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: 32.56,-79.02 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -79.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -462 1 950 -5 SFC 950 -1 28.0 25.8 88 2.1 26.4 125 40 305.6 309.8 301.2 373.7 22.59 3 900 474 23.6 23.1 97 0.5 23.2 134 51 305.8 309.6 299.9 366.3 20.12 4 850 973 20.7 20.4 98 0.3 20.5 136 49 307.8 311.2 299.1 362.3 18.01 5 800 1498 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 138 49 311.1 314.1 298.8 360.6 16.16 6 750 2053 16.7 15.4 92 1.2 15.8 138 50 314.7 317.5 298.9 360.9 14.87 7 700 2640 14.3 13.1 93 1.2 13.5 143 48 318.3 321.0 299.0 361.4 13.69 8 650 3266 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.1 143 47 322.4 324.9 299.2 362.5 12.52 9 600 3936 9.4 7.8 90 1.6 8.3 146 45 327.0 329.2 299.4 363.4 11.17 10 550 4655 6.0 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 148 44 331.2 333.1 299.4 363.8 9.83 11 500 5433 2.2 1.4 95 0.8 1.7 150 43 335.7 337.4 299.5 364.4 8.51 12 450 6279 -2.0 -2.6 96 0.6 -2.4 149 41 340.7 342.1 299.7 365.0 7.04 13 400 7209 -5.7 -8.5 80 2.9 -7.1 147 39 347.6 348.7 299.8 365.6 5.03 14 350 8257 -6.5 -25.0 22 18.5 -13.1 139 36 360.0 360.4 299.8 365.7 1.44 15 300 9442 -15.0 -36.4 14 21.5 -20.2 130 30 364.3 364.4 299.9 366.7 0.56 16 250 10791 -26.1 -46.9 12 20.8 -29.2 137 28 367.2 367.2 300.2 368.2 0.22 17 200 12361 -39.5 -58.3 12 18.8 -40.7 140 25 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.6 0.07 18 150 14257 -56.3 -69.1 19 12.8 -56.5 145 20 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.02 19 100 16711 -73.3 -78.7 44 5.4 -73.3 111 7 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.36 m Freezing level: 474.25 mb = 5868.82 m = 19254.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 479.04 mb = 5776.81 m = 18952.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.09 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.13 mb = 268.44 m = 880.71 ft T: 25.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.34 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 588.38 m = 1930.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.23 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.50 mb = 586.26 m = 1923.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.50 mb = 635.57 m = 2085.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.50 mb = 3886.99 m = 12752.45 ft B at Equ Level: 61.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 363.50 mb = 7960.32 m = 26116.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.1 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 172.1 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.10 Bulk Shear: 11.45 m/s