MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 1015 44 29.4 21.5 62 7.9 23.7 104 1 301.3 304.2 296.3 348.6 16.07 1 1000 172 29.7 20.3 57 9.4 23.0 134 2 302.8 305.6 296.1 347.7 15.14 2 950 628 26.4 18.3 61 8.0 20.7 159 4 303.9 306.5 295.7 345.8 14.09 3 900 1103 22.7 16.6 69 6.0 18.5 152 5 304.9 307.4 295.4 344.8 13.36 4 850 1599 18.5 15.1 81 3.3 16.3 150 4 305.5 307.9 295.3 344.0 12.84 5 800 2116 14.6 12.8 89 1.8 13.4 131 3 306.7 308.9 294.8 341.9 11.69 6 750 2660 11.3 9.6 89 1.7 10.3 131 3 308.9 310.8 294.2 339.6 10.10 7 700 3234 8.3 3.5 72 4.7 5.6 216 6 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.6 7.07 8 650 3844 6.2 -4.0 48 10.2 1.1 220 10 316.0 316.8 291.7 329.9 4.36 9 600 4496 2.7 -7.8 46 10.5 -2.1 231 10 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.8 3.55 10 550 5195 -1.5 -14.5 36 13.0 -6.6 235 10 322.3 322.8 291.7 330.0 2.26 11 500 5947 -5.8 -19.9 32 14.2 -10.5 224 11 326.0 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.57 12 450 6766 -10.2 -22.9 35 12.7 -14.1 202 15 330.4 330.7 293.1 335.2 1.35 13 400 7664 -15.7 -30.9 26 15.2 -19.3 192 15 334.5 334.7 293.6 337.3 0.73 14 350 8656 -22.9 -34.0 36 11.1 -25.0 187 17 337.9 338.1 294.4 340.3 0.62 15 300 9768 -30.8 -41.3 35 10.4 -32.1 176 16 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 16 250 11036 -40.7 -50.9 32 10.3 -41.3 185 7 345.6 345.6 295.8 346.2 0.14 17 200 12512 -53.3 -56.4 69 3.1 -53.4 181 15 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.8 0.09 18 150 14300 -67.8 -68.2 94 0.4 -67.8 171 15 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.03 19 100 16725 -69.5 -82.8 13 13.3 -69.6 68 5 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.21 m Freezing level: 567.79 mb = 4946.22 m = 16227.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4055.87 m = 13306.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.06 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.46 mb = 1059.91 m = 3477.34 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1863.60 m = 6114.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.66 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.48 mb = 1542.90 m = 5061.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.48 mb = 2217.10 m = 7273.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.48 mb = 10488.18 m = 34409.62 ft B at Equ Level: 315.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.48 mb = 14280.06 m = 46850.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 62.41 Bulk Shear: 5.06 m/s