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: 35.97,-87.89 Latitude: 35.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 165 17.8 12.8 73 5.0 14.7 67 4 290.9 292.5 287.8 317.2 9.31 1 1000 170 18.3 12.3 68 6.0 14.6 70 5 291.5 293.1 287.8 317.1 9.01 2 950 614 23.8 9.6 40 14.2 15.0 95 7 301.3 302.8 290.2 324.8 7.90 3 900 1086 22.3 11.3 50 11.0 15.3 259 3 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.6 9.39 4 850 1581 19.5 9.6 53 9.9 13.3 272 9 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.3 8.84 5 800 2100 16.8 4.4 44 12.4 9.6 272 11 309.0 310.3 291.5 329.3 6.57 6 750 2647 14.3 2.3 44 12.0 7.5 279 13 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.9 6.02 7 700 3226 10.2 4.9 69 5.3 7.1 285 14 313.8 315.3 293.8 338.0 7.76 8 650 3839 5.5 3.2 85 2.3 4.2 289 14 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.5 7.44 9 600 4489 1.7 -4.3 64 6.0 -1.3 285 15 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.63 10 550 5187 -1.1 -14.4 36 13.3 -6.4 280 16 322.7 323.2 291.8 330.4 2.28 11 500 5940 -6.0 -20.1 32 14.1 -10.7 297 21 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.2 1.55 12 450 6758 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.1 -12.5 307 27 330.3 330.8 294.0 338.5 2.37 13 400 7657 -15.6 -19.8 71 4.1 -17.0 316 32 334.7 335.1 294.7 341.7 1.99 14 350 8651 -22.5 -29.2 54 6.7 -24.0 324 30 338.4 338.6 294.8 342.1 0.97 15 300 9764 -31.1 -37.6 53 6.5 -32.0 312 24 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.5 0.50 16 250 11028 -41.7 -45.3 68 3.6 -42.1 316 21 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.1 0.27 17 200 12498 -54.5 -55.5 89 1.0 -54.5 325 28 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.10 18 150 14273 -69.7 -70.1 95 0.4 -69.8 333 42 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 19 100 16664 -68.6 -83.0 11 14.4 -68.7 17 8 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.16 m Freezing level: 570.10 mb = 4906.60 m = 16097.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.65 mb = 4332.86 m = 14215.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.28 mb = 806.80 m = 2646.94 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.04 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.55 mb = 3919.70 m = 12859.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.44 C = 108.38 F Cap Strength: 8.93 C Lifted Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.83 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.52 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8273.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.52 mb = 2073.08 m = 6801.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -2.9 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 47.05 m/s