MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.88,-80.44 Latitude: 33.88 Longitude: -80.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 53 26.8 17.6 57 9.3 20.5 78 7 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.5 12.57 1 1000 171 24.4 16.6 62 7.7 19.2 79 9 297.5 299.7 292.3 332.3 11.99 2 950 618 20.1 15.4 75 4.6 17.0 83 10 297.5 299.7 292.1 331.4 11.68 3 900 1082 16.8 12.4 75 4.4 14.0 95 11 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.3 10.10 4 850 1567 13.9 7.8 67 6.1 10.3 97 13 300.7 302.2 289.9 324.0 7.85 5 800 2076 10.8 3.0 59 7.8 6.5 97 12 302.6 303.7 288.9 320.5 5.94 6 750 2611 7.5 0.3 61 7.1 3.8 102 8 304.7 305.7 288.9 320.6 5.23 7 700 3176 4.6 -3.2 57 7.8 0.8 108 3 307.6 308.4 289.0 321.0 4.33 8 650 3776 0.9 -6.8 57 7.6 -2.5 150 1 310.0 310.6 289.1 321.1 3.55 9 600 4415 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -6.8 265 3 312.6 313.0 288.8 320.1 2.32 10 550 5100 -5.0 -28.4 14 23.4 -11.1 252 8 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.5 0.67 11 500 5844 -8.7 -38.9 7 30.3 -14.5 248 13 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.5 0.26 12 450 6652 -13.7 -50.2 3 36.5 -18.6 239 13 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.09 13 400 7536 -20.1 -43.1 11 23.0 -23.4 246 14 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.21 14 350 8509 -28.1 -42.8 23 14.7 -29.8 246 16 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.25 15 300 9594 -37.5 -44.9 46 7.4 -38.1 256 19 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.23 16 250 10823 -47.7 -47.9 98 0.2 -47.7 241 21 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12257 -57.5 -60.9 65 3.4 -57.5 276 22 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14070 -58.2 -78.8 5 20.6 -58.4 296 31 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16570 -65.0 -83.4 6 18.4 -65.1 271 20 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.75 m Freezing level: 638.87 mb = 3918.37 m = 12855.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.42 mb = 3322.95 m = 10901.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.57 mb = 1219.03 m = 3999.39 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1630.97 m = 5350.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 22.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.20 mb = 1241.80 m = 4074.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.20 mb = 2412.01 m = 7913.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 568.20 mb = 4843.73 m = 15891.31 ft B at Equ Level: 53.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 488.20 mb = 6027.19 m = 19773.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.1 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 147.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -7.2 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.02 Bulk Shear: 4.14 m/s