MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.57,-86.77 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -86.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 994 189 29.5 22.9 67 6.7 24.6 344 5 303.2 306.5 298.0 356.4 17.91 2 950 592 25.8 19.3 67 6.6 21.2 333 7 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.8 14.97 3 900 1067 21.9 17.8 77 4.1 19.0 309 4 304.0 306.7 295.9 346.7 14.35 4 850 1561 18.0 16.0 88 2.0 16.7 255 4 305.0 307.6 295.7 345.7 13.62 5 800 2078 14.5 13.2 92 1.4 13.7 230 7 306.7 308.9 295.0 342.8 12.00 6 750 2623 12.0 8.8 80 3.3 10.0 242 9 309.6 311.4 294.0 338.6 9.49 7 700 3199 8.9 5.6 79 3.4 6.9 255 11 312.4 313.9 293.7 337.6 8.15 8 650 3810 5.7 2.5 80 3.2 3.9 260 11 315.4 316.8 293.7 337.8 7.09 9 600 4462 2.5 -1.8 73 4.3 0.3 271 11 319.0 320.1 293.6 337.0 5.61 10 550 5161 -1.9 -5.4 77 3.6 -3.6 284 12 321.9 322.8 293.6 337.1 4.65 11 500 5913 -6.5 -12.0 65 5.5 -8.8 289 12 325.1 325.7 293.2 335.3 3.04 12 450 6729 -11.0 -14.3 77 3.2 -12.3 276 12 329.4 329.9 294.1 339.0 2.82 13 400 7624 -16.5 -18.8 82 2.3 -17.2 267 14 333.6 334.0 294.6 341.2 2.17 14 350 8616 -22.9 -26.5 72 3.6 -23.8 269 21 337.9 338.2 294.9 342.5 1.25 15 300 9727 -31.2 -36.0 63 4.8 -32.0 265 24 341.4 341.5 295.2 343.6 0.59 16 250 10992 -41.1 -47.1 52 6.0 -41.5 259 26 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.22 17 200 12470 -52.5 -59.8 41 7.3 -52.8 253 31 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.06 18 150 14274 -64.1 -73.6 26 9.5 -64.2 269 17 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16702 -70.8 -82.4 16 11.6 -70.9 315 6 390.9 390.9 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.48 m Freezing level: 571.31 mb = 4862.83 m = 15953.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.66 mb = 4506.72 m = 14785.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.72 mb = 1040.12 m = 3412.43 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1574.72 m = 5166.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 850.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.42 mb = 1385.49 m = 4545.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.42 mb = 1739.31 m = 5706.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.42 mb = 12390.01 m = 40649.15 ft B at Equ Level: 843.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.42 mb = 15490.10 m = 50819.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 90.63 Bulk Shear: 9.38 m/s