MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 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 23.9 21.0 84 2.8 21.9 83 3 296.1 299.0 294.7 341.5 15.73 1 1000 133 25.5 19.7 70 5.8 21.4 86 6 298.6 301.3 294.6 341.1 14.58 2 950 583 22.3 17.8 75 4.5 19.2 92 6 299.8 302.3 294.2 339.6 13.60 3 900 1052 18.8 16.3 85 2.6 17.1 100 5 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.2 13.03 4 850 1541 15.8 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 119 6 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.2 11.99 5 800 2055 13.0 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 132 6 305.0 307.0 293.4 336.5 10.50 6 750 2596 10.5 8.2 86 2.3 9.1 155 4 307.9 309.7 293.2 335.7 9.14 7 700 3169 7.6 4.6 81 3.0 5.9 247 2 311.0 312.4 292.9 334.5 7.63 8 650 3777 4.3 0.4 76 3.9 2.2 298 4 313.9 315.0 292.5 332.9 6.07 9 600 4425 0.5 -3.8 73 4.3 -1.7 310 6 316.7 317.6 292.3 332.0 4.80 10 550 5119 -3.0 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.7 312 13 320.5 321.4 292.9 334.4 4.26 11 500 5869 -7.0 -8.4 90 1.3 -7.7 302 21 324.5 325.3 293.8 337.9 4.07 12 450 6685 -11.3 -11.6 98 0.3 -11.4 285 32 329.0 329.7 294.6 340.9 3.50 13 400 7579 -17.3 -18.0 95 0.6 -17.6 289 39 332.5 332.9 294.4 340.6 2.33 14 350 8566 -24.0 -25.7 86 1.7 -24.4 290 44 336.4 336.6 294.6 341.3 1.35 15 300 9672 -32.5 -33.7 88 1.3 -32.7 290 51 339.6 339.8 294.9 342.4 0.74 16 250 10934 -41.4 -41.4 100 -0.0 -41.4 294 66 344.5 344.6 295.8 346.1 0.41 17 200 12404 -54.5 -54.6 99 0.0 -54.5 309 74 346.4 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.12 18 150 14198 -66.2 -73.2 37 7.0 -66.2 302 59 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16625 -70.7 -82.2 17 11.5 -70.8 319 25 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.27 m Freezing level: 593.04 mb = 4521.31 m = 14833.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.71 mb = 4137.01 m = 13572.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.87 mb = 401.61 m = 1317.62 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.42 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1412.31 m = 4633.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.22 mb = 1068.61 m = 3505.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.22 mb = 2898.02 m = 9507.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.22 mb = 6294.98 m = 20652.56 ft B at Equ Level: 62.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 333.22 mb = 8918.76 m = 29260.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.8 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 340.8 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 19.99 m/s