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: 32.50,-78.34 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -78.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -244 SFC 973 -1 26.3 25.2 94 1.1 25.5 141 94 301.8 305.7 299.6 364.7 21.23 2 950 210 23.9 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 150 122 301.5 305.0 298.4 358.3 19.24 3 900 683 21.3 21.2 100 0.1 21.2 158 131 303.4 306.7 298.0 356.5 17.86 4 850 1179 19.2 19.1 100 0.0 19.2 165 130 306.2 309.3 298.0 356.2 16.64 5 800 1700 17.2 17.0 99 0.1 17.1 170 124 309.4 312.3 298.0 356.4 15.45 6 750 2251 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 172 116 312.8 315.5 297.9 356.1 14.07 7 700 2834 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 172 113 316.3 318.7 297.8 355.5 12.57 8 650 3454 9.7 8.9 94 0.9 9.2 171 113 320.0 322.1 297.7 355.1 11.07 9 600 4117 6.4 5.2 92 1.1 5.6 169 111 323.5 325.3 297.4 353.5 9.31 10 550 4829 2.8 1.9 94 0.9 2.2 167 110 327.4 329.0 297.4 353.7 8.02 11 500 5599 -0.6 -1.1 97 0.5 -0.9 170 109 332.3 333.7 297.9 356.1 7.09 12 450 6437 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 174 107 337.6 338.8 298.3 357.9 5.91 13 400 7359 -9.0 -9.5 96 0.5 -9.3 177 104 343.3 344.3 298.7 359.7 4.65 14 350 8383 -15.0 -15.3 98 0.3 -15.2 175 99 348.5 349.2 298.8 360.6 3.32 15 300 9533 -22.1 -22.7 95 0.6 -22.2 174 92 354.3 354.7 299.1 362.1 2.06 16 250 10851 -30.5 -32.8 80 2.3 -31.0 176 82 360.7 361.0 299.6 364.6 0.97 17 200 12399 -42.4 -46.4 65 4.0 -42.8 178 67 365.6 365.7 300.0 366.9 0.29 18 150 14277 -57.9 -61.9 60 4.0 -58.0 173 40 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.6 0.06 19 100 16716 -73.5 -78.9 43 5.4 -73.6 136 7 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.43 m Freezing level: 509.19 mb = 5457.13 m = 17903.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 514.17 mb = 5372.87 m = 17627.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.70 mb = 129.59 m = 425.14 ft T: 24.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.49 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 519.38 m = 1703.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 38.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 598.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.31 mb = 516.33 m = 1693.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.31 mb = 564.14 m = 1850.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.31 mb = 6222.56 m = 20414.98 ft B at Equ Level: 91.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.31 mb = 8997.41 m = 29518.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.1 at 116.1 knts Storm direction: 197.1 at 87.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1502.1 neg: -79.5 tot: 1422.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 474.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 158.45 m/s