MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 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 1012 44 26.2 23.3 84 3.0 24.1 181 4 298.4 301.7 296.8 350.9 18.04 1 1000 146 27.9 21.1 67 6.8 23.0 187 9 301.1 304.0 296.2 348.0 15.98 2 950 600 24.7 19.2 72 5.4 20.8 181 9 302.2 305.0 295.8 346.4 14.94 3 900 1073 21.1 17.7 81 3.4 18.8 162 9 303.3 305.9 295.7 345.7 14.30 4 850 1566 17.7 15.9 90 1.7 16.5 144 9 304.6 307.1 295.5 345.0 13.51 5 800 2083 14.6 13.4 92 1.3 13.8 126 8 306.8 309.0 295.1 343.3 12.15 6 750 2628 11.8 10.7 93 1.1 11.1 116 9 309.4 311.4 294.9 342.5 10.87 7 700 3204 9.2 7.6 90 1.6 8.2 102 8 312.6 314.4 294.7 341.6 9.37 8 650 3816 6.3 4.0 85 2.3 4.9 89 7 316.1 317.6 294.5 340.8 7.87 9 600 4469 2.7 0.1 83 2.6 1.3 84 6 319.3 320.5 294.3 339.9 6.45 10 550 5169 -1.3 -3.6 84 2.3 -2.5 79 6 322.6 323.6 294.3 339.9 5.33 11 500 5924 -5.6 -7.5 86 2.0 -6.5 89 5 326.3 327.1 294.5 340.7 4.35 12 450 6743 -10.4 -12.2 87 1.8 -11.1 88 5 330.2 330.8 294.7 341.6 3.34 13 400 7641 -15.9 -16.9 92 1.0 -16.3 87 4 334.4 334.9 295.1 343.3 2.54 14 350 8635 -22.5 -23.9 88 1.4 -22.9 119 8 338.4 338.8 295.3 344.2 1.59 15 300 9747 -31.1 -31.3 97 0.3 -31.1 136 4 341.6 341.8 295.6 345.1 0.93 16 250 11013 -41.1 -44.1 73 2.9 -41.4 157 7 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.1 0.31 17 200 12486 -53.8 -55.9 78 2.0 -53.9 133 11 347.5 347.5 296.2 347.9 0.10 18 150 14266 -69.1 -70.1 87 1.0 -69.1 110 7 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 19 100 16682 -68.4 -83.9 9 15.4 -68.5 105 12 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.42 m Freezing level: 565.99 mb = 4945.42 m = 16224.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.82 mb = 4703.10 m = 15429.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.26 mb = 422.42 m = 1385.88 ft T: 25.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.00 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.39 mb = 1521.52 m = 4991.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 373.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.20 mb = 1186.57 m = 3892.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.20 mb = 2049.14 m = 6722.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.20 mb = 11761.41 m = 38586.85 ft B at Equ Level: 371.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.20 mb = 14973.53 m = 49125.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.7 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 150.7 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -16.1 tot: -16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.67 Bulk Shear: 9.90 m/s