MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 34.18,-80.67 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -80.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -207 SFC 966 91 23.4 22.6 95 0.8 22.8 135 14 299.5 302.8 297.1 352.5 18.13 2 950 235 22.5 21.9 96 0.7 22.1 146 24 300.1 303.3 297.0 351.8 17.66 3 900 705 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.1 152 29 302.2 305.3 297.0 351.6 16.71 4 850 1199 18.1 18.1 100 0.0 18.1 159 30 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.8 15.60 5 800 1718 16.2 16.2 100 0.0 16.2 167 30 308.4 311.2 297.2 352.7 14.61 6 750 2267 14.2 14.1 100 0.1 14.1 168 26 311.9 314.5 297.4 353.7 13.61 7 700 2849 11.8 11.7 100 0.1 11.8 165 26 315.6 318.0 297.6 354.5 12.49 8 650 3469 9.3 9.3 100 0.0 9.3 163 24 319.5 321.7 297.8 355.5 11.37 9 600 4132 6.6 6.5 100 0.1 6.5 164 24 323.7 325.7 298.0 356.6 10.19 10 550 4844 3.3 3.2 99 0.1 3.2 162 21 328.0 329.7 298.1 356.9 8.80 11 500 5614 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 160 21 332.6 334.1 298.2 357.4 7.41 12 450 6452 -4.4 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.5 161 19 337.8 339.0 298.4 358.5 6.04 13 400 7376 -7.9 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.4 162 17 344.7 345.7 299.1 362.0 4.91 14 350 8405 -13.2 -14.4 91 1.2 -13.7 165 14 351.0 351.8 299.5 364.2 3.59 15 300 9564 -20.3 -21.8 87 1.6 -20.8 179 11 356.8 357.3 299.7 365.3 2.22 16 250 10890 -29.5 -34.3 63 4.9 -30.4 202 8 362.3 362.4 299.8 365.6 0.83 17 200 12439 -43.0 -46.9 65 3.9 -43.3 110 5 364.7 364.8 299.8 365.9 0.28 18 150 14305 -59.5 -62.8 66 3.2 -59.6 37 7 367.5 367.5 300.2 367.7 0.05 19 100 16735 -71.6 -79.7 29 8.1 -71.7 56 4 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.03 m Freezing level: 504.96 mb = 5537.44 m = 18167.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 506.08 mb = 5516.22 m = 18097.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.45 mb = 185.44 m = 608.39 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.40 C/km ThetaE index: 0.85 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 614.91 m = 2017.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.80 mb = 591.70 m = 1941.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.80 mb = 639.55 m = 2098.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.80 mb = 1332.57 m = 4371.90 ft B at Equ Level: 18.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 706.80 mb = 2767.49 m = 9079.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 191.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.7 neg: -11.9 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.82 Bulk Shear: 4.99 m/s