MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 1008 44 27.0 23.5 81 3.4 24.5 212 6 299.5 302.8 297.4 353.4 18.42 1 1000 110 27.6 22.4 73 5.2 23.8 216 11 300.8 303.9 297.0 351.6 17.30 2 950 564 24.9 20.3 75 4.7 21.6 225 16 302.5 305.4 296.5 349.6 15.93 3 900 1037 21.4 18.6 84 2.8 19.5 225 13 303.6 306.4 296.3 348.7 15.17 4 850 1532 18.5 16.1 86 2.4 16.9 226 11 305.6 308.1 295.8 346.6 13.70 5 800 2051 15.8 12.3 79 3.6 13.5 238 10 308.0 310.1 294.8 342.2 11.28 6 750 2597 13.2 8.0 70 5.2 10.0 240 11 310.9 312.7 294.0 338.6 9.01 7 700 3175 9.9 4.9 71 4.9 6.9 240 12 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.8 7.81 8 650 3788 6.3 2.9 79 3.4 4.3 245 12 316.0 317.4 294.0 338.9 7.27 9 600 4441 2.4 0.6 88 1.8 1.4 264 8 318.9 320.2 294.4 340.3 6.70 10 550 5141 -1.3 -3.0 88 1.7 -2.2 286 9 322.6 323.7 294.5 340.7 5.58 11 500 5896 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -6.0 280 10 326.8 327.7 294.8 341.9 4.51 12 450 6718 -9.5 -11.7 84 2.2 -10.5 265 9 331.3 332.0 295.1 343.1 3.47 13 400 7620 -14.7 -17.5 79 2.8 -15.7 237 5 335.9 336.4 295.4 344.4 2.42 14 350 8618 -21.5 -23.6 83 2.1 -22.1 209 4 339.8 340.2 295.7 345.8 1.63 15 300 9736 -29.5 -31.2 85 1.7 -29.8 205 5 343.8 344.0 296.1 347.4 0.94 16 250 11008 -40.3 -42.2 82 1.9 -40.5 207 10 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.7 0.37 17 200 12488 -52.6 -56.3 64 3.7 -52.7 256 4 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.09 18 150 14280 -67.0 -70.0 65 3.1 -67.0 87 8 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16679 -72.1 -81.3 24 9.2 -72.1 94 7 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.52 m Freezing level: 567.21 mb = 4899.84 m = 16075.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.37 mb = 4708.37 m = 15447.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.71 mb = 483.08 m = 1584.90 ft T: 25.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.62 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1462.42 m = 4797.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 577.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.01 mb = 1066.08 m = 3497.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.01 mb = 2687.03 m = 8815.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.01 mb = 12742.19 m = 41804.58 ft B at Equ Level: 572.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.01 mb = 15502.24 m = 50859.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 275.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -7.3 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 149.40 Bulk Shear: 3.86 m/s