MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 34.04,-84.06 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -84.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 974 326 21.9 17.1 74 4.8 18.7 119 5 297.4 299.7 292.9 334.2 12.74 2 950 539 21.8 15.3 66 6.6 17.5 125 12 299.3 301.4 292.6 333.0 11.54 3 900 1006 18.3 13.9 76 4.4 15.5 145 13 300.4 302.4 292.6 333.3 11.19 4 850 1494 14.5 12.3 87 2.2 13.1 166 13 301.4 303.3 292.5 332.8 10.66 5 800 2004 11.4 8.9 84 2.6 9.9 187 13 303.3 305.0 291.7 330.0 8.95 6 750 2542 8.5 6.9 90 1.6 7.6 220 14 305.8 307.4 292.0 331.1 8.37 7 700 3110 5.3 4.4 94 0.9 4.8 238 18 308.4 309.8 292.1 331.3 7.51 8 650 3713 1.9 0.8 92 1.1 1.3 247 22 311.1 312.2 291.8 330.4 6.23 9 600 4355 -1.9 -4.9 80 3.0 -3.3 249 23 313.9 314.7 291.1 328.0 4.42 10 550 5042 -6.4 -9.1 81 2.7 -7.5 252 25 316.5 317.1 291.1 327.7 3.48 11 500 5781 -10.9 -13.3 82 2.4 -11.8 257 26 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.8 2.74 12 450 6582 -16.3 -17.5 90 1.2 -16.7 256 24 322.7 323.2 291.7 330.0 2.15 13 400 7459 -21.8 -22.1 98 0.3 -21.9 238 25 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.3 1.63 14 350 8428 -29.0 -29.1 100 0.0 -29.0 229 32 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.1 0.99 15 300 9511 -37.7 -37.7 100 -0.0 -37.7 230 33 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.50 16 250 10744 -46.5 -46.6 99 0.1 -46.5 242 42 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12188 -56.3 -59.0 72 2.7 -56.4 241 52 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 18 150 14012 -57.6 -77.5 6 20.0 -57.8 243 59 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16527 -63.0 -83.3 5 20.3 -63.2 243 23 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.78 m Freezing level: 625.38 mb = 4029.21 m = 13219.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.32 mb = 3883.66 m = 12741.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.38 mb = 935.59 m = 3069.47 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 3.22 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1755.18 m = 5758.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.04 mb = 1433.30 m = 4702.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.04 mb = 2981.40 m = 9781.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.04 mb = 8819.39 m = 28934.64 ft B at Equ Level: 171.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.04 mb = 11254.05 m = 36922.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 78.02 m/s