MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 26.5 23.1 82 3.4 24.0 42 3 298.6 301.8 296.7 350.5 17.82 1 1000 149 27.2 21.0 69 6.2 22.8 45 6 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.0 15.89 2 950 602 24.5 19.0 72 5.5 20.6 142 2 302.0 304.7 295.6 345.5 14.73 3 900 1074 21.0 17.2 79 3.8 18.4 184 4 303.1 305.7 295.3 344.3 13.88 4 850 1567 17.6 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 189 7 304.5 306.9 294.8 341.9 12.54 5 800 2084 14.8 9.0 68 5.8 11.2 180 8 307.0 308.6 292.9 334.4 9.07 6 750 2628 12.5 1.2 46 11.3 6.3 194 10 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.4 5.56 7 700 3204 9.3 -2.5 43 11.8 3.2 216 13 312.8 313.6 290.9 327.1 4.54 8 650 3814 5.7 -3.3 52 9.0 1.2 227 16 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.2 4.61 9 600 4465 2.2 -8.9 44 11.1 -2.7 233 20 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.4 3.26 10 550 5163 -1.5 -15.1 34 13.7 -6.7 234 24 322.3 322.8 291.6 329.6 2.14 11 500 5915 -5.9 -14.4 51 8.4 -9.2 229 25 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.4 2.52 12 450 6733 -11.0 -18.1 56 7.1 -13.5 222 19 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.5 2.04 13 400 7628 -16.8 -19.7 78 2.9 -17.7 192 14 333.1 333.5 294.4 340.2 2.00 14 350 8619 -22.2 -31.1 44 9.0 -24.1 148 16 338.9 339.0 294.8 341.9 0.81 15 300 9735 -30.1 -42.1 30 12.0 -31.6 144 16 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.2 0.31 16 250 11004 -41.1 -47.9 47 6.9 -41.6 143 17 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.20 17 200 12479 -53.5 -58.0 57 4.6 -53.6 122 14 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14266 -67.7 -69.5 78 1.8 -67.7 100 20 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16689 -68.8 -81.9 13 13.2 -68.8 115 8 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.48 m Freezing level: 569.95 mb = 4884.16 m = 16023.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.82 mb = 4006.07 m = 13143.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.84 mb = 474.30 m = 1556.09 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 23.43 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1543.65 m = 5064.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 26.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.72 mb = 1173.49 m = 3849.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.72 mb = 3029.94 m = 9940.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.72 mb = 9161.84 m = 30058.18 ft B at Equ Level: 278.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.72 mb = 14073.76 m = 46173.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.70 Bulk Shear: 41.52 m/s