MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 1013 44 24.7 22.8 89 2.0 23.3 64 3 296.8 299.9 296.0 347.3 17.46 1 1000 155 25.3 21.0 77 4.3 22.2 66 6 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.5 15.86 2 950 607 24.6 18.3 68 6.3 20.2 102 5 302.2 304.7 295.2 343.6 14.04 3 900 1080 21.6 16.0 70 5.7 17.8 110 5 303.8 306.2 294.7 341.8 12.78 4 850 1574 18.6 13.7 73 5.0 15.3 102 4 305.7 307.8 294.4 340.5 11.64 5 800 2092 15.6 10.3 71 5.3 12.3 87 4 307.8 309.6 293.8 337.8 9.91 6 750 2638 12.5 7.2 70 5.3 9.3 74 2 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.3 8.54 7 700 3214 9.0 4.3 73 4.7 6.3 11 1 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.7 7.48 8 650 3825 5.0 2.1 82 2.9 3.4 337 5 314.6 315.9 293.4 336.2 6.88 9 600 4474 1.1 0.4 95 0.7 0.7 296 5 317.4 318.7 293.9 338.4 6.59 10 550 5170 -2.9 -3.3 97 0.4 -3.1 269 5 320.7 321.7 293.9 338.4 5.47 11 500 5921 -6.7 -7.1 97 0.4 -6.9 262 6 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.8 4.49 12 450 6738 -11.2 -11.7 96 0.5 -11.4 263 7 329.2 329.9 294.6 341.0 3.47 13 400 7634 -16.3 -16.8 96 0.4 -16.5 317 4 333.8 334.3 295.0 342.8 2.58 14 350 8627 -22.6 -24.1 87 1.5 -23.0 127 3 338.3 338.6 295.3 344.0 1.55 15 300 9739 -31.1 -33.0 83 1.9 -31.4 110 10 341.5 341.7 295.4 344.5 0.79 16 250 11004 -41.5 -42.3 91 0.9 -41.6 82 14 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.9 0.37 17 200 12474 -54.7 -54.9 97 0.3 -54.6 76 14 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14255 -65.2 -70.7 47 5.4 -65.3 131 18 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16705 -69.4 -84.0 10 14.6 -69.5 80 6 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.47 m Freezing level: 585.89 mb = 4670.63 m = 15323.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.51 mb = 4601.82 m = 15097.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.46 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.61 mb = 291.69 m = 956.98 ft T: 25.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.57 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1939.38 m = 6362.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 216.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.14 mb = 1175.08 m = 3855.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.14 mb = 3390.81 m = 11124.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.14 mb = 8311.99 m = 27269.97 ft B at Equ Level: 215.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.14 mb = 12952.08 m = 42493.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.0 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 26.0 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 42.78 Bulk Shear: 5.06 m/s