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: 33.77,-84.61 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -84.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 985 296 17.5 16.1 91 1.4 16.5 75 8 291.9 294.0 290.3 325.1 11.73 2 950 603 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.6 80 21 292.7 294.6 289.7 323.2 10.71 3 900 1063 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 111 20 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.3 12.09 4 850 1549 15.2 15.1 100 0.0 15.2 162 9 302.1 304.4 294.3 340.0 12.84 5 800 2063 12.9 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 191 6 304.9 307.1 294.3 339.9 11.70 6 750 2605 10.5 10.2 98 0.2 10.3 208 7 307.9 309.9 294.3 339.8 10.51 7 700 3178 7.9 6.8 93 1.1 7.2 219 9 311.2 312.9 294.0 338.7 8.90 8 650 3787 4.5 3.2 91 1.3 3.8 217 9 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.4 7.46 9 600 4436 0.7 -1.3 87 1.9 -0.3 216 9 316.9 318.0 293.2 335.4 5.83 10 550 5131 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.5 -3.6 198 11 320.6 321.6 293.6 337.0 5.03 11 500 5882 -6.4 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 199 16 325.3 326.2 294.4 340.1 4.49 12 450 6700 -10.8 -12.1 90 1.3 -11.3 203 21 329.7 330.4 294.6 341.2 3.37 13 400 7596 -16.5 -19.3 79 2.8 -17.4 207 23 333.6 334.0 294.6 340.9 2.08 14 350 8589 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 212 33 338.1 338.5 295.4 344.5 1.76 15 300 9701 -30.8 -31.6 93 0.8 -30.9 233 37 342.0 342.1 295.6 345.4 0.91 16 250 10969 -40.4 -42.6 80 2.1 -40.6 235 41 345.9 346.0 296.1 347.4 0.36 17 200 12449 -52.6 -58.9 46 6.3 -52.8 235 40 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14250 -64.1 -73.9 25 9.9 -64.1 247 18 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16696 -68.3 -83.1 10 14.8 -68.4 116 6 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.73 m Freezing level: 590.69 mb = 4565.39 m = 14978.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.04 mb = 4381.53 m = 14374.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.67 mb = 472.76 m = 1551.02 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2215.96 m = 7270.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.35 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7703.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.21 mb = 846.46 m = 2777.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.4 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 211.4 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.0 neg: -5.2 tot: 114.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 62.74 m/s