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: 34.93,-81.31 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -81.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 986 182 24.1 21.9 87 2.3 22.5 30 17 298.5 301.5 296.1 347.9 16.97 2 950 510 22.1 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 38 39 299.6 302.5 295.8 346.3 16.01 3 900 978 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.5 50 48 301.0 303.7 295.5 344.9 14.95 4 850 1470 17.3 15.8 90 1.6 16.3 75 50 304.3 306.8 295.3 344.2 13.38 5 800 1987 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.0 81 48 307.2 309.5 295.3 344.1 12.22 6 750 2533 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 72 46 309.8 311.9 295.3 344.2 11.26 7 700 3110 9.1 8.6 97 0.5 8.8 67 48 312.5 314.4 295.2 343.6 10.07 8 650 3722 6.4 5.1 91 1.3 5.6 67 48 316.2 317.9 295.0 343.0 8.53 9 600 4377 3.2 2.2 93 1.0 2.6 67 46 319.8 321.3 295.2 343.8 7.51 10 550 5080 -0.0 -0.9 94 0.9 -0.5 63 45 324.1 325.3 295.6 345.3 6.53 11 500 5839 -3.9 -5.1 91 1.3 -4.5 59 44 328.3 329.4 295.7 345.8 5.24 12 450 6665 -8.4 -9.4 92 1.0 -8.8 58 43 332.7 333.6 296.0 347.0 4.18 13 400 7571 -13.6 -14.2 95 0.6 -13.9 58 43 337.3 338.0 296.3 348.5 3.18 14 350 8575 -19.7 -19.7 100 0.0 -19.7 66 42 342.2 342.7 296.7 350.5 2.29 15 300 9702 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 74 40 346.6 346.9 297.0 351.6 1.33 16 250 10988 -37.2 -37.2 100 0.0 -37.2 84 34 350.8 350.9 297.3 353.3 0.63 17 200 12491 -49.4 -49.9 95 0.5 -49.4 99 24 354.5 354.6 297.8 355.4 0.20 18 150 14315 -62.7 -63.1 94 0.5 -62.7 133 46 362.1 362.2 299.2 362.4 0.05 19 100 16715 -71.2 -80.7 23 9.5 -71.2 10 4 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.12 m Freezing level: 550.35 mb = 5074.87 m = 16649.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.17 mb = 4960.65 m = 16274.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.57 mb = 467.71 m = 1534.46 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 3.76 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 918.35 m = 3012.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.20 mb = 814.27 m = 2671.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.20 mb = 2620.47 m = 8597.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 572.20 mb = 4760.31 m = 15617.63 ft B at Equ Level: 26.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 462.20 mb = 6455.71 m = 21179.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.8 at 45.4 knts Storm direction: 94.8 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 443.6 neg: -42.9 tot: 400.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 65.06 m/s