MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.31,-84.36 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -84.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 968 418 24.3 20.3 78 4.0 21.5 209 2 300.2 303.0 295.7 346.0 15.65 2 950 585 22.4 17.9 75 4.6 19.3 205 4 299.9 302.4 294.3 340.0 13.67 3 900 1053 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 195 3 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.1 12.82 4 850 1542 15.5 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 180 3 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.6 11.92 5 800 2055 12.9 11.8 93 1.1 12.1 176 3 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.5 10.90 6 750 2596 9.8 9.1 95 0.7 9.3 190 3 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.6 9.71 7 700 3167 6.6 5.5 92 1.1 6.0 217 3 309.8 311.4 293.0 334.8 8.13 8 650 3773 3.4 0.5 81 2.9 1.8 242 5 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.9 6.11 9 600 4418 -0.6 -4.1 77 3.5 -2.3 250 10 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.5 4.71 10 550 5109 -4.8 -8.9 73 4.1 -6.5 256 15 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.0 3.55 11 500 5852 -9.8 -14.0 72 4.2 -11.3 257 17 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.7 2.59 12 450 6657 -15.0 -19.9 66 4.9 -16.5 256 20 324.4 324.7 291.8 330.4 1.75 13 400 7539 -19.9 -25.3 62 5.4 -21.2 259 24 329.1 329.4 292.7 333.5 1.23 14 350 8518 -25.3 -31.6 56 6.3 -26.5 271 38 334.6 334.8 293.7 337.5 0.77 15 300 9620 -33.2 -39.4 54 6.2 -34.0 273 55 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.2 0.42 16 250 10876 -42.4 -48.8 50 6.4 -42.8 280 47 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.18 17 200 12349 -52.8 -57.1 60 4.3 -53.0 266 60 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14185 -58.8 -75.4 10 16.6 -59.0 281 37 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16666 -68.4 -82.9 11 14.6 -68.4 270 29 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.47 m Freezing level: 607.04 mb = 4327.44 m = 14197.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.62 mb = 4055.53 m = 13305.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.43 mb = 924.86 m = 3034.29 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1494.70 m = 4903.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.71 mb = 1287.02 m = 4222.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.71 mb = 2259.68 m = 7413.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.71 mb = 8503.66 m = 27898.82 ft B at Equ Level: 389.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.71 mb = 12004.40 m = 39384.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 84.85 Bulk Shear: 4.59 m/s