MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 33.68,-84.54 Latitude: 33.68 Longitude: -84.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 989 290 24.6 17.1 63 7.5 19.5 82 5 298.7 301.0 293.1 335.1 12.51 2 950 641 22.5 15.3 64 7.2 17.8 84 11 300.1 302.2 292.8 334.1 11.61 3 900 1109 18.5 14.6 78 3.9 16.0 90 8 300.6 302.7 293.0 335.0 11.72 4 850 1598 15.6 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 105 5 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.1 11.39 5 800 2112 13.4 10.2 81 3.2 11.4 77 2 305.4 307.2 293.0 334.8 9.82 6 750 2653 10.7 7.3 80 3.4 8.6 309 1 308.2 309.8 292.9 334.4 8.60 7 700 3226 7.7 3.3 74 4.4 5.2 312 3 311.0 312.3 292.4 332.5 6.93 8 650 3834 4.0 -3.3 59 7.3 0.4 301 3 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.1 4.61 9 600 4480 0.3 -12.2 39 12.5 -4.7 257 4 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.7 2.50 10 550 5172 -3.6 -13.8 45 10.2 -7.5 254 4 319.8 320.3 291.1 327.8 2.39 11 500 5919 -8.2 -15.4 56 7.2 -10.9 264 4 323.0 323.5 291.9 330.8 2.31 12 450 6729 -13.4 -17.3 72 3.9 -14.7 221 10 326.4 326.9 292.8 334.0 2.19 13 400 7618 -18.0 -18.6 95 0.6 -18.2 217 19 331.6 332.1 294.1 339.3 2.20 14 350 8605 -24.1 -24.8 93 0.8 -24.2 219 28 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.6 1.46 15 300 9711 -32.4 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.4 200 28 339.7 339.8 295.0 342.8 0.83 16 250 10969 -42.5 -43.4 90 0.9 -42.6 192 29 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.2 0.33 17 200 12440 -52.8 -61.4 34 8.6 -53.0 190 30 349.1 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14255 -61.5 -74.3 17 12.8 -61.6 226 15 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16719 -67.2 -82.8 9 15.6 -67.3 96 11 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.68 m Freezing level: 596.11 mb = 4533.83 m = 14874.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.36 mb = 3879.04 m = 12726.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.68 mb = 1236.77 m = 4057.59 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2237.56 m = 7341.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4695.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.57 mb = 1512.27 m = 4961.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 21.60 m/s