MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 34.14,-80.94 Latitude: 34.14 Longitude: -80.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 93 22.1 17.2 74 4.9 18.8 188 5 294.7 296.9 291.7 330.2 12.39 1 1000 150 22.6 16.6 69 6.0 18.7 185 8 295.8 298.0 291.8 330.3 11.99 2 950 597 22.1 13.9 60 8.2 16.8 194 11 299.6 301.5 291.9 330.5 10.56 3 900 1064 18.8 11.4 62 7.3 14.1 181 5 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.8 9.46 4 850 1552 15.3 8.3 63 7.0 11.1 59 5 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.3 8.11 5 800 2063 11.1 6.1 71 5.0 8.2 29 9 303.0 304.3 290.3 325.1 7.40 6 750 2598 6.5 3.2 79 3.3 4.7 17 10 303.6 304.8 289.6 323.0 6.42 7 700 3160 2.1 0.2 87 1.9 1.1 15 8 304.8 305.8 289.2 321.6 5.54 8 650 3756 -0.2 -4.1 75 3.9 -2.0 338 3 308.8 309.6 289.5 322.3 4.34 9 600 4394 -2.4 -20.9 23 18.5 -8.2 288 9 313.4 313.6 287.9 317.4 1.21 10 550 5080 -5.6 -23.5 23 17.9 -10.8 295 16 317.4 317.6 289.0 321.0 1.04 11 500 5822 -9.1 -34.7 11 25.6 -14.5 301 15 322.0 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.40 12 450 6631 -12.6 -41.1 7 28.5 -17.6 305 18 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.23 13 400 7518 -19.9 -33.5 29 13.5 -22.5 304 19 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.57 14 350 8492 -27.8 -37.6 39 9.7 -29.2 305 20 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.43 15 300 9578 -37.2 -40.9 68 3.8 -37.5 302 27 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.36 16 250 10808 -47.9 -50.0 79 2.1 -48.0 304 35 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.16 17 200 12264 -51.7 -68.1 12 16.4 -52.1 323 48 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14097 -59.1 -77.4 8 18.4 -59.3 312 42 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16586 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 327 24 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.97 m Freezing level: 654.10 mb = 3707.28 m = 12162.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.70 mb = 3361.21 m = 11027.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.32 mb = 713.06 m = 2339.40 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.20 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.81 mb = 1981.18 m = 6499.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 30.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.04 mb = 1472.00 m = 4829.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.04 mb = 2454.91 m = 8054.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 593.04 mb = 4485.66 m = 14716.54 ft B at Equ Level: 107.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 463.04 mb = 6411.72 m = 21035.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 346.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -48.1 tot: -38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.09 Bulk Shear: 35.07 m/s