MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 21.3 19.3 89 1.9 19.9 333 3 293.4 295.9 292.7 333.5 14.07 1 1000 144 21.1 18.5 85 2.5 19.4 336 7 294.2 296.6 292.5 332.9 13.53 2 950 588 20.2 14.9 72 5.3 16.7 328 12 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.4 11.27 3 900 1054 18.2 14.2 77 4.0 15.6 309 13 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.6 11.37 4 850 1542 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.6 296 14 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.5 10.89 5 800 2055 12.9 10.7 86 2.2 11.5 288 14 304.9 306.7 293.1 335.2 10.14 6 750 2596 10.5 7.8 83 2.7 8.8 277 14 308.0 309.6 293.0 334.9 8.88 7 700 3169 7.3 4.4 82 2.9 5.6 261 19 310.6 312.0 292.7 333.8 7.53 8 650 3775 3.5 1.6 87 1.9 2.5 256 21 313.0 314.2 292.7 333.7 6.63 9 600 4422 0.1 -1.9 86 2.0 -1.0 271 14 316.2 317.3 292.7 333.8 5.54 10 550 5116 -2.4 -7.7 67 5.2 -4.8 287 13 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.0 3.90 11 500 5868 -6.5 -12.9 60 6.4 -9.1 304 15 325.1 325.6 293.0 334.6 2.82 12 450 6684 -11.3 -14.6 76 3.3 -12.5 309 23 329.1 329.6 293.9 338.5 2.74 13 400 7578 -17.7 -20.6 78 3.0 -18.6 308 29 332.0 332.4 294.0 338.6 1.85 14 350 8565 -23.9 -24.3 97 0.3 -24.0 294 34 336.5 336.8 294.8 342.0 1.53 15 300 9671 -32.5 -33.1 94 0.6 -32.6 293 40 339.5 339.7 294.9 342.5 0.78 16 250 10927 -43.1 -43.8 93 0.7 -43.2 304 50 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.2 0.31 17 200 12389 -55.4 -55.5 99 0.1 -55.4 315 62 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14168 -65.4 -68.7 63 3.3 -65.4 324 45 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16606 -70.0 -82.9 13 13.0 -70.0 326 22 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.96 m Freezing level: 598.56 mb = 4442.34 m = 14574.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.12 mb = 4234.32 m = 13891.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.61 mb = 286.81 m = 940.97 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1899.51 m = 6231.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.94 C = 89.49 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 2.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5333.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.03 mb = 1005.84 m = 3299.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -18.9 tot: -18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 15.87 m/s