MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 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 1011 44 26.7 23.3 82 3.4 24.2 14 5 298.9 302.2 297.0 351.7 18.11 1 1000 144 27.5 21.8 71 5.7 23.3 14 11 300.6 303.7 296.5 349.4 16.63 2 950 597 24.5 19.5 74 5.0 21.0 22 11 302.0 304.8 296.0 347.0 15.22 3 900 1070 21.0 17.7 81 3.3 18.7 34 6 303.1 305.8 295.6 345.5 14.29 4 850 1563 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 57 1 304.9 307.4 295.3 344.3 13.18 5 800 2081 14.7 12.7 88 2.0 13.4 248 2 306.8 309.0 294.7 341.8 11.62 6 750 2625 11.6 8.4 81 3.2 9.6 298 4 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.4 9.26 7 700 3200 8.7 4.0 72 4.7 6.0 322 6 312.1 313.5 293.0 334.8 7.30 8 650 3810 5.3 -0.3 67 5.6 2.3 317 5 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.1 5.75 9 600 4460 1.6 -5.2 61 6.8 -1.7 295 4 317.9 318.8 292.2 331.9 4.33 10 550 5156 -2.4 -10.1 56 7.7 -5.7 287 5 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.9 3.22 11 500 5907 -6.1 -14.3 52 8.2 -9.3 286 6 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.2 2.52 12 450 6725 -10.6 -18.1 54 7.5 -13.2 250 10 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.05 13 400 7622 -16.3 -24.5 49 8.3 -18.6 213 13 333.9 334.1 294.0 338.6 1.31 14 350 8613 -23.1 -32.1 43 9.0 -24.9 208 18 337.6 337.8 294.4 340.4 0.74 15 300 9722 -31.6 -38.6 50 7.0 -32.6 215 22 340.8 340.9 294.9 342.5 0.45 16 250 10984 -42.0 -46.0 65 4.0 -42.3 215 20 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.25 17 200 12454 -54.1 -56.9 71 2.9 -54.1 208 19 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.09 18 150 14239 -66.7 -70.3 61 3.6 -66.8 206 17 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16672 -68.1 -83.3 10 15.2 -68.2 119 8 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.63 m Freezing level: 580.40 mb = 4732.81 m = 15527.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.29 mb = 4176.84 m = 13703.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.49 mb = 472.72 m = 1550.90 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1492.10 m = 4895.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.45 mb = 1113.50 m = 3653.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.45 mb = 1969.96 m = 6463.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.45 mb = 12439.10 m = 40810.19 ft B at Equ Level: 729.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.45 mb = 15555.73 m = 51035.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.5 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 358.5 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -151.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 88.52 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s