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: 32.94,-79.69 Latitude: 32.94 Longitude: -79.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -425 SFC 953 6 26.0 24.9 93 1.1 25.2 173 9 303.4 307.3 300.0 366.8 21.26 2 950 30 25.9 24.6 93 1.3 24.9 180 7 303.4 307.3 299.8 365.7 20.88 3 900 506 22.8 22.7 100 0.1 22.7 127 10 305.0 308.6 299.4 363.8 19.63 4 850 1004 20.7 20.6 100 0.1 20.6 131 13 307.8 311.3 299.3 363.2 18.30 5 800 1529 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.4 142 13 310.8 314.0 299.1 362.4 16.84 6 750 2082 16.1 16.0 99 0.1 16.1 143 13 314.1 317.1 299.1 362.0 15.45 7 700 2669 13.7 13.6 99 0.2 13.6 147 14 317.7 320.4 299.1 362.1 14.12 8 650 3293 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 152 13 321.6 324.1 299.2 362.7 12.87 9 600 3961 8.4 8.3 100 0.1 8.3 150 12 325.8 328.1 299.3 363.2 11.54 10 550 4678 5.2 5.1 99 0.1 5.2 146 12 330.3 332.3 299.4 363.6 10.10 11 500 5454 1.6 1.5 99 0.1 1.5 143 12 335.0 336.7 299.4 363.8 8.57 12 450 6299 -2.2 -2.4 99 0.2 -2.3 143 11 340.4 341.9 299.7 365.1 7.15 13 400 7229 -6.8 -7.1 98 0.3 -7.0 144 11 346.1 347.3 299.9 366.1 5.63 14 350 8263 -10.8 -16.2 65 5.4 -13.0 144 11 354.2 354.9 299.8 365.8 3.10 15 300 9440 -15.8 -35.3 17 19.5 -20.7 142 10 363.1 363.2 299.8 365.7 0.63 16 250 10787 -26.1 -48.5 10 22.4 -29.2 152 12 367.3 367.4 300.2 368.1 0.19 17 200 12356 -39.6 -59.7 10 20.1 -40.9 136 12 370.0 370.1 300.6 370.3 0.06 18 150 14251 -56.4 -68.5 20 12.2 -56.6 133 14 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.03 19 100 16710 -71.7 -79.8 29 8.1 -71.7 121 6 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5879.13 m Freezing level: 479.29 mb = 5804.01 m = 19041.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 480.05 mb = 5780.69 m = 18965.29 ft Precipitable water: 3.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.51 mb = 146.20 m = 479.66 ft T: 25.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.37 C/km ThetaE index: 4.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 517.03 m = 1696.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 39.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.92 mb = 535.57 m = 1757.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.92 mb = 584.34 m = 1917.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.92 mb = 5749.45 m = 18862.78 ft B at Equ Level: 61.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 361.92 mb = 8003.86 m = 26259.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 174.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.46 Bulk Shear: 2.03 m/s