MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 32.96,-84.06 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -84.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 995 197 18.9 18.8 99 0.2 18.8 54 6 292.4 294.9 292.2 331.6 13.81 2 950 599 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 102 14 296.1 298.7 293.6 337.1 14.24 3 900 1064 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 158 14 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.2 13.92 4 850 1553 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 206 12 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.4 13.35 5 800 2068 13.9 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 224 11 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.4 12.48 6 750 2611 11.2 9.0 86 2.2 9.9 233 5 308.8 310.6 293.9 338.2 9.67 7 700 3186 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 250 13 312.0 313.7 294.0 338.7 8.64 8 650 3797 5.0 3.9 93 1.0 4.4 254 17 314.6 316.1 294.1 339.0 7.82 9 600 4447 1.4 1.1 98 0.2 1.3 248 20 317.7 319.0 294.3 339.8 6.95 10 550 5144 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -2.0 237 22 321.9 323.1 294.6 341.3 5.98 11 500 5898 -5.9 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.3 232 22 325.9 326.8 294.6 341.1 4.60 12 450 6717 -10.0 -11.0 92 1.0 -10.4 230 20 330.7 331.5 295.1 343.2 3.68 13 400 7618 -15.3 -15.9 95 0.6 -15.5 232 19 335.1 335.7 295.5 344.8 2.78 14 350 8614 -21.8 -22.0 99 0.2 -21.8 227 18 339.4 339.7 295.8 346.2 1.88 15 300 9731 -30.1 -30.2 100 0.0 -30.2 203 23 342.9 343.1 295.9 346.8 1.04 16 250 11000 -40.5 -41.4 91 0.9 -40.6 207 25 345.8 345.9 296.1 347.4 0.41 17 200 12477 -53.5 -54.0 94 0.5 -53.5 205 21 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.12 18 150 14266 -66.0 -70.9 51 4.8 -66.1 217 16 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16702 -68.6 -82.6 11 14.1 -68.7 101 11 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.92 m Freezing level: 578.54 mb = 4746.00 m = 15570.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.60 mb = 4710.09 m = 15452.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.57 mb = 213.09 m = 699.11 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 995.41 mb = 197.17 m = 646.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.04 C = 66.28 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 2.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4711.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.18 mb = 669.92 m = 2197.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: -9.7 tot: 142.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 76.65 m/s