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: 33.10,-79.49 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -79.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -407 SFC 955 5 26.7 25.4 93 1.3 25.7 133 31 303.9 307.9 300.4 369.3 21.90 2 950 49 26.3 25.0 93 1.3 25.3 133 37 303.8 307.8 300.2 367.9 21.43 3 900 526 23.0 22.9 100 0.1 22.9 141 56 305.2 308.9 299.6 364.8 19.88 4 850 1025 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.6 145 57 307.8 311.3 299.3 363.2 18.27 5 800 1549 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 146 53 310.6 313.8 299.0 361.5 16.64 6 750 2102 15.8 15.7 100 0.1 15.8 142 50 313.7 316.6 298.8 360.6 15.16 7 700 2688 13.3 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 141 52 317.2 319.9 298.8 360.5 13.79 8 650 3311 10.8 10.7 100 0.1 10.7 144 52 321.2 323.6 298.9 361.1 12.55 9 600 3977 8.0 8.0 100 0.1 8.0 144 51 325.4 327.7 299.1 362.0 11.29 10 550 4694 5.0 4.9 100 0.1 4.9 143 49 330.0 332.0 299.2 362.8 9.94 11 500 5468 1.5 1.4 99 0.1 1.5 143 46 334.9 336.7 299.4 363.7 8.55 12 450 6313 -2.3 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 142 42 340.3 341.8 299.6 364.7 7.08 13 400 7242 -6.8 -7.2 97 0.4 -7.0 141 41 346.1 347.3 299.8 366.0 5.60 14 350 8275 -11.4 -15.4 72 4.0 -13.1 139 39 353.5 354.2 299.8 365.7 3.30 15 300 9449 -16.6 -31.3 27 14.7 -20.5 132 34 362.0 362.3 299.8 365.8 0.94 16 250 10792 -26.7 -41.8 23 15.2 -29.2 134 30 366.4 366.5 300.2 368.1 0.39 17 200 12358 -39.9 -53.4 22 13.5 -40.9 134 27 369.6 369.6 300.6 370.2 0.13 18 150 14253 -56.3 -67.4 24 11.1 -56.5 139 18 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.03 19 100 16709 -71.8 -79.7 30 7.9 -71.8 107 7 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.00 m Freezing level: 480.12 mb = 5804.29 m = 19042.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 481.09 mb = 5777.45 m = 18954.67 ft Precipitable water: 3.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.16 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.56 mb = 165.56 m = 543.18 ft T: 25.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 8.85 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 514.44 m = 1687.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.90 mb = 536.56 m = 1760.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.90 mb = 585.25 m = 1920.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.90 mb = 6600.30 m = 21654.25 ft B at Equ Level: 157.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.90 mb = 9350.22 m = 30676.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.7 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 172.7 at 37.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.0 neg: -42.4 tot: 173.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 25.58 Bulk Shear: 6.18 m/s