MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 34.68,-89.08 Latitude: 34.68 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 986 139 22.9 22.6 98 0.3 22.7 85 14 297.2 300.4 296.3 348.6 17.73 2 950 465 21.2 21.2 100 -0.0 21.2 96 32 298.7 301.8 296.2 348.1 16.96 3 900 934 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.3 112 42 301.4 304.3 296.2 348.1 15.86 4 850 1426 17.3 17.3 100 0.0 17.3 135 43 304.3 307.0 296.3 348.3 14.78 5 800 1944 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 148 34 307.3 309.9 296.3 348.3 13.57 6 750 2490 12.8 12.6 99 0.1 12.7 145 27 310.4 312.8 296.3 348.2 12.35 7 700 3069 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 134 27 313.8 315.9 296.2 347.9 11.03 8 650 3684 7.3 6.8 97 0.5 7.0 131 27 317.2 319.1 296.0 347.4 9.58 9 600 4341 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.6 132 30 320.5 322.1 295.9 346.8 8.23 10 550 5045 0.1 0.0 100 0.1 0.0 143 32 324.2 325.6 296.0 346.9 6.99 11 500 5806 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 148 28 329.4 330.6 296.5 349.5 6.02 12 450 6636 -6.8 -7.3 96 0.5 -7.1 152 23 334.6 335.6 297.0 351.5 4.92 13 400 7548 -11.8 -12.3 96 0.5 -12.0 152 19 339.7 340.4 297.3 352.8 3.74 14 350 8559 -17.8 -17.9 99 0.1 -17.9 156 18 344.7 345.3 297.5 354.4 2.67 15 300 9695 -25.3 -25.3 100 0.0 -25.3 162 17 349.8 350.1 297.9 355.9 1.63 16 250 10993 -35.3 -35.4 98 0.2 -35.3 172 17 353.7 353.8 298.0 356.6 0.75 17 200 12503 -48.8 -49.5 93 0.7 -48.8 190 14 355.5 355.5 298.0 356.4 0.21 18 150 14324 -64.9 -68.2 64 3.2 -65.0 276 25 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.03 19 100 16730 -70.5 -81.8 17 11.3 -70.5 337 13 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.72 m Freezing level: 548.69 mb = 5064.66 m = 16616.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 549.69 mb = 5049.31 m = 16565.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.81 mb = 178.31 m = 584.99 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 1.54 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 583.27 m = 1913.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.06 mb = 602.21 m = 1975.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.06 mb = 648.71 m = 2128.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 840.06 mb = 1526.18 m = 5007.08 ft B at Equ Level: 20.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.06 mb = 6634.65 m = 21766.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.5 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 163.5 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.1 neg: -23.2 tot: 355.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 49.30 m/s