MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.91,-83.18 Latitude: 33.91 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 156 SFC 995 197 17.6 14.4 82 3.2 15.6 44 6 291.1 293.0 288.9 320.7 10.44 2 950 594 16.6 11.7 73 4.9 13.6 76 21 294.1 295.7 288.8 320.3 9.14 3 900 1054 15.0 13.1 88 1.9 13.8 108 17 297.0 298.9 291.0 327.7 10.59 4 850 1539 14.1 14.1 100 0.0 14.1 148 14 300.9 303.1 293.3 336.1 11.96 5 800 2050 12.1 12.1 100 0.0 12.1 168 10 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.4 11.18 6 750 2592 10.8 9.9 94 0.9 10.2 197 11 308.3 310.2 294.2 339.5 10.27 7 700 3166 8.4 5.8 83 2.7 6.8 213 12 311.8 313.4 293.7 337.3 8.27 8 650 3776 5.3 1.4 76 3.9 3.1 222 13 315.0 316.2 293.2 335.5 6.52 9 600 4426 1.7 -3.1 70 4.8 -0.7 227 13 318.1 319.1 292.9 334.4 5.06 10 550 5123 -2.1 -11.8 48 9.7 -6.1 234 12 321.6 322.1 292.0 330.9 2.82 11 500 5874 -5.9 -24.3 22 18.3 -11.4 252 14 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.6 1.07 12 450 6693 -10.0 -37.5 8 27.6 -15.7 252 15 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.34 13 400 7590 -15.6 -43.4 7 27.7 -20.2 257 20 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 14 350 8584 -22.2 -38.1 22 15.9 -24.9 239 24 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.4 0.41 15 300 9697 -30.8 -39.3 43 8.4 -32.0 248 27 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.6 0.42 16 250 10964 -40.8 -41.2 96 0.4 -40.8 240 33 345.5 345.5 296.0 347.1 0.42 17 200 12442 -53.0 -53.8 90 0.8 -53.0 257 41 348.8 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.13 18 150 14243 -63.5 -74.0 23 10.5 -63.6 254 22 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -70.9 -82.9 15 12.1 -70.9 6 8 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.32 m Freezing level: 577.77 mb = 4736.13 m = 15538.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.59 mb = 4297.45 m = 14099.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.67 mb = 597.28 m = 1959.57 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3202.49 m = 10506.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.42 C = 101.16 F Cap Strength: 7.87 C Lifted Index: 9.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.87 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9175.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.08 mb = 1100.75 m = 3611.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 227.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 172.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 80.01 m/s