MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.50,-86.77 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -86.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 997 183 14.8 11.9 83 2.8 13.1 18 3 288.1 289.7 286.3 312.8 8.81 2 950 599 18.3 9.0 55 9.3 12.8 52 8 295.7 297.1 288.0 317.8 7.59 3 900 1061 16.5 8.4 59 8.1 11.7 78 10 298.5 299.9 289.1 321.1 7.71 4 850 1545 13.4 6.0 61 7.3 9.2 98 11 300.1 301.4 288.9 320.6 6.92 5 800 2053 10.8 1.2 52 9.6 5.8 98 9 302.7 303.6 288.2 318.4 5.22 6 750 2589 8.6 -0.1 54 8.8 4.1 93 6 306.0 306.9 289.2 321.5 5.06 7 700 3156 5.3 1.5 76 3.8 3.2 25 3 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.1 6.09 8 650 3760 3.4 -0.4 76 3.8 1.4 298 10 312.8 313.9 291.9 330.7 5.72 9 600 4407 1.1 -14.0 32 15.0 -4.8 306 8 317.3 317.8 290.1 324.5 2.16 10 550 5102 -1.8 -33.8 7 31.9 -9.6 299 7 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.40 11 500 5854 -6.0 -48.2 2 42.2 -13.2 328 8 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.10 12 450 6668 -12.3 -48.7 3 36.4 -17.7 341 9 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.10 13 400 7557 -18.7 -52.3 3 33.6 -22.6 318 12 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.08 14 350 8537 -25.9 -45.7 14 19.9 -28.2 299 24 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.6 0.18 15 300 9632 -35.1 -41.1 54 6.0 -35.7 312 31 336.0 336.0 293.7 337.3 0.35 16 250 10878 -44.1 -53.9 33 9.8 -44.6 291 56 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.10 17 200 12340 -54.8 -58.1 66 3.4 -54.9 276 74 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14142 -61.7 -77.1 11 15.3 -61.9 306 61 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16597 -69.1 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.2 313 36 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.79 m Freezing level: 581.75 mb = 4660.71 m = 15290.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.99 mb = 3898.44 m = 12789.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.77 mb = 546.71 m = 1793.64 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.67 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3293.98 m = 10806.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Cap Strength: 10.74 C Lifted Index: 11.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.87 C Showalter Index: 10.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.36 C Cross Totals Index: 12.03 C K Index: 21.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10016.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.09 mb = 1583.46 m = 5195.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.2 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 41.2 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.45 Bulk Shear: 2.59 m/s