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: 32.96,-83.82 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -83.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 998 177 20.2 16.8 81 3.3 17.9 65 7 293.5 295.6 291.2 328.1 12.15 2 950 601 16.5 15.2 92 1.3 15.7 86 15 294.0 296.0 290.8 326.8 11.50 3 900 1064 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 125 13 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.2 13.95 4 850 1553 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.6 173 10 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.6 13.19 5 800 2067 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 199 10 305.4 307.7 294.7 341.6 12.09 6 750 2610 10.7 10.3 97 0.4 10.4 217 11 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.2 10.54 7 700 3184 8.2 6.7 90 1.5 7.3 220 12 311.6 313.2 294.0 338.8 8.83 8 650 3794 5.1 3.3 88 1.8 4.1 216 12 314.7 316.2 293.9 338.1 7.47 9 600 4443 1.0 0.1 94 0.9 0.5 199 15 317.2 318.5 293.7 337.6 6.43 10 550 5139 -2.4 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.9 204 19 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.0 5.45 11 500 5892 -6.1 -6.8 94 0.7 -6.4 210 19 325.6 326.5 294.5 340.8 4.59 12 450 6710 -10.7 -11.6 93 1.0 -11.1 206 18 329.8 330.5 294.7 341.7 3.50 13 400 7608 -16.0 -16.9 93 0.9 -16.3 216 17 334.2 334.7 295.1 343.1 2.55 14 350 8602 -22.2 -23.5 90 1.2 -22.6 233 23 338.8 339.1 295.4 344.8 1.65 15 300 9718 -30.0 -33.5 71 3.5 -30.6 238 34 343.1 343.3 295.7 346.0 0.75 16 250 10988 -40.5 -43.9 70 3.4 -40.8 227 31 345.9 345.9 296.0 347.1 0.31 17 200 12466 -53.1 -57.0 62 4.0 -53.2 232 26 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14260 -65.5 -72.0 40 6.6 -65.5 235 13 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16692 -69.5 -82.2 14 12.7 -69.5 121 13 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.15 m Freezing level: 585.50 mb = 4645.00 m = 15239.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.69 mb = 4541.26 m = 14898.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.09 mb = 600.20 m = 1969.13 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 3.96 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.81 mb = 1984.67 m = 6511.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.62 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6166.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.38 mb = 807.51 m = 2649.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.4 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 225.4 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 58.77 m/s