MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.55,-82.91 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -82.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 77 23.0 22.6 98 0.4 22.7 103 9 295.6 298.7 295.6 345.5 17.37 1 1000 134 22.7 22.2 97 0.5 22.3 103 13 295.8 298.9 295.5 344.9 17.08 2 950 581 21.0 19.8 93 1.1 20.2 104 20 298.4 301.3 295.2 343.6 15.52 3 900 1049 18.4 17.3 93 1.1 17.7 111 10 300.5 303.0 294.7 341.5 13.97 4 850 1539 16.2 15.1 93 1.1 15.5 223 5 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.1 12.79 5 800 2054 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.3 264 12 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.6 11.87 6 750 2597 11.3 10.6 95 0.7 10.9 267 13 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.7 10.79 7 700 3173 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.1 253 12 312.0 313.8 294.7 341.4 9.54 8 650 3784 5.6 5.1 97 0.5 5.3 239 15 315.3 316.9 294.8 342.0 8.52 9 600 4435 2.1 2.0 99 0.2 2.0 229 16 318.6 320.0 294.8 342.0 7.37 10 550 5135 -1.2 -1.4 98 0.2 -1.3 222 17 322.7 323.9 295.1 343.1 6.29 11 500 5891 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.1 232 19 327.1 328.1 295.3 344.3 5.18 12 450 6713 -9.3 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.5 235 20 331.5 332.4 295.6 345.4 4.06 13 400 7614 -15.1 -15.3 98 0.2 -15.2 233 18 335.4 336.0 295.7 345.6 2.92 14 350 8611 -21.4 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 238 19 339.9 340.3 296.0 347.1 1.98 15 300 9730 -29.6 -29.6 100 -0.0 -29.6 240 19 343.7 343.9 296.1 347.8 1.10 16 250 11002 -40.0 -40.0 100 -0.0 -40.0 224 15 346.6 346.7 296.3 348.5 0.47 17 200 12483 -52.9 -53.0 99 0.1 -52.9 213 12 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.14 18 150 14271 -68.0 -68.7 91 0.7 -68.0 242 10 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16695 -69.5 -82.7 13 13.2 -69.6 39 10 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.40 m Freezing level: 567.75 mb = 4886.58 m = 16031.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.88 mb = 4849.43 m = 15910.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.11 mb = 124.48 m = 408.38 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 4.44 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 833.79 m = 2735.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.95 C K Index: 35.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.67 mb = 638.99 m = 2096.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.67 mb = 2067.91 m = 6784.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 538.67 mb = 5299.84 m = 17387.73 ft B at Equ Level: 43.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 418.67 mb = 7264.78 m = 23834.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -7.8 tot: 35.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 91.68 m/s