MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.77,-83.9 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 986 260 23.6 15.5 61 8.1 18.2 184 4 297.9 299.9 291.9 330.7 11.29 2 950 583 21.5 13.6 61 7.8 16.4 177 8 299.0 300.8 291.5 329.3 10.37 3 900 1050 18.1 12.3 69 5.8 14.4 149 6 300.1 301.9 291.6 329.6 10.03 4 850 1537 14.3 10.8 79 3.6 12.1 117 6 301.2 302.9 291.6 329.5 9.60 5 800 2046 10.9 9.2 89 1.7 9.9 88 6 302.8 304.5 291.7 330.0 9.16 6 750 2583 7.8 7.1 95 0.7 7.4 68 3 305.1 306.6 291.9 330.5 8.46 7 700 3150 5.3 2.9 84 2.4 4.0 235 4 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.2 6.77 8 650 3753 2.4 -3.1 67 5.5 -0.3 222 6 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.3 4.68 9 600 4397 0.3 -24.3 14 24.5 -7.1 269 7 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.89 10 550 5092 -1.7 -42.4 3 40.7 -10.0 272 7 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.17 11 500 5842 -7.1 -39.1 6 32.0 -13.5 289 10 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.26 12 450 6653 -13.1 -43.0 6 29.9 -18.1 296 16 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 13 400 7537 -20.1 -45.3 9 25.1 -23.5 289 19 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.17 14 350 8512 -27.4 -32.6 61 5.2 -28.3 282 31 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.5 0.71 15 300 9601 -36.2 -40.9 62 4.7 -36.7 289 33 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.36 16 250 10837 -46.6 -50.5 64 4.0 -46.8 287 36 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.15 17 200 12287 -54.8 -64.7 28 9.9 -55.0 299 55 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 14096 -61.0 -77.4 10 16.4 -61.2 297 45 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16564 -67.1 -83.9 8 16.8 -67.2 299 32 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.86 m Freezing level: 593.41 mb = 4488.75 m = 14726.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.83 mb = 3705.41 m = 12156.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.92 mb = 1280.83 m = 4202.14 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 2019.77 m = 6626.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.42 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5935.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.02 mb = 1606.03 m = 5269.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -29.0 tot: -12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 6.63 m/s