MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.6,-83.18 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -83.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 102 22.8 20.2 85 2.6 20.9 76 10 295.5 298.2 293.9 338.4 14.95 1 1000 147 22.0 19.5 86 2.5 20.3 77 13 295.2 297.7 293.4 336.4 14.38 2 950 591 18.3 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 88 18 295.8 298.3 293.2 335.7 13.87 3 900 1056 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 110 12 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.2 14.44 4 850 1546 16.9 14.9 88 2.0 15.5 186 5 303.8 306.2 294.7 341.4 12.62 5 800 2062 14.5 12.0 85 2.4 12.9 234 10 306.6 308.6 294.3 340.0 11.12 6 750 2606 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 9.9 245 14 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.4 9.66 7 700 3180 8.2 6.1 86 2.1 6.9 250 15 311.6 313.2 293.7 337.7 8.47 8 650 3790 4.8 3.0 88 1.9 3.8 256 15 314.4 315.8 293.6 337.3 7.31 9 600 4439 1.0 -0.3 91 1.3 0.3 257 12 317.3 318.5 293.6 337.2 6.27 10 550 5135 -2.5 -4.5 86 2.0 -3.4 254 11 321.2 322.1 293.7 337.4 5.00 11 500 5887 -6.2 -8.8 82 2.6 -7.4 246 13 325.5 326.3 294.0 338.7 3.94 12 450 6705 -10.5 -13.9 76 3.5 -11.8 245 16 330.1 330.6 294.3 340.0 2.89 13 400 7604 -15.4 -21.8 58 6.4 -17.4 254 17 334.9 335.3 294.6 340.9 1.66 14 350 8599 -22.1 -27.6 61 5.5 -23.4 250 18 338.9 339.2 295.1 343.1 1.13 15 300 9714 -30.3 -36.5 54 6.2 -31.2 251 24 342.7 342.8 295.5 344.9 0.56 16 250 10984 -40.5 -48.1 44 7.6 -41.1 263 28 345.9 345.9 295.9 346.7 0.20 17 200 12465 -52.2 -56.0 64 3.8 -52.4 257 34 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.5 0.10 18 150 14263 -65.4 -71.5 42 6.1 -65.4 272 16 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16683 -71.3 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.3 46 7 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.16 m Freezing level: 585.41 mb = 4642.34 m = 15230.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4495.07 m = 14747.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.79 mb = 430.23 m = 1411.51 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 5.01 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.17 mb = 580.09 m = 1903.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4543.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.92 mb = 664.23 m = 2179.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 100.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 95.68 m/s