MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 34.05,-81.18 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -81.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 107 18.6 10.4 59 8.3 13.7 76 5 291.3 292.7 286.6 313.6 7.86 1 1000 158 19.2 10.1 56 9.1 13.8 79 8 292.4 293.8 287.0 314.7 7.79 2 950 601 19.4 10.8 57 8.7 14.1 100 15 296.9 298.5 289.3 321.8 8.57 3 900 1064 16.3 7.7 57 8.6 11.3 89 16 298.3 299.6 288.7 319.9 7.36 4 850 1547 12.6 4.6 58 8.0 8.2 70 16 299.3 300.5 288.1 317.9 6.25 5 800 2053 9.7 1.7 57 8.0 5.5 52 13 301.5 302.5 288.0 317.8 5.41 6 750 2587 7.6 0.2 59 7.5 3.8 24 7 304.9 305.8 288.9 320.6 5.16 7 700 3153 4.8 -5.8 46 10.6 -0.0 352 5 307.8 308.4 288.3 318.8 3.53 8 650 3754 2.0 -9.5 42 11.5 -2.9 333 5 311.2 311.8 288.9 320.4 2.87 9 600 4395 -1.8 -8.1 62 6.3 -4.6 284 5 314.0 314.7 290.3 325.1 3.45 10 550 5082 -5.9 -11.3 65 5.4 -8.1 263 7 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.7 2.93 11 500 5823 -10.4 -15.8 65 5.4 -12.3 264 10 320.4 320.8 291.1 327.9 2.24 12 450 6626 -15.6 -21.1 63 5.5 -17.2 280 13 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.0 1.58 13 400 7504 -21.5 -24.1 79 2.6 -22.2 293 15 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.8 1.36 14 350 8475 -28.4 -31.7 73 3.3 -28.9 285 26 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.3 0.77 15 300 9560 -36.8 -43.8 48 7.1 -37.4 276 43 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.6 0.26 16 250 10795 -46.7 -52.9 49 6.2 -47.0 276 53 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12243 -55.0 -65.7 25 10.7 -55.2 268 58 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14060 -60.1 -77.2 9 17.2 -60.3 279 56 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16567 -62.7 -83.2 5 20.5 -62.9 258 16 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.51 m Freezing level: 623.77 mb = 4090.26 m = 13419.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.51 mb = 3146.56 m = 10323.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.60 mb = 1161.82 m = 3811.69 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2949.25 m = 9675.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.12 C = 93.41 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Showalter Index: 7.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 14.95 C K Index: 16.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8660.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.41 mb = 1661.32 m = 5450.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 70.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -47.8 tot: -45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.31 Bulk Shear: 10.31 m/s