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: 33.64,-86.66 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 993 204 28.8 23.3 72 5.5 24.7 344 5 302.6 306.0 298.1 357.2 18.43 2 950 593 25.6 19.3 68 6.2 21.2 333 7 303.1 305.9 296.1 347.7 15.02 3 900 1067 21.7 17.7 78 3.9 18.9 310 4 303.8 306.5 295.8 346.4 14.33 4 850 1561 18.1 15.8 87 2.3 16.5 252 4 305.1 307.5 295.5 345.1 13.39 5 800 2078 14.6 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 228 7 306.7 309.0 295.0 342.9 12.01 6 750 2623 12.0 8.7 80 3.3 10.0 242 9 309.6 311.4 294.0 338.6 9.48 7 700 3199 8.9 5.4 79 3.5 6.9 255 10 312.4 313.9 293.7 337.4 8.09 8 650 3810 5.7 2.6 80 3.1 3.9 260 11 315.4 316.8 293.7 337.7 7.10 9 600 4462 2.4 -1.4 76 3.8 0.4 271 11 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.3 5.75 10 550 5160 -1.9 -5.3 78 3.4 -3.6 284 12 321.9 322.8 293.6 337.2 4.71 11 500 5912 -6.6 -11.2 70 4.6 -8.5 289 12 325.0 325.6 293.3 335.9 3.26 12 450 6728 -11.1 -13.7 81 2.6 -12.1 275 13 329.3 329.9 294.2 339.5 2.96 13 400 7624 -16.5 -18.4 86 1.8 -17.1 266 15 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.4 2.25 14 350 8615 -22.9 -26.4 73 3.5 -23.8 268 21 337.9 338.1 294.9 342.5 1.26 15 300 9726 -31.2 -35.5 66 4.3 -31.9 265 25 341.4 341.5 295.2 343.8 0.62 16 250 10991 -41.0 -46.8 54 5.7 -41.5 259 26 345.1 345.1 295.7 346.0 0.23 17 200 12469 -52.6 -59.2 45 6.5 -52.8 253 31 349.4 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14272 -64.1 -73.6 26 9.5 -64.2 267 18 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16701 -70.7 -82.4 16 11.7 -70.8 315 6 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.90 m Freezing level: 572.05 mb = 4852.01 m = 15918.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4525.06 m = 14845.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.49 mb = 907.50 m = 2977.34 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 19.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1562.72 m = 5126.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 845.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.19 mb = 1337.90 m = 4389.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.19 mb = 1792.91 m = 5882.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.19 mb = 12235.09 m = 40140.88 ft B at Equ Level: 842.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.19 mb = 15260.24 m = 50065.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -2.1 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 90.27 Bulk Shear: 9.36 m/s