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: 32.51,-79.37 Latitude: 32.51 Longitude: -79.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -481 1 950 -24 SFC 947 -0 27.6 25.7 89 1.9 26.2 70 17 305.4 309.6 301.1 373.0 22.43 3 900 455 23.8 23.4 98 0.3 23.5 87 21 306.0 309.8 300.2 367.9 20.57 4 850 955 21.1 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 84 22 308.3 311.7 299.5 364.2 18.44 5 800 1480 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 81 21 311.3 314.4 299.1 362.3 16.64 6 750 2035 16.7 15.9 95 0.8 16.1 82 21 314.7 317.6 299.1 362.2 15.29 7 700 2623 14.3 13.5 95 0.8 13.7 82 18 318.3 321.0 299.2 362.5 14.02 8 650 3249 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 91 15 322.3 324.8 299.2 362.9 12.70 9 600 3918 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.3 88 15 326.7 328.9 299.3 363.3 11.24 10 550 4637 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.2 90 15 331.4 333.3 299.4 363.7 9.75 11 500 5416 2.6 1.2 90 1.4 1.8 95 15 336.2 338.0 299.6 364.7 8.40 12 450 6264 -1.3 -2.8 90 1.5 -2.1 95 14 341.6 343.0 299.8 365.7 6.95 13 400 7198 -3.8 -10.5 60 6.7 -7.1 83 17 350.1 351.0 299.8 365.7 4.31 14 350 8250 -6.2 -29.7 14 23.5 -13.7 83 22 360.4 360.6 299.5 364.2 0.93 15 300 9436 -14.6 -45.9 5 31.2 -20.6 79 20 364.8 364.8 299.8 365.7 0.21 16 250 10787 -25.6 -54.3 5 28.6 -29.0 101 14 367.9 368.0 300.2 368.4 0.10 17 200 12359 -39.3 -61.8 7 22.5 -40.6 122 10 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.8 0.05 18 150 14256 -56.1 -69.5 17 13.4 -56.4 146 13 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.02 19 100 16710 -73.3 -79.3 39 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: 5896.84 m Freezing level: 466.81 mb = 5978.76 m = 19615.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 477.36 mb = 5788.70 m = 18991.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.83 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.95 mb = 241.32 m = 791.72 ft T: 25.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.17 C/km ThetaE index: 10.79 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 580.85 m = 1905.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 38.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.24 mb = 569.70 m = 1869.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.24 mb = 619.09 m = 2031.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.24 mb = 6030.44 m = 19784.68 ft B at Equ Level: 97.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.24 mb = 7743.68 m = 25405.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 116.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -11.4 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 134.50 Bulk Shear: 0.72 m/s