MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 32.95,-83.67 Latitude: 32.95 Longitude: -83.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -44 SFC 976 167 23.0 22.2 95 0.8 22.5 74 24 298.2 301.4 296.4 349.1 17.53 2 950 401 21.7 21.1 96 0.6 21.3 84 51 299.3 302.3 296.3 348.4 16.84 3 900 870 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.3 92 64 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.9 15.82 4 850 1362 17.2 17.2 100 -0.0 17.2 103 71 304.2 306.9 296.1 347.9 14.69 5 800 1880 15.5 15.5 100 -0.0 15.5 111 67 307.7 310.3 296.6 350.0 14.02 6 750 2427 13.4 13.4 100 0.0 13.4 117 65 311.1 313.6 296.8 350.8 12.97 7 700 3007 10.9 10.9 100 0.0 10.9 119 62 314.6 316.9 296.9 351.2 11.78 8 650 3624 8.1 8.1 100 0.0 8.1 120 61 318.1 320.2 296.9 351.2 10.48 9 600 4283 5.1 5.0 100 0.0 5.0 122 56 322.0 323.8 297.0 351.4 9.17 10 550 4990 1.1 1.1 100 0.0 1.1 119 51 325.4 326.9 296.7 350.1 7.56 11 500 5753 -2.4 -2.6 98 0.2 -2.5 114 51 330.1 331.4 296.9 351.2 6.32 12 450 6584 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.4 -6.5 111 49 335.3 336.4 297.3 352.9 5.14 13 400 7498 -11.0 -11.5 96 0.5 -11.2 112 48 340.6 341.5 297.6 354.6 3.97 14 350 8514 -16.4 -16.5 99 0.1 -16.4 117 46 346.7 347.3 298.2 357.6 3.01 15 300 9657 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 121 45 351.9 352.3 298.5 359.0 1.88 16 250 10964 -33.2 -33.5 97 0.3 -33.3 128 39 356.7 356.9 298.8 360.3 0.91 17 200 12492 -45.7 -45.9 98 0.2 -45.7 135 27 360.5 360.5 299.1 361.8 0.31 18 150 14336 -62.7 -63.0 96 0.3 -62.7 130 17 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.3 0.05 19 100 16729 -75.0 -80.6 41 5.7 -75.0 219 8 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.63 m Freezing level: 534.11 mb = 5232.45 m = 17166.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 534.97 mb = 5211.86 m = 17099.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.68 mb = 259.29 m = 850.69 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 1.22 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.60 mb = 711.45 m = 2334.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.09 mb = 669.03 m = 2194.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.09 mb = 811.44 m = 2662.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.09 mb = 1502.65 m = 4929.90 ft B at Equ Level: 18.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 726.09 mb = 2699.56 m = 8856.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.9 at 58.5 knts Storm direction: 141.9 at 43.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 773.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 771.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 257.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 98.97 m/s