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: 33.64,-86.26 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 990 220 24.9 22.6 87 2.2 23.2 104 6 298.9 302.1 296.7 350.5 17.71 2 950 580 21.1 20.1 94 0.9 20.4 112 10 298.5 301.4 295.4 344.5 15.81 3 900 1047 18.4 17.8 96 0.6 18.0 129 10 300.5 303.1 295.0 342.7 14.41 4 850 1538 16.4 15.5 94 0.9 15.8 160 6 303.3 305.7 294.8 342.2 13.12 5 800 2053 14.0 12.5 91 1.5 13.1 208 5 306.1 308.2 294.5 340.6 11.49 6 750 2596 11.6 8.5 82 3.0 9.7 239 7 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.7 9.36 7 700 3171 8.8 3.8 71 5.0 5.9 245 10 312.2 313.6 293.0 334.6 7.21 8 650 3782 5.6 -1.6 60 7.2 1.9 246 12 315.3 316.4 292.3 332.0 5.26 9 600 4433 2.1 -8.2 46 10.3 -2.6 252 12 318.6 319.3 291.7 329.8 3.44 10 550 5130 -2.0 -14.0 39 12.0 -6.7 268 16 321.7 322.2 291.6 329.7 2.36 11 500 5881 -5.9 -22.1 27 16.1 -11.1 268 21 325.8 326.1 291.8 330.4 1.30 12 450 6699 -10.7 -29.7 19 19.0 -15.5 276 24 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.4 0.72 13 400 7594 -16.2 -31.5 25 15.3 -19.7 276 27 333.9 334.1 293.4 336.5 0.68 14 350 8587 -22.3 -38.8 21 16.6 -25.0 282 23 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.38 15 300 9699 -31.1 -44.5 26 13.4 -32.6 285 21 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.24 16 250 10965 -41.3 -48.5 46 7.2 -41.8 271 23 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.19 17 200 12441 -52.6 -62.4 30 9.8 -52.8 273 34 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14247 -64.1 -74.8 22 10.7 -64.2 271 30 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16684 -70.1 -82.4 15 12.3 -70.2 218 6 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.39 m Freezing level: 573.95 mb = 4795.68 m = 15733.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.73 mb = 4052.33 m = 13294.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.65 mb = 501.04 m = 1643.80 ft T: 21.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 854.52 m = 2803.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.39 mb = 807.01 m = 2647.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.39 mb = 948.25 m = 3111.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.39 mb = 8578.96 m = 28145.87 ft B at Equ Level: 207.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.39 mb = 12749.98 m = 41830.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 43.55 m/s