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: 32.52,-78.44 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -78.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -278 SFC 969 -0 26.3 25.3 94 1.0 25.6 140 98 302.1 306.1 299.8 365.7 21.43 2 950 177 24.3 23.5 96 0.7 23.8 149 124 301.8 305.4 298.7 359.8 19.60 3 900 650 21.6 21.5 99 0.1 21.5 157 134 303.8 307.1 298.3 357.9 18.20 4 850 1146 19.5 19.5 100 0.0 19.5 164 132 306.6 309.7 298.2 357.7 16.99 5 800 1668 17.5 17.4 99 0.2 17.4 169 125 309.8 312.8 298.3 357.9 15.78 6 750 2220 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.1 171 118 313.3 316.1 298.3 358.0 14.46 7 700 2804 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 170 113 317.0 319.5 298.3 358.1 13.12 8 650 3426 10.4 9.7 95 0.7 9.9 169 112 320.7 323.0 298.3 357.9 11.70 9 600 4090 7.0 6.0 94 1.0 6.3 167 112 324.2 326.1 297.9 356.0 9.84 10 550 4803 3.1 2.4 95 0.7 2.7 166 113 327.7 329.4 297.7 355.1 8.32 11 500 5573 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.5 170 112 332.7 334.2 298.1 357.3 7.34 12 450 6413 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 173 108 338.1 339.3 298.5 359.1 6.12 13 400 7337 -8.5 -9.1 96 0.5 -8.8 176 105 343.9 344.9 298.9 361.0 4.82 14 350 8362 -14.6 -14.9 97 0.3 -14.7 175 100 349.1 349.8 299.0 361.6 3.44 15 300 9514 -21.6 -22.4 93 0.8 -21.8 173 92 355.0 355.5 299.3 363.0 2.12 16 250 10837 -29.8 -32.8 75 3.0 -30.4 172 79 361.7 361.9 299.8 365.6 0.97 17 200 12388 -41.9 -47.3 56 5.4 -42.4 170 61 366.4 366.5 300.1 367.6 0.27 18 150 14270 -57.4 -62.6 51 5.3 -57.5 162 36 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.5 0.06 19 100 16716 -73.5 -79.0 43 5.5 -73.5 144 7 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.08 m Freezing level: 504.54 mb = 5503.45 m = 18055.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 508.02 mb = 5444.78 m = 17863.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.00 mb = 121.05 m = 397.13 ft T: 24.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 523.89 m = 1718.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 609.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.75 mb = 517.51 m = 1697.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.75 mb = 565.57 m = 1855.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.75 mb = 2463.04 m = 8080.74 ft B at Equ Level: 28.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 328.75 mb = 8830.36 m = 28970.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.9 at 117.5 knts Storm direction: 195.9 at 88.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1521.1 neg: -104.4 tot: 1416.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 472.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 156.02 m/s