MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 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 26.5 22.7 80 3.8 23.8 191 6 298.6 301.7 296.5 349.3 17.40 1 1000 152 26.6 21.6 74 5.1 23.0 187 13 299.8 302.8 296.2 347.9 16.46 2 950 604 23.8 19.0 75 4.8 20.4 167 19 301.3 304.0 295.4 344.6 14.71 3 900 1076 21.8 15.5 67 6.3 17.5 146 25 304.0 306.2 294.5 340.8 12.38 4 850 1571 18.4 14.4 77 4.0 15.7 132 25 305.4 307.7 294.8 341.9 12.20 5 800 2088 14.8 11.7 82 3.1 12.7 129 27 306.9 308.9 294.2 339.6 10.84 6 750 2632 11.2 7.8 80 3.3 9.1 136 27 308.7 310.4 293.3 335.9 8.91 7 700 3206 8.3 5.4 82 2.9 6.6 147 28 311.7 313.2 293.5 336.6 8.07 8 650 3816 4.9 3.0 87 2.0 3.8 151 28 314.6 316.0 293.7 337.5 7.32 9 600 4466 1.2 0.7 96 0.6 0.9 144 23 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.9 6.71 10 550 5163 -2.2 -2.7 97 0.5 -2.5 143 16 321.5 322.6 294.3 340.0 5.71 11 500 5916 -5.8 -6.7 94 0.9 -6.2 145 11 326.0 326.9 294.7 341.4 4.65 12 450 6736 -10.3 -11.4 91 1.2 -10.8 161 9 330.3 331.0 294.9 342.4 3.55 13 400 7634 -16.3 -18.4 84 2.1 -17.0 170 9 333.8 334.3 294.7 341.7 2.25 14 350 8625 -23.1 -27.0 70 4.0 -24.0 186 10 337.7 337.9 294.8 342.0 1.19 15 300 9737 -30.6 -38.6 45 8.0 -31.8 316 2 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.0 0.45 16 250 11004 -41.3 -47.2 53 5.9 -41.8 341 7 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.5 0.22 17 200 12476 -54.2 -57.1 70 2.9 -54.3 248 8 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.09 18 150 14263 -65.2 -74.0 28 8.8 -65.3 183 6 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16686 -69.7 -83.4 12 13.8 -69.8 75 13 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.02 m Freezing level: 581.99 mb = 4717.01 m = 15475.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4646.06 m = 15242.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.35 mb = 527.11 m = 1729.34 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1721.20 m = 5646.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.77 C = 92.79 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1132.22 m = 3714.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.22 mb = 2310.17 m = 7579.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.22 mb = 9519.07 m = 31230.15 ft B at Equ Level: 301.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.22 mb = 13892.82 m = 45579.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 174.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -30.4 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.26 Bulk Shear: 22.77 m/s