 341.3 342.8 299.7 365.5 6.97 13 400 7201 -4.3 -9.9 65 5.6 -7.1 115 10 349.4 350.4 299.8 365.8 4.52 14 350 8251 -6.4 -27.8 17 21.4 -13.5 100 14 360.1 360.4 299.6 364.6 1.11 15 300 9437 -14.8 -43.3 7 28.6 -20.6 92 13 364.6 364.6 299.8 365.8 0.28 16 250 10787 -25.7 -53.5 6 27.8 -29.1 123 11 367.8 367.9 300.2 368.3 0.11 17 200 12359 -39.3 -62.2 7 22.9 -40.6 141 10 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.8 0.04 18 150 14257 -56.1 -69.6 17 13.4 -56.4 149 14 373.3 373.3 301.2 373.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -73.2 -79.2 40 6.0 -73.3 124 10 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.72 m Freezing level: 469.05 mb = 5944.63 m = 19503.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 478.11 mb = 5780.10 m = 18963.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.89 % Est. max temperature: 33.51 C = 92.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.65 mb = 239.80 m = 786.73 ft T: 25.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.78 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 574.24 m = 1883.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 38.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.67 mb = 570.37 m = 1871.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.67 mb = 619.70 m = 2033.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.67 mb = 6202.16 m = 20348.05 ft B at Equ Level: 82.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.67 mb = 7528.90 m = 24700.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.3 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 153.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -7.5 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 393.62 Bulk Shear: 0.21 m/s