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,-79.34 Latitude: 32.46 Longitude: -79.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1.9 26.2 91 8 305.3 309.5 301.1 372.7 22.39 3 900 460 23.6 23.3 98 0.3 23.4 109 9 305.8 309.6 300.1 367.1 20.38 4 850 960 21.0 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 94 10 308.1 311.6 299.4 363.7 18.32 5 800 1485 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.4 84 10 311.2 314.4 299.1 362.1 16.60 6 750 2040 16.7 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 84 10 314.7 317.6 299.1 362.1 15.27 7 700 2627 14.2 13.5 95 0.8 13.7 86 9 318.3 321.0 299.1 362.4 14.01 8 650 3253 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 111 7 322.3 324.8 299.2 362.8 12.67 9 600 3922 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.3 115 7 326.6 328.9 299.3 363.2 11.23 10 550 4641 6.1 4.6 91 1.4 5.2 120 8 331.3 333.2 299.4 363.6 9.76 11 500 5420 2.5 1.2 91 1.3 1.7 128 8 336.1 337.8 299.5 364.5 8.39 12 450 6267 -1.5 -2.8 91 1.3 -2.2 127 7 341.4 342.8 299.7 365.5 6.95 13 400 7201 -4.1 -10.1 63 5.9 -7.1 98 9 349.6 350.6 299.8 365.7 4.45 14 350 8252 -6.5 -27.8 16 21.4 -13.6 90 14 360.1 360.3 299.5 364.5 1.11 15 300 9437 -14.8 -43.4 7 28.6 -20.6 83 13 364.5 364.6 299.8 365.7 0.27 16 250 10787 -25.7 -53.6 5 27.9 -29.1 115 10 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.3 0.10 17 200 12359 -39.3 -62.2 7 22.9 -40.6 138 9 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.8 0.04 18 150 14256 -56.1 -69.5 17 13.4 -56.4 149 13 373.3 373.3 301.2 373.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -73.2 -79.3 39 6.1 -73.3 124 10 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.16 m Freezing level: 468.64 mb = 5951.37 m = 19525.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 478.11 mb = 5779.89 m = 18962.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.02 mb = 236.39 m = 775.54 ft T: 25.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.22 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 574.43 m = 1884.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 36.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.89 mb = 568.44 m = 1864.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.89 mb = 617.76 m = 2026.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.89 mb = 6022.80 m = 19759.60 ft B at Equ Level: 85.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.89 mb = 7524.63 m = 24686.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.0 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 134.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -6.4 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1900.78 Bulk Shear: 0.05 m/s