MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 1009 44 23.4 21.9 91 1.5 22.4 68 5 295.8 298.8 295.2 343.8 16.66 1 1000 121 23.9 21.3 85 2.6 22.1 72 9 297.1 300.0 295.2 343.6 16.11 2 950 569 21.0 19.0 89 1.9 19.6 77 15 298.5 301.1 294.6 341.3 14.73 3 900 1036 18.4 16.7 90 1.7 17.2 79 14 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.9 13.41 4 850 1525 16.2 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 81 11 303.1 305.3 294.0 338.7 12.02 5 800 2040 13.8 11.3 85 2.5 12.2 78 9 305.9 307.9 293.7 337.7 10.59 6 750 2583 11.2 8.3 83 2.9 9.4 69 8 308.7 310.4 293.5 336.7 9.20 7 700 3157 8.1 4.6 78 3.5 6.1 51 6 311.5 313.0 293.1 335.1 7.63 8 650 3766 4.8 -0.3 70 5.0 2.1 2 5 314.3 315.4 292.4 332.5 5.77 9 600 4415 0.9 -4.8 65 5.8 -1.9 328 9 317.2 318.0 292.1 331.5 4.45 10 550 5109 -3.3 -9.4 63 6.1 -6.0 317 15 320.2 320.8 292.1 331.4 3.41 11 500 5857 -7.6 -15.0 55 7.4 -10.4 300 21 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.9 2.39 12 450 6671 -11.6 -20.0 50 8.4 -14.3 293 25 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.7 1.74 13 400 7564 -17.0 -25.6 47 8.6 -19.3 283 30 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.2 1.19 14 350 8553 -23.9 -28.7 64 4.8 -25.0 278 34 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.3 1.02 15 300 9660 -31.8 -34.9 74 3.0 -32.3 273 40 340.5 340.6 295.0 343.0 0.66 16 250 10920 -42.2 -47.5 57 5.2 -42.6 282 49 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.2 0.21 17 200 12386 -54.8 -55.0 98 0.1 -54.9 281 55 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.4 0.11 18 150 14179 -64.4 -75.1 22 10.7 -64.4 285 54 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16609 -69.4 -82.1 14 12.7 -69.4 305 28 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.51 m Freezing level: 589.05 mb = 4566.72 m = 14982.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.63 mb = 4101.71 m = 13456.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.26 mb = 232.50 m = 762.78 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.38 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 1035.79 m = 3398.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.52 mb = 756.89 m = 2483.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.52 mb = 2986.33 m = 9797.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.52 mb = 8251.82 m = 27072.58 ft B at Equ Level: 161.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.52 mb = 11626.58 m = 38144.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.2 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 48.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -8.3 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.67 Bulk Shear: 15.17 m/s