MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 33.98,-86.75 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -86.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 221 17.1 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 75 4 290.8 292.9 289.8 323.2 11.47 2 950 604 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.8 126 17 296.0 298.2 292.0 330.9 12.10 3 900 1068 17.0 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 140 16 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.67 4 850 1555 15.2 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 145 13 302.1 304.2 293.5 336.8 11.73 5 800 2069 13.2 10.9 86 2.4 11.7 134 10 305.3 307.2 293.3 336.0 10.26 6 750 2611 11.4 7.6 77 3.8 9.1 120 9 309.0 310.6 293.3 335.8 8.79 7 700 3186 8.9 4.9 76 4.0 6.6 114 9 312.4 313.9 293.4 336.5 7.79 8 650 3797 5.7 1.1 72 4.6 3.2 118 10 315.4 316.6 293.2 335.6 6.40 9 600 4448 1.7 -3.2 70 4.9 -0.8 127 10 318.0 319.0 292.9 334.2 5.04 10 550 5146 -1.3 -12.8 41 11.5 -6.0 101 13 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.2 2.59 11 500 5901 -4.5 -37.2 6 32.7 -11.9 72 13 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.31 12 450 6720 -10.6 -43.6 5 33.0 -16.4 76 10 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.18 13 400 7613 -17.7 -47.1 6 29.4 -21.8 39 15 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.14 14 350 8597 -25.2 -52.0 6 26.8 -27.9 14 12 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.09 15 300 9696 -34.0 -52.8 13 18.9 -35.4 7 13 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.09 16 250 10947 -43.0 -60.5 13 17.5 -43.7 2 18 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.04 17 200 12415 -53.5 -66.7 19 13.2 -53.7 356 20 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14213 -65.6 -74.7 27 9.2 -65.7 347 26 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16631 -69.7 -82.1 15 12.4 -69.8 17 11 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.44 m Freezing level: 572.16 mb = 4836.47 m = 15867.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4313.03 m = 14150.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.76 mb = 382.74 m = 1255.69 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 1998.63 m = 6557.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: 6.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 29.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5724.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.76 mb = 909.47 m = 2983.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.8 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 146.8 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -4.2 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 200.46 Bulk Shear: 0.16 m/s