MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 36.01,-80.92 Latitude: 36.01 Longitude: -80.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 979 345 23.0 18.6 76 4.4 20.0 10 4 298.0 300.5 293.9 338.4 13.91 2 950 604 21.8 13.1 58 8.7 16.2 34 5 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.6 10.00 3 900 1071 18.1 11.5 65 6.6 14.0 76 4 300.1 301.9 291.2 328.2 9.53 4 850 1557 13.8 10.1 78 3.8 11.5 107 4 300.6 302.3 291.0 327.6 9.14 5 800 2065 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 146 5 301.6 303.1 290.7 326.4 8.37 6 750 2598 6.0 4.5 90 1.6 5.2 176 4 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.3 7.05 7 700 3161 2.3 1.4 94 0.9 1.8 200 3 305.0 306.1 289.8 323.4 6.05 8 650 3756 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 291 1 307.2 308.1 289.5 322.5 4.98 9 600 4389 -5.4 -6.7 91 1.2 -6.0 332 6 309.8 310.5 289.3 322.0 3.87 10 550 5066 -9.6 -10.7 91 1.1 -10.1 323 13 312.7 313.3 289.5 322.5 3.07 11 500 5797 -13.3 -14.9 88 1.6 -13.8 308 21 316.8 317.3 290.2 324.8 2.41 12 450 6592 -17.9 -18.3 96 0.4 -18.0 296 28 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.5 2.00 13 400 7462 -23.9 -23.9 99 0.1 -23.9 288 32 324.0 324.3 291.4 328.8 1.38 14 350 8423 -31.1 -31.2 99 0.1 -31.1 274 42 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.81 15 300 9495 -40.0 -42.3 79 2.2 -40.2 275 52 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.31 16 250 10719 -47.3 -57.2 31 9.9 -47.6 293 56 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 17 200 12170 -52.4 -67.1 15 14.7 -52.7 306 55 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14021 -55.8 -79.1 4 23.3 -56.1 289 45 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.01 19 100 16554 -62.0 -84.2 4 22.2 -62.2 284 17 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.05 m Freezing level: 670.58 mb = 3510.70 m = 11517.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.52 mb = 3446.45 m = 11307.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.34 mb = 905.79 m = 2971.71 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1885.00 m = 6184.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 384.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.90 mb = 1677.15 m = 5502.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.90 mb = 2138.86 m = 7017.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.90 mb = 8565.73 m = 28102.44 ft B at Equ Level: 384.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.90 mb = 11464.76 m = 37613.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 38.78 Bulk Shear: 9.92 m/s