MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.3,-83.88 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -83.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 88 27.3 22.8 77 4.5 24.0 108 6 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.7 17.67 1 1000 136 26.0 22.1 79 3.9 23.2 109 7 299.1 302.2 296.3 348.5 16.93 2 950 586 21.9 20.4 91 1.6 20.8 124 7 299.4 302.4 295.8 346.3 16.04 3 900 1056 19.7 17.8 88 2.0 18.4 180 7 301.8 304.5 295.3 344.2 14.37 4 850 1548 17.6 14.6 82 3.0 15.5 211 9 304.6 306.8 294.7 341.4 12.35 5 800 2065 14.8 11.3 80 3.5 12.6 220 10 307.0 308.9 294.0 338.9 10.60 6 750 2610 12.1 8.0 76 4.1 9.6 229 11 309.7 311.4 293.6 337.2 9.00 7 700 3185 8.8 4.9 76 4.0 6.5 233 12 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.4 7.76 8 650 3796 5.3 2.6 83 2.7 3.8 240 13 315.0 316.3 293.7 337.4 7.14 9 600 4447 1.5 -0.0 89 1.6 0.7 251 13 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.2 6.38 10 550 5143 -2.5 -4.5 86 2.0 -3.5 257 13 321.1 322.1 293.6 337.3 4.98 11 500 5895 -6.2 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.3 259 11 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.7 3.98 12 450 6714 -10.2 -13.1 79 2.9 -11.4 273 9 330.4 331.0 294.6 341.0 3.09 13 400 7613 -15.3 -17.9 80 2.7 -16.2 266 8 335.2 335.6 295.1 343.4 2.33 14 350 8610 -21.6 -26.4 65 4.8 -22.9 272 10 339.6 339.8 295.3 344.2 1.26 15 300 9727 -29.9 -33.1 74 3.2 -30.4 244 14 343.2 343.4 295.8 346.2 0.79 16 250 10997 -40.2 -41.6 86 1.4 -40.4 252 19 346.3 346.3 296.1 347.8 0.40 17 200 12478 -52.8 -55.1 76 2.3 -52.9 258 20 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.11 18 150 14271 -66.9 -70.5 60 3.6 -66.9 258 9 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16682 -70.3 -82.5 15 12.2 -70.4 44 8 391.9 391.9 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.60 m Freezing level: 581.13 mb = 4709.44 m = 15450.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4553.79 m = 14940.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.77 mb = 652.74 m = 2141.50 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 15.34 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1164.86 m = 3821.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.74 mb = 839.19 m = 2753.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.74 mb = 2303.22 m = 7556.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.74 mb = 9086.04 m = 29809.46 ft B at Equ Level: 304.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.74 mb = 13957.08 m = 45790.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 10.07 Bulk Shear: 30.22 m/s