MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 33.71,-84.22 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 987 275 28.5 7.0 26 21.4 15.7 305 4 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.9 6.38 2 950 611 23.1 4.4 29 18.8 12.6 311 6 300.6 301.7 287.8 317.1 5.50 3 900 1078 18.5 3.2 36 15.3 10.2 316 6 300.6 301.6 287.6 316.6 5.36 4 850 1564 14.0 2.0 44 12.0 7.6 318 7 300.8 301.7 287.6 316.4 5.20 5 800 2071 11.5 -3.2 36 14.7 4.4 307 13 303.4 304.1 287.1 315.0 3.78 6 750 2609 8.9 3.3 68 5.7 5.8 298 19 306.3 307.5 290.6 326.0 6.46 7 700 3177 5.4 3.5 88 1.9 4.4 291 24 308.5 309.8 291.7 330.1 7.06 8 650 3780 2.0 0.6 90 1.4 1.3 287 29 311.3 312.4 291.8 330.4 6.16 9 600 4424 -0.9 -4.3 78 3.3 -2.6 287 32 315.0 315.9 291.7 329.8 4.65 10 550 5114 -4.5 -7.4 80 2.9 -5.8 282 35 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.7 4.00 11 500 5860 -8.5 -11.1 82 2.6 -9.6 275 36 322.6 323.3 292.7 333.5 3.28 12 450 6670 -13.1 -18.1 66 4.9 -14.8 264 42 326.7 327.1 292.7 333.8 2.05 13 400 7559 -17.9 -26.3 48 8.4 -20.0 263 48 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.8 1.12 14 350 8543 -25.3 -28.4 75 3.1 -25.9 267 53 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.5 1.05 15 300 9646 -32.6 -41.9 39 9.3 -33.7 262 59 339.4 339.5 294.5 340.7 0.32 16 250 10901 -43.5 -49.4 52 5.9 -43.9 271 62 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.17 17 200 12361 -55.4 -56.0 93 0.6 -55.5 285 74 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14155 -63.2 -77.8 12 14.6 -63.3 275 64 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16615 -66.0 -83.2 7 17.1 -66.2 272 31 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.00 m Freezing level: 615.83 mb = 4219.93 m = 13844.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.59 mb = 3985.93 m = 13077.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.76 mb = 2936.57 m = 9634.30 ft T: 6.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 6.85 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.64 mb = 4670.23 m = 15322.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.05 C = 107.68 F Cap Strength: 7.93 C Lifted Index: 9.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 9.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 10.53 C K Index: 22.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9425.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.11 mb = 2966.94 m = 9733.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 42.89 m/s