MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 32.87,-79.66 Latitude: 32.87 Longitude: -79.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -415 SFC 954 4 26.1 24.9 93 1.1 25.2 201 17 303.3 307.2 299.9 366.6 21.26 2 950 39 25.7 24.4 93 1.2 24.7 214 17 303.2 307.0 299.6 364.8 20.69 3 900 515 22.6 22.5 99 0.1 22.5 199 14 304.8 308.4 299.2 362.7 19.38 4 850 1013 20.5 20.4 100 0.1 20.5 191 14 307.6 311.0 299.1 362.2 18.06 5 800 1537 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 193 15 310.6 313.8 299.0 361.6 16.65 6 750 2091 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 189 15 314.0 316.9 299.0 361.5 15.34 7 700 2677 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 189 17 317.6 320.3 299.0 361.7 14.05 8 650 3301 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 193 18 321.5 324.0 299.2 362.4 12.80 9 600 3969 8.3 8.2 100 0.1 8.2 196 17 325.7 327.9 299.2 362.8 11.46 10 550 4686 5.1 5.0 99 0.1 5.1 193 15 330.2 332.2 299.4 363.3 10.04 11 500 5461 1.5 1.4 99 0.1 1.4 192 15 334.9 336.6 299.4 363.6 8.53 12 450 6306 -2.4 -2.5 99 0.2 -2.5 194 15 340.3 341.7 299.6 364.7 7.08 13 400 7235 -6.9 -7.2 98 0.3 -7.1 195 14 346.0 347.1 299.8 365.7 5.57 14 350 8269 -11.1 -15.9 68 4.8 -13.1 194 14 353.9 354.6 299.8 365.7 3.18 15 300 9443 -16.3 -31.8 25 15.5 -20.5 190 11 362.4 362.6 299.8 366.0 0.89 16 250 10788 -26.3 -45.0 15 18.7 -29.2 182 12 367.0 367.0 300.2 368.2 0.28 17 200 12357 -39.8 -58.0 13 18.2 -41.0 157 11 369.8 369.8 300.6 370.1 0.08 18 150 14251 -56.4 -68.1 22 11.7 -56.6 138 14 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.03 19 100 16710 -71.8 -79.8 29 8.0 -71.8 122 6 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.58 m Freezing level: 480.58 mb = 5789.25 m = 18993.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 481.70 mb = 5760.13 m = 18897.84 ft Precipitable water: 3.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.04 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.59 mb = 145.56 m = 477.55 ft T: 24.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.37 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 511.06 m = 1676.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.49 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.06 mb = 533.68 m = 1750.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.06 mb = 582.35 m = 1910.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 553.06 mb = 4639.97 m = 15222.82 ft B at Equ Level: 45.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.06 mb = 7370.66 m = 24181.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -9.0 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.66 Bulk Shear: 1.84 m/s