MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 1010 44 28.2 23.1 74 5.1 24.5 224 5 300.5 303.8 297.3 352.9 17.85 1 1000 130 28.3 21.8 68 6.5 23.6 224 10 301.4 304.5 296.7 350.4 16.63 2 950 586 26.5 19.4 65 7.2 21.5 235 15 304.1 306.9 296.4 348.9 15.06 3 900 1062 23.0 17.8 73 5.2 19.4 243 12 305.2 307.8 296.3 348.2 14.40 4 850 1559 19.8 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 280 8 306.9 309.3 295.7 345.6 12.86 5 800 2079 16.2 12.5 79 3.7 13.7 315 5 308.4 310.6 295.1 343.1 11.44 6 750 2625 12.4 10.1 86 2.3 10.9 300 5 310.0 312.0 294.7 341.7 10.39 7 700 3202 9.6 5.2 74 4.4 7.0 255 9 313.1 314.7 293.8 337.9 7.98 8 650 3815 6.4 0.6 66 5.9 3.2 266 10 316.2 317.4 293.2 335.7 6.14 9 600 4468 2.7 -4.5 59 7.2 -0.9 268 9 319.3 320.2 292.8 334.1 4.58 10 550 5167 -0.9 -10.0 50 9.0 -4.9 269 8 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.8 3.26 11 500 5922 -5.1 -14.3 49 9.1 -8.7 259 9 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.4 2.53 12 450 6742 -9.9 -20.8 41 10.9 -13.5 262 11 330.8 331.1 293.4 336.5 1.63 13 400 7640 -15.7 -30.2 28 14.4 -19.1 282 12 334.6 334.7 293.7 337.5 0.78 14 350 8635 -22.0 -34.0 33 12.0 -24.3 320 6 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.62 15 300 9752 -29.7 -39.8 37 10.1 -31.1 8 8 343.6 343.6 295.6 345.1 0.40 16 250 11025 -39.5 -47.0 45 7.5 -40.1 242 4 347.3 347.4 296.3 348.2 0.22 17 200 12509 -52.5 -56.9 59 4.4 -52.6 93 5 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.09 18 150 14304 -66.8 -69.4 69 2.7 -66.8 53 8 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16700 -72.5 -82.1 22 9.6 -72.5 41 7 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.18 m Freezing level: 562.83 mb = 4987.63 m = 16363.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.63 mb = 4324.43 m = 14187.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.27 C = 93.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.91 mb = 698.83 m = 2292.72 ft T: 25.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 19.08 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1894.44 m = 6215.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.59 C = 96.07 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 35.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.04 mb = 1336.09 m = 4383.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.04 mb = 2435.22 m = 7989.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.04 mb = 11665.85 m = 38273.32 ft B at Equ Level: 502.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.04 mb = 15285.61 m = 50149.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 101.63 Bulk Shear: 4.96 m/s