MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 33.50,-83.98 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 996 220 27.5 11.2 36 16.3 17.2 83 4 301.0 302.5 290.5 325.8 8.39 2 950 629 21.4 8.7 44 12.7 13.8 85 5 298.9 300.3 289.0 320.8 7.44 3 900 1094 16.8 7.5 54 9.3 11.4 85 5 298.9 300.2 288.8 320.2 7.25 4 850 1577 12.3 6.2 66 6.2 8.8 82 4 299.1 300.3 288.6 319.7 6.99 5 800 2082 10.4 -8.9 25 19.3 2.2 342 3 302.2 302.7 285.2 309.8 2.43 6 750 2618 8.8 -16.8 14 25.6 -0.4 310 11 306.2 306.4 285.5 310.6 1.37 7 700 3185 5.8 -16.6 18 22.4 -2.3 298 17 308.9 309.2 286.6 313.8 1.49 8 650 3787 3.4 -25.7 10 29.2 -5.2 295 17 312.9 313.0 287.2 315.3 0.72 9 600 4433 1.5 -37.2 4 38.7 -7.5 296 18 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.8 0.26 10 550 5128 -2.9 -31.1 9 28.2 -10.1 289 24 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.6 0.52 11 500 5875 -7.9 -36.7 8 28.8 -13.9 289 26 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.33 12 450 6684 -13.9 -42.4 7 28.6 -18.5 289 28 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.20 13 400 7565 -21.0 -46.3 8 25.2 -24.2 298 32 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.15 14 350 8538 -28.2 -38.2 38 10.0 -29.6 295 38 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.40 15 300 9623 -36.5 -46.0 37 9.5 -37.3 302 57 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.8 0.21 16 250 10860 -45.4 -53.6 39 8.2 -45.8 326 64 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.10 17 200 12312 -55.0 -61.6 44 6.6 -55.2 318 65 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14132 -60.1 -77.8 8 17.7 -60.3 292 52 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16607 -67.2 -83.7 8 16.5 -67.3 297 33 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.94 m Freezing level: 582.76 mb = 4672.91 m = 15330.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.42 mb = 2524.94 m = 8283.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.09 mb = 2248.80 m = 7377.85 ft T: 9.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 15.98 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.56 mb = 3767.61 m = 12360.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.19 C = 102.54 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.70 C Showalter Index: 8.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 14.09 C K Index: 3.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8341.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.22 mb = 2236.83 m = 7338.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 327.3 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 42.58 m/s