MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.52,-86.61 Latitude: 33.52 Longitude: -86.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 992 198 26.0 23.0 84 3.0 23.8 98 4 299.8 303.1 297.3 352.9 18.12 2 950 578 21.6 20.5 93 1.1 20.8 107 5 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.3 16.18 3 900 1046 18.9 17.9 94 1.0 18.2 130 5 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.51 4 850 1537 16.7 15.3 91 1.4 15.8 177 4 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.1 12.95 5 800 2053 14.3 12.0 86 2.3 12.8 221 4 306.4 308.5 294.3 339.8 11.09 6 750 2597 11.8 7.9 77 3.9 9.4 242 7 309.4 311.1 293.5 336.8 8.96 7 700 3172 9.1 3.1 66 6.0 5.6 247 9 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.8 6.83 8 650 3783 6.0 -2.4 55 8.3 1.7 250 10 315.7 316.6 292.1 331.4 4.95 9 600 4434 2.3 -9.0 43 11.3 -2.7 259 11 318.8 319.4 291.5 329.4 3.23 10 550 5131 -1.8 -14.6 37 12.8 -6.8 273 15 321.9 322.4 291.6 329.5 2.25 11 500 5884 -5.8 -22.2 26 16.4 -11.0 270 19 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.5 1.29 12 450 6701 -10.8 -30.8 18 19.9 -15.7 277 22 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.0 0.66 13 400 7596 -16.2 -32.5 23 16.3 -19.8 277 25 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.2 0.62 14 350 8589 -22.3 -39.2 20 16.9 -25.1 284 20 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.36 15 300 9701 -31.0 -45.4 23 14.4 -32.6 290 19 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.22 16 250 10967 -41.5 -47.4 53 5.9 -41.9 257 19 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.2 0.21 17 200 12443 -52.1 -66.3 17 14.2 -52.4 270 32 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14249 -64.5 -74.1 25 9.6 -64.6 271 29 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -70.5 -82.4 16 11.9 -70.5 207 7 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.09 m Freezing level: 571.92 mb = 4825.80 m = 15832.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.11 mb = 4022.92 m = 13198.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.37 mb = 574.56 m = 1885.00 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 23.53 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.04 mb = 902.56 m = 2961.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 31.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.25 mb = 834.64 m = 2738.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.25 mb = 976.62 m = 3204.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.25 mb = 11313.25 m = 37116.50 ft B at Equ Level: 402.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.25 mb = 13953.23 m = 45777.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 16.48 Bulk Shear: 24.53 m/s