MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 157 SFC 984 296 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 77 8 292.2 294.4 290.9 327.3 12.40 2 950 595 15.4 15.4 100 -0.0 15.4 83 19 292.8 294.8 290.5 325.8 11.63 3 900 1056 16.1 16.1 100 0.1 16.1 124 18 298.1 300.5 293.2 335.5 12.87 4 850 1543 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 167 10 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.3 13.12 5 800 2057 13.5 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 168 6 305.5 307.7 294.3 339.9 11.48 6 750 2600 11.1 9.8 92 1.2 10.3 178 4 308.6 310.5 294.2 339.6 10.21 7 700 3175 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 226 5 311.5 313.2 293.9 338.0 8.59 8 650 3784 4.7 3.0 89 1.7 3.7 234 8 314.3 315.7 293.6 337.1 7.30 9 600 4433 0.8 0.1 95 0.7 0.4 225 11 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.5 6.45 10 550 5129 -2.4 -3.1 95 0.7 -2.7 231 14 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.3 5.56 11 500 5882 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.4 234 20 326.1 327.0 294.6 341.0 4.49 12 450 6703 -9.9 -10.9 92 1.1 -10.4 219 24 330.8 331.6 295.1 343.4 3.69 13 400 7602 -15.5 -16.0 96 0.5 -15.7 216 29 334.9 335.4 295.4 344.5 2.74 14 350 8598 -22.2 -22.9 93 0.8 -22.4 217 33 338.9 339.2 295.6 345.1 1.73 15 300 9712 -30.7 -31.8 90 1.1 -30.9 230 37 342.2 342.4 295.6 345.5 0.89 16 250 10980 -40.5 -41.6 89 1.1 -40.6 227 42 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.4 0.40 17 200 12458 -53.1 -54.3 86 1.2 -53.1 226 44 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.12 18 150 14257 -64.2 -72.9 30 8.7 -64.3 219 24 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16695 -69.0 -82.7 12 13.7 -69.1 129 9 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.90 m Freezing level: 587.36 mb = 4608.91 m = 15120.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.21 mb = 4524.02 m = 14842.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.98 mb = 391.49 m = 1284.39 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 966.32 mb = 450.10 m = 1476.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.99 C = 64.38 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 5.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7022.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.97 mb = 767.63 m = 2518.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 231.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: -14.3 tot: 108.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 70.13 m/s