MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 1010 44 27.2 23.0 78 4.3 24.1 25 2 299.5 302.8 296.9 351.4 17.73 1 1000 130 28.1 21.1 66 7.1 23.0 37 5 301.3 304.2 296.2 348.1 15.92 2 950 584 25.2 18.7 67 6.5 20.6 59 5 302.8 305.4 295.6 345.5 14.45 3 900 1057 21.2 17.4 79 3.8 18.6 81 6 303.4 306.0 295.6 345.1 14.07 4 850 1551 17.8 15.3 85 2.5 16.1 93 5 304.8 307.2 295.2 343.6 12.99 5 800 2068 14.2 12.7 90 1.5 13.3 110 2 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.3 11.63 6 750 2611 11.8 7.8 76 4.0 9.3 104 1 309.4 311.1 293.4 336.6 8.88 7 700 3187 8.9 4.1 71 4.9 6.1 64 1 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.2 7.33 8 650 3797 5.0 1.1 76 3.9 2.9 49 2 314.7 315.9 293.0 334.8 6.39 9 600 4447 1.3 -2.3 77 3.6 -0.6 60 2 317.6 318.6 293.0 334.8 5.37 10 550 5143 -2.2 -7.0 70 4.8 -4.4 202 2 321.4 322.3 293.0 334.9 4.12 11 500 5895 -6.2 -10.8 70 4.6 -8.1 220 5 325.5 326.2 293.5 336.8 3.36 12 450 6713 -10.5 -17.6 56 7.2 -13.0 219 12 330.1 330.5 293.7 337.5 2.13 13 400 7610 -16.1 -23.9 51 7.8 -18.3 210 16 334.1 334.4 294.1 339.1 1.39 14 350 8602 -23.4 -28.9 61 5.5 -24.6 201 19 337.2 337.4 294.6 340.9 1.00 15 300 9709 -32.1 -37.0 61 5.0 -32.8 202 17 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.2 0.53 16 250 10970 -41.9 -46.7 60 4.7 -42.3 202 21 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.23 17 200 12440 -54.1 -57.0 70 2.9 -54.2 208 24 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.09 18 150 14222 -67.3 -69.6 72 2.4 -67.3 184 16 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16654 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.6 -67.2 113 12 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.45 m Freezing level: 581.82 mb = 4699.85 m = 15419.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.19 mb = 4336.65 m = 14227.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.34 mb = 590.24 m = 1936.47 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.62 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1611.63 m = 5287.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.66 mb = 1274.16 m = 4180.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.66 mb = 1933.81 m = 6344.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.66 mb = 12035.24 m = 39485.22 ft B at Equ Level: 534.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.66 mb = 14958.61 m = 49076.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.4 at 3.1 knts Storm direction: 116.4 at 2.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 411.78 Bulk Shear: 1.31 m/s