MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.93,-80.39 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -80.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 52 29.5 14.3 40 15.2 19.5 135 5 301.5 303.4 292.2 331.6 10.18 1 1000 166 27.0 13.0 42 14.0 18.0 139 7 300.2 301.9 291.1 328.0 9.45 2 950 616 22.5 12.0 52 10.4 15.8 145 8 300.0 301.7 291.0 327.4 9.33 3 900 1083 18.0 11.0 63 7.0 13.6 149 9 300.1 301.7 290.9 327.0 9.16 4 850 1568 13.5 9.8 78 3.7 11.2 155 8 300.3 301.9 290.7 326.7 8.97 5 800 2076 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.4 176 6 300.8 302.4 290.5 325.6 8.38 6 750 2608 5.7 4.2 90 1.4 4.9 249 12 302.7 304.0 289.8 323.4 6.91 7 700 3171 3.9 -9.4 37 13.3 -1.6 256 18 306.9 307.4 287.2 315.3 2.69 8 650 3770 1.7 -17.8 22 19.5 -5.0 253 21 310.9 311.2 287.3 315.7 1.44 9 600 4412 -0.9 -22.4 18 21.5 -7.5 256 21 315.1 315.3 288.3 318.7 1.06 10 550 5101 -5.2 -22.8 24 17.6 -10.5 262 22 317.9 318.1 289.3 321.7 1.11 11 500 5839 -11.4 -16.3 67 4.9 -13.1 259 29 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.3 2.14 12 450 6645 -13.5 -13.5 99 0.1 -13.5 275 39 326.3 326.9 293.4 336.4 2.99 13 400 7533 -18.3 -21.6 75 3.3 -19.3 280 44 331.2 331.6 293.6 337.2 1.69 14 350 8517 -25.4 -30.6 62 5.2 -26.5 281 48 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.6 0.86 15 300 9614 -34.3 -41.5 48 7.1 -35.1 276 42 337.0 337.0 293.9 338.3 0.34 16 250 10860 -45.1 -49.2 63 4.1 -45.3 287 41 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.17 17 200 12313 -56.6 -56.6 99 0.1 -56.6 303 81 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 14105 -62.2 -75.7 15 13.5 -62.4 282 55 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16574 -65.8 -83.8 6 18.0 -66.0 285 30 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.21 m Freezing level: 617.43 mb = 4187.98 m = 13739.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.46 mb = 3026.83 m = 9930.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.28 mb = 1948.19 m = 6391.62 ft T: 10.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.84 mb = 2004.49 m = 6576.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.67 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 21.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.98 mb = 1930.74 m = 6334.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.98 mb = 2086.19 m = 6844.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.98 mb = 3066.78 m = 10061.51 ft B at Equ Level: 14.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 658.98 mb = 3659.22 m = 12005.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 50.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 48.02 m/s