MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.71,-86.42 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 225 24.5 22.6 90 1.8 23.2 352 5 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.0 17.72 2 950 588 23.7 19.1 76 4.6 20.5 354 13 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.8 14.81 3 900 1059 20.3 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 349 10 302.5 305.0 295.1 343.2 13.78 4 850 1551 17.5 14.7 84 2.7 15.6 323 5 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.6 12.48 5 800 2068 14.7 12.0 84 2.7 12.9 243 5 306.8 308.9 294.3 340.1 11.05 6 750 2613 11.7 9.0 83 2.7 10.0 238 8 309.3 311.1 294.0 338.8 9.66 7 700 3188 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.8 250 9 312.2 313.7 293.7 337.4 8.13 8 650 3799 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.1 257 8 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.3 6.25 9 600 4451 2.8 -5.7 53 8.5 -1.3 261 7 319.3 320.1 292.5 332.8 4.16 10 550 5150 -0.9 -10.9 46 10.0 -5.2 295 9 323.0 323.6 292.6 333.1 3.02 11 500 5904 -5.6 -12.4 59 6.8 -8.4 294 13 326.2 326.8 293.3 336.2 2.95 12 450 6723 -10.6 -15.2 69 4.6 -12.3 284 16 329.9 330.4 294.0 338.8 2.61 13 400 7620 -15.9 -20.9 65 5.0 -17.4 271 19 334.4 334.7 294.5 340.8 1.80 14 350 8614 -22.1 -26.3 69 4.2 -23.2 268 22 339.0 339.2 295.2 343.6 1.28 15 300 9730 -30.1 -34.9 63 4.7 -30.9 265 25 342.9 343.1 295.6 345.5 0.66 16 250 10999 -40.5 -46.3 54 5.8 -41.0 260 28 345.8 345.8 295.9 346.8 0.24 17 200 12480 -52.1 -59.8 39 7.7 -52.3 245 27 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.6 0.06 18 150 14286 -64.3 -72.7 30 8.5 -64.3 267 17 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16710 -71.3 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.3 344 2 389.9 389.9 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.36 m Freezing level: 562.10 mb = 4980.87 m = 16341.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.11 mb = 4248.08 m = 13937.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.38 mb = 456.01 m = 1496.08 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1529.69 m = 5018.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 141.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.39 mb = 1132.27 m = 3714.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.39 mb = 2529.86 m = 8299.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.39 mb = 8458.71 m = 27751.33 ft B at Equ Level: 141.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.39 mb = 11628.28 m = 38150.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.6 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 316.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -7.8 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.60 Bulk Shear: 13.40 m/s