MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.77,-84.14 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -84.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 987 279 16.8 14.9 89 1.9 15.6 64 8 291.0 292.9 289.3 321.7 10.86 2 950 607 15.5 12.8 84 2.7 13.8 75 25 293.0 294.7 289.0 321.0 9.85 3 900 1067 15.1 14.1 94 1.0 14.4 100 22 297.1 299.1 291.6 329.8 11.30 4 850 1553 15.1 15.1 100 0.0 15.1 148 13 302.0 304.3 294.3 339.7 12.79 5 800 2066 12.9 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 180 8 304.9 307.1 294.3 340.0 11.72 6 750 2608 10.3 10.2 99 0.1 10.3 189 6 307.8 309.8 294.2 339.5 10.48 7 700 3181 8.1 7.0 93 1.1 7.4 212 8 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.2 9.02 8 650 3790 4.6 3.5 93 1.1 3.9 208 11 314.2 315.6 293.8 337.9 7.60 9 600 4439 0.9 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 208 11 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.2 6.63 10 550 5135 -2.7 -4.0 91 1.3 -3.3 200 13 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.7 5.19 11 500 5886 -6.6 -7.8 91 1.2 -7.1 195 16 325.0 325.9 294.1 339.1 4.26 12 450 6704 -10.9 -13.3 82 2.4 -11.9 197 19 329.5 330.1 294.3 340.0 3.05 13 400 7600 -16.4 -16.8 96 0.4 -16.5 205 23 333.7 334.2 295.0 342.7 2.57 14 350 8593 -22.5 -23.5 92 1.0 -22.8 214 28 338.4 338.7 295.3 344.3 1.64 15 300 9706 -30.8 -31.5 93 0.8 -30.9 232 35 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.5 0.91 16 250 10973 -40.7 -42.2 86 1.4 -40.9 234 40 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.0 0.37 17 200 12452 -52.8 -58.3 51 5.5 -52.9 237 38 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14252 -64.1 -73.1 28 9.0 -64.2 242 17 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16697 -68.9 -82.9 12 14.0 -68.9 130 7 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.53 m Freezing level: 587.63 mb = 4611.47 m = 15129.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4551.21 m = 14931.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.76 mb = 510.83 m = 1675.93 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.37 mb = 2592.30 m = 8504.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.45 C = 92.21 F Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lifted Index: 7.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.76 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8837.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.63 mb = 966.64 m = 3171.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 202.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.9 neg: -6.6 tot: 156.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 79.70 m/s