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: 33.00,-79.76 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -79.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -432 SFC 952 8 25.8 24.7 94 1.1 25.0 65 6 303.2 307.1 299.8 365.8 21.01 2 950 23 25.8 24.5 93 1.3 24.9 65 8 303.4 307.2 299.7 365.4 20.82 3 900 499 22.8 22.8 100 0.1 22.8 63 21 305.0 308.7 299.5 364.1 19.71 4 850 998 20.8 20.7 100 0.1 20.8 77 22 307.9 311.4 299.4 363.8 18.43 5 800 1522 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 89 19 310.9 314.2 299.2 362.9 16.97 6 750 2076 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 93 18 314.2 317.2 299.1 362.3 15.52 7 700 2663 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 95 16 317.8 320.5 299.1 362.3 14.16 8 650 3287 11.3 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 92 15 321.7 324.2 299.2 362.9 12.91 9 600 3955 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 91 16 325.9 328.2 299.4 363.4 11.57 10 550 4672 5.3 5.1 99 0.1 5.2 92 16 330.3 332.4 299.4 363.7 10.11 11 500 5448 1.5 1.4 99 0.1 1.5 91 17 334.9 336.7 299.4 363.7 8.54 12 450 6293 -2.2 -2.4 99 0.2 -2.3 91 16 340.5 341.9 299.7 365.2 7.17 13 400 7223 -6.8 -7.0 98 0.3 -6.9 93 16 346.2 347.4 299.9 366.3 5.66 14 350 8258 -10.5 -16.6 61 6.1 -13.1 96 16 354.6 355.3 299.8 365.8 2.98 15 300 9436 -15.4 -39.8 10 24.4 -20.8 102 13 363.7 363.8 299.7 365.4 0.40 16 250 10785 -25.9 -53.5 6 27.6 -29.2 124 12 367.6 367.7 300.2 368.1 0.11 17 200 12356 -39.5 -61.5 8 22.0 -40.8 114 13 370.2 370.2 300.7 370.5 0.05 18 150 14252 -56.3 -68.9 19 12.6 -56.6 127 14 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.2 0.02 19 100 16710 -71.5 -79.8 28 8.3 -71.6 124 6 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.04 m Freezing level: 479.38 mb = 5796.86 m = 19018.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 480.51 mb = 5767.18 m = 18920.95 ft Precipitable water: 3.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.95 % Est. max temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.95 mb = 144.51 m = 474.11 ft T: 25.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.40 C/km ThetaE index: 3.55 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 529.11 m = 1735.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 39.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.03 mb = 537.36 m = 1762.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.03 mb = 586.19 m = 1923.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.03 mb = 5927.06 m = 19445.50 ft B at Equ Level: 61.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 361.03 mb = 8017.84 m = 26304.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.9 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 116.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 9.69 Bulk Shear: 6.35 m/s