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: 33.84,-83.43 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -83.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 995 214 17.6 16.1 91 1.5 16.7 47 7 291.2 293.3 290.0 324.2 11.67 2 950 609 16.4 14.4 88 2.0 15.1 77 21 293.8 295.8 290.3 325.0 10.92 3 900 1069 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 103 17 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.2 12.07 4 850 1555 14.7 14.7 100 0.0 14.7 151 12 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.2 12.44 5 800 2068 12.9 12.9 100 0.0 12.9 200 10 304.9 307.1 294.3 340.0 11.75 6 750 2609 10.5 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 210 9 307.9 309.9 294.3 340.1 10.61 7 700 3183 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 210 9 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.2 9.21 8 650 3792 4.8 3.9 94 0.9 4.3 213 10 314.4 315.9 294.0 338.8 7.83 9 600 4441 1.1 -0.6 88 1.7 0.2 209 11 317.4 318.6 293.5 336.8 6.11 10 550 5137 -2.5 -5.7 79 3.2 -4.0 204 13 321.1 322.0 293.3 336.0 4.55 11 500 5888 -6.8 -9.6 80 2.9 -8.0 204 17 324.8 325.5 293.6 337.1 3.69 12 450 6705 -10.5 -20.6 43 10.1 -13.8 206 19 330.0 330.4 293.3 335.8 1.65 13 400 7602 -16.1 -18.5 82 2.3 -16.9 218 22 334.0 334.5 294.8 341.8 2.23 14 350 8595 -22.3 -23.9 86 1.6 -22.7 222 24 338.7 339.0 295.4 344.5 1.58 15 300 9710 -30.3 -32.5 81 2.2 -30.7 236 34 342.6 342.8 295.7 345.8 0.83 16 250 10978 -40.7 -44.4 67 3.7 -41.1 234 37 345.5 345.6 295.9 346.7 0.29 17 200 12457 -52.8 -58.0 53 5.2 -53.0 236 37 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14255 -63.9 -73.9 24 10.0 -64.0 253 17 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16695 -68.7 -83.0 11 14.3 -68.8 132 7 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.92 m Freezing level: 584.79 mb = 4653.00 m = 15265.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.68 mb = 4472.22 m = 14672.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.24 mb = 402.14 m = 1319.34 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2224.99 m = 7299.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lifted Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.37 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7617.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.53 mb = 830.74 m = 2725.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.4 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 213.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 150.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 69.63 m/s