MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-84.21 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -84.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 997 186 19.7 17.8 89 1.9 18.4 69 7 293.1 295.4 291.7 330.0 12.96 2 950 598 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 91 17 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.5 11.98 3 900 1061 17.5 17.5 100 0.0 17.5 133 14 299.6 302.2 294.6 340.9 14.14 4 850 1550 15.8 15.8 100 0.1 15.8 174 11 302.7 305.2 294.8 342.2 13.36 5 800 2065 13.6 13.3 98 0.4 13.4 198 10 305.7 307.9 294.8 341.9 12.08 6 750 2608 11.0 10.2 95 0.8 10.5 212 11 308.5 310.5 294.4 340.4 10.49 7 700 3182 8.2 7.1 93 1.1 7.5 214 13 311.5 313.3 294.2 339.5 9.05 8 650 3792 4.9 3.8 92 1.2 4.2 216 14 314.6 316.0 294.0 338.8 7.75 9 600 4442 1.0 0.6 97 0.4 0.8 212 16 317.2 318.5 293.9 338.4 6.68 10 550 5138 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 216 19 321.3 322.5 294.3 339.9 5.74 11 500 5891 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 214 17 325.7 326.7 294.6 341.3 4.70 12 450 6710 -10.4 -11.3 94 0.8 -10.8 209 17 330.1 330.8 294.9 342.4 3.60 13 400 7608 -15.8 -16.4 95 0.6 -16.0 215 18 334.4 335.0 295.2 343.7 2.66 14 350 8602 -22.4 -23.0 94 0.7 -22.5 228 22 338.6 339.0 295.4 344.8 1.71 15 300 9718 -30.1 -32.7 78 2.6 -30.6 232 33 343.0 343.1 295.7 346.1 0.81 16 250 10987 -40.5 -42.5 82 1.9 -40.7 227 31 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.2 0.36 17 200 12466 -52.9 -57.1 60 4.2 -53.1 230 26 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.08 18 150 14259 -65.6 -71.8 41 6.3 -65.6 232 12 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16691 -69.7 -82.1 15 12.4 -69.8 123 13 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.27 m Freezing level: 585.41 mb = 4644.81 m = 15238.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.09 mb = 4602.08 m = 15098.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.43 mb = 424.01 m = 1391.08 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.83 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.19 mb = 577.97 m = 1896.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.74 C = 69.33 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5950.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.65 mb = 746.59 m = 2449.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.9 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 228.9 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 66.41 m/s