MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 1016 44 24.9 23.1 90 1.8 23.6 236 2 296.7 299.9 296.2 348.1 17.81 1 1000 185 25.1 21.4 80 3.7 22.5 240 5 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.5 16.26 2 950 638 24.8 18.9 70 5.8 20.6 116 2 302.3 305.0 295.7 345.6 14.65 3 900 1111 21.5 17.4 77 4.1 18.7 91 7 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.3 14.01 4 850 1605 17.9 15.4 86 2.5 16.3 69 8 304.9 307.3 295.3 344.0 13.09 5 800 2122 14.3 12.4 89 1.8 13.1 57 6 306.4 308.5 294.5 340.7 11.42 6 750 2666 11.8 7.8 77 4.0 9.3 19 3 309.4 311.1 293.4 336.6 8.91 7 700 3241 8.6 3.1 68 5.5 5.5 303 4 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.3 6.84 8 650 3850 4.9 -0.1 70 5.0 2.2 279 5 314.5 315.6 292.5 333.0 5.87 9 600 4499 1.3 -3.6 70 4.8 -1.2 267 5 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.3 4.91 10 550 5196 -2.2 -6.7 71 4.5 -4.3 213 3 321.5 322.3 293.2 335.3 4.21 11 500 5948 -6.1 -10.3 72 4.2 -7.9 166 5 325.6 326.3 293.7 337.3 3.50 12 450 6766 -10.7 -14.1 76 3.4 -12.1 154 9 329.7 330.3 294.2 339.5 2.85 13 400 7663 -16.2 -20.0 72 3.8 -17.4 159 12 333.9 334.3 294.5 340.8 1.95 14 350 8655 -22.9 -25.4 80 2.6 -23.5 171 9 337.9 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.38 15 300 9767 -31.0 -34.8 69 3.9 -31.6 155 8 341.7 341.9 295.3 344.3 0.66 16 250 11032 -41.1 -43.4 78 2.4 -41.3 130 6 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.3 0.33 17 200 12508 -53.4 -56.2 71 2.8 -53.5 157 15 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.09 18 150 14292 -68.5 -69.3 90 0.8 -68.5 147 11 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16720 -68.3 -83.9 9 15.5 -68.4 103 6 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.71 m Freezing level: 581.66 mb = 4754.76 m = 15599.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.95 mb = 4273.25 m = 14019.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.91 mb = 265.84 m = 872.17 ft T: 25.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.58 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1604.82 m = 5265.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.69 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 362.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.54 mb = 1086.14 m = 3563.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.54 mb = 2147.60 m = 7045.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.54 mb = 10306.77 m = 33814.46 ft B at Equ Level: 362.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.54 mb = 14391.38 m = 47215.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.3 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 38.3 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -20.8 tot: -20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 45.94 Bulk Shear: 7.89 m/s