MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 35.83,-87.89 Latitude: 35.83 Longitude: -87.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 1000 171 18.1 13.1 72 5.0 15.0 74 4 291.3 293.0 288.2 318.2 9.51 2 950 614 23.9 10.7 43 13.2 15.6 101 6 301.4 303.0 290.7 326.6 8.51 3 900 1086 22.4 12.4 53 10.0 16.0 254 4 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.9 10.13 4 850 1581 19.5 10.9 57 8.6 14.0 271 10 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.67 5 800 2101 16.9 4.8 44 12.2 9.8 271 12 309.2 310.5 291.7 329.9 6.73 6 750 2648 14.4 2.1 43 12.3 7.5 278 12 312.2 313.4 291.9 330.9 5.96 7 700 3227 10.3 4.3 66 6.1 6.8 286 13 313.9 315.4 293.6 337.2 7.44 8 650 3840 5.6 3.0 83 2.6 4.1 288 12 315.3 316.7 293.9 338.3 7.32 9 600 4490 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.3 286 13 318.0 318.9 292.5 332.9 4.61 10 550 5188 -1.2 -14.2 36 13.0 -6.4 284 15 322.7 323.1 291.9 330.5 2.31 11 500 5942 -5.7 -20.4 30 14.7 -10.6 296 21 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.3 1.51 12 450 6759 -10.5 -18.6 51 8.2 -13.3 307 27 330.1 330.5 293.6 336.9 1.95 13 400 7657 -15.7 -20.9 64 5.2 -17.3 317 31 334.6 335.0 294.6 341.0 1.80 14 350 8652 -22.4 -30.4 48 8.0 -24.1 323 30 338.6 338.7 294.8 341.8 0.87 15 300 9765 -31.0 -38.4 48 7.5 -32.0 309 24 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.5 0.46 16 250 11029 -41.7 -46.2 62 4.4 -42.1 313 21 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.24 17 200 12499 -54.4 -55.1 92 0.7 -54.4 327 26 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.11 18 150 14275 -69.8 -70.3 93 0.5 -69.8 337 43 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 19 100 16665 -68.9 -82.9 11 14.0 -69.0 24 9 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.46 m Freezing level: 571.16 mb = 4892.88 m = 16052.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.32 mb = 4325.24 m = 14190.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.92 mb = 819.21 m = 2687.67 ft T: 23.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3746.15 m = 12290.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.91 C = 107.45 F Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lifted Index: 7.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.21 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 16.61 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7545.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.45 mb = 1957.68 m = 6422.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.4 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 314.4 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 40.10 m/s