MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.38,-84.37 Latitude: 30.38 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 44 30.9 22.4 61 8.4 24.7 235 8 303.0 306.1 297.4 353.8 17.13 1 1000 148 30.5 21.7 59 8.8 24.1 236 14 303.7 306.8 297.3 353.0 16.60 2 950 606 27.2 19.6 63 7.7 21.8 245 19 304.8 307.7 296.7 350.5 15.28 3 900 1083 23.9 17.7 68 6.2 19.5 259 14 306.1 308.8 296.4 349.0 14.29 4 850 1581 20.2 16.0 77 4.2 17.3 263 6 307.3 309.9 296.3 348.4 13.61 5 800 2102 16.6 13.4 82 3.2 14.5 317 2 308.8 311.1 295.7 345.9 12.20 6 750 2650 13.5 7.6 68 5.8 9.9 319 5 311.2 312.8 293.9 338.2 8.78 7 700 3228 11.0 0.9 50 10.1 5.4 280 7 314.7 315.8 292.6 333.1 5.86 8 650 3843 7.3 -2.2 51 9.5 2.4 266 10 317.3 318.2 292.6 333.4 5.02 9 600 4498 3.6 -5.2 52 8.8 -0.7 266 10 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.3 4.32 10 550 5199 -0.4 -7.5 59 7.1 -3.8 275 9 323.6 324.3 293.5 336.6 3.95 11 500 5955 -4.8 -12.8 54 8.0 -8.1 283 9 327.2 327.8 293.6 337.0 2.87 12 450 6777 -9.3 -22.0 35 12.7 -13.3 268 9 331.5 331.8 293.5 336.7 1.46 13 400 7677 -15.6 -28.8 31 13.2 -18.8 261 9 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.0 0.89 14 350 8670 -22.8 -33.5 37 10.7 -24.9 306 7 338.0 338.2 294.4 340.5 0.65 15 300 9782 -30.6 -40.4 38 9.7 -31.9 358 7 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.7 0.38 16 250 11051 -40.0 -48.9 38 8.9 -40.6 16 8 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.4 0.18 17 200 12536 -51.8 -54.4 74 2.6 -51.9 64 4 350.7 350.8 296.9 351.2 0.12 18 150 14334 -66.9 -68.5 80 1.6 -66.9 110 23 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.03 19 100 16732 -71.2 -82.7 16 11.6 -71.2 89 13 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.12 m Freezing level: 555.41 mb = 5123.17 m = 16808.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.95 mb = 4336.41 m = 14226.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.38 % Est. max temperature: 34.92 C = 94.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.09 mb = 1120.76 m = 3677.00 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1977.10 m = 6486.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.45 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 737.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.93 mb = 1499.98 m = 4921.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.93 mb = 2729.23 m = 8954.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.93 mb = 2958.16 m = 9705.13 ft B at Equ Level: 8.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.93 mb = 16012.96 m = 52535.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -11.7 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 82.87 Bulk Shear: 8.90 m/s