MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 33.43,-87.55 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -87.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 131 17.0 13.4 79 3.7 14.8 72 4 290.0 291.7 287.8 317.3 9.67 1 1000 149 18.0 13.2 73 4.8 15.0 79 5 291.2 292.9 288.2 318.3 9.57 2 950 592 20.7 11.3 55 9.5 14.8 119 14 298.2 299.8 290.0 324.1 8.86 3 900 1058 17.6 9.7 60 7.9 12.7 129 12 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.3 8.39 4 850 1543 13.8 8.6 71 5.3 10.7 124 8 300.6 302.1 290.3 325.0 8.26 5 800 2052 10.5 7.9 84 2.6 9.0 94 5 302.3 303.9 290.9 327.3 8.40 6 750 2587 7.2 5.1 87 2.1 6.1 57 7 304.4 305.8 290.7 326.6 7.38 7 700 3152 4.5 -2.8 59 7.3 0.9 31 7 307.4 308.3 289.1 321.2 4.43 8 650 3753 2.3 -16.4 24 18.6 -4.4 357 6 311.5 311.8 287.7 316.9 1.64 9 600 4396 -1.2 -14.0 37 12.8 -6.1 324 10 314.7 315.1 289.3 321.8 2.15 10 550 5083 -5.3 -20.5 29 15.2 -10.1 332 13 317.8 318.0 289.5 322.4 1.36 11 500 5825 -9.6 -26.5 24 16.9 -14.0 329 15 321.4 321.5 290.1 324.4 0.88 12 450 6630 -14.8 -35.7 15 20.9 -18.7 330 17 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.41 13 400 7511 -21.1 -43.8 11 22.8 -24.1 323 22 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.20 14 350 8482 -28.1 -51.2 9 23.0 -30.2 320 37 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.10 15 300 9568 -36.8 -54.3 15 17.5 -37.9 315 43 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 16 250 10801 -47.3 -56.8 33 9.5 -47.6 309 55 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 17 200 12246 -54.9 -64.5 29 9.7 -55.1 308 65 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14060 -60.4 -76.3 11 15.9 -60.6 302 52 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16560 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.8 311 23 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.04 m Freezing level: 617.49 mb = 4170.93 m = 13683.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.57 mb = 3250.60 m = 10664.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.16 mb = 600.01 m = 1968.51 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.38 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2433.11 m = 7982.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 24.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7815.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.08 mb = 1582.00 m = 5190.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.8 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 48.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -7.0 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 24.73 m/s