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: 34.18,-84.14 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -84.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 979 357 16.9 15.5 91 1.4 16.0 70 7 291.8 293.9 290.0 324.0 11.37 2 950 609 15.6 13.4 87 2.1 14.3 76 20 293.0 294.8 289.4 322.2 10.25 3 900 1068 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.7 98 21 296.4 298.3 291.0 327.5 10.76 4 850 1552 14.4 14.4 100 0.1 14.4 138 13 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.2 12.21 5 800 2065 12.8 12.7 100 0.0 12.8 182 8 304.8 307.0 294.2 339.6 11.65 6 750 2607 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 199 7 307.8 309.8 294.3 339.8 10.55 7 700 3180 7.4 6.7 95 0.7 7.0 216 7 310.7 312.4 293.7 337.8 8.81 8 650 3788 4.6 2.0 83 2.6 3.1 217 10 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.5 6.81 9 600 4437 1.1 -2.4 78 3.5 -0.7 217 12 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.5 5.35 10 550 5133 -2.6 -7.7 68 5.1 -5.0 208 13 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.7 3.88 11 500 5883 -6.8 -10.0 78 3.1 -8.2 205 17 324.7 325.4 293.5 336.7 3.59 12 450 6699 -10.9 -20.6 45 9.7 -14.0 205 21 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.3 1.65 13 400 7594 -16.4 -25.1 47 8.7 -18.8 216 24 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.1 1.25 14 350 8586 -22.8 -23.0 99 0.1 -22.8 219 32 338.0 338.4 295.3 344.2 1.73 15 300 9698 -30.8 -32.1 88 1.3 -31.0 232 36 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.2 0.86 16 250 10966 -40.5 -43.1 76 2.6 -40.8 237 43 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.2 0.34 17 200 12446 -52.6 -59.4 43 6.8 -52.8 234 41 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.8 0.06 18 150 14248 -63.7 -74.0 23 10.3 -63.8 248 21 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16697 -68.1 -83.3 10 15.1 -68.2 148 4 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.48 m Freezing level: 585.54 mb = 4638.18 m = 15216.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.97 mb = 4316.73 m = 14162.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.57 mb = 532.58 m = 1747.28 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 6.11 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2554.36 m = 8380.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 6.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7998.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.06 mb = 1001.60 m = 3286.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 212.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.2 neg: -4.8 tot: 118.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 73.24 m/s