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: 32.83,-78.47 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -78.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -206 SFC 977 -1 26.3 24.9 92 1.3 25.3 124 84 301.4 305.2 299.2 362.7 20.74 2 950 248 23.6 22.8 96 0.8 23.0 132 113 301.1 304.5 298.0 356.2 18.70 3 900 720 20.8 20.8 100 0.0 20.8 139 121 303.0 306.2 297.6 354.7 17.44 4 850 1214 18.7 18.7 100 0.0 18.7 145 121 305.7 308.8 297.5 354.2 16.18 5 800 1735 16.4 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 150 116 308.6 311.4 297.3 353.0 14.62 6 750 2283 13.9 13.2 95 0.8 13.4 151 111 311.7 314.1 296.8 351.0 12.81 7 700 2865 11.6 10.3 92 1.3 10.7 147 105 315.3 317.5 296.8 350.6 11.33 8 650 3484 9.1 7.2 88 1.8 7.9 145 106 319.2 321.1 296.7 350.5 9.88 9 600 4144 4.9 3.8 93 1.1 4.2 144 110 321.8 323.4 296.4 348.8 8.42 10 550 4852 1.4 1.0 97 0.4 1.2 147 111 325.8 327.3 296.7 350.3 7.51 11 500 5618 -1.5 -1.9 97 0.4 -1.7 150 108 331.2 332.6 297.4 353.6 6.68 12 450 6454 -5.2 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.4 152 104 336.7 337.9 297.9 355.9 5.60 13 400 7374 -9.5 -10.1 96 0.6 -9.8 153 100 342.6 343.6 298.4 358.4 4.46 14 350 8395 -15.0 -15.4 97 0.4 -15.2 155 96 348.6 349.3 298.8 360.6 3.31 15 300 9546 -21.7 -22.0 97 0.3 -21.8 157 92 354.8 355.3 299.3 363.2 2.19 16 250 10866 -30.5 -31.5 91 1.0 -30.7 160 88 360.7 361.0 299.7 365.1 1.10 17 200 12410 -43.2 -44.9 83 1.7 -43.4 155 68 364.3 364.4 299.8 365.8 0.35 18 150 14278 -59.5 -61.2 81 1.7 -59.6 143 50 367.5 367.5 300.2 367.8 0.07 19 100 16717 -72.8 -78.8 40 6.0 -72.9 126 9 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.49 m Freezing level: 525.53 mb = 5226.64 m = 17147.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 529.66 mb = 5154.51 m = 16910.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.97 mb = 164.78 m = 540.62 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 528.55 m = 1734.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.48 mb = 523.22 m = 1716.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.48 mb = 570.77 m = 1872.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.48 mb = 6532.67 m = 21432.37 ft B at Equ Level: 178.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.48 mb = 9411.08 m = 30875.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.5 at 110.9 knts Storm direction: 175.5 at 83.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1165.8 neg: -143.5 tot: 1022.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 340.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 94.92 m/s