MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 31.55,-82.88 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -82.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 76 22.1 21.3 96 0.7 21.6 45 5 294.2 297.1 294.3 339.9 15.99 1 1000 175 21.8 20.7 94 1.0 21.1 53 10 294.9 297.7 294.2 339.6 15.58 2 950 622 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 71 10 298.4 301.0 294.4 340.3 14.44 3 900 1089 18.3 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 76 6 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.8 13.79 4 850 1579 16.6 13.6 82 3.0 14.7 61 4 303.6 305.7 293.9 338.1 11.61 5 800 2094 14.5 10.0 74 4.5 11.7 54 3 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.68 6 750 2638 11.7 6.8 72 4.8 8.8 11 1 309.2 310.8 293.0 334.7 8.31 7 700 3213 8.3 3.2 70 5.2 5.4 287 2 311.7 313.0 292.6 333.1 6.88 8 650 3822 5.1 -4.1 52 9.2 0.5 284 4 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.5 4.34 9 600 4471 1.8 -16.3 25 18.1 -5.0 317 4 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.2 1.78 10 550 5167 -1.4 -22.1 19 20.6 -8.1 331 3 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.5 1.19 11 500 5920 -5.8 -35.8 7 30.0 -12.5 339 4 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.36 12 450 6737 -10.8 -40.6 7 29.8 -16.4 352 8 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 13 400 7632 -16.3 -45.9 6 29.5 -20.8 358 13 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.16 14 350 8621 -24.3 -48.6 9 24.3 -27.1 2 12 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 15 300 9722 -33.8 -52.0 14 18.2 -35.2 354 15 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.10 16 250 10970 -44.3 -58.7 19 14.5 -44.9 309 10 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12432 -54.7 -66.1 23 11.4 -54.9 328 12 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14223 -65.0 -72.4 35 7.4 -65.0 351 16 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16650 -69.8 -82.7 14 12.8 -69.9 353 16 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.06 m Freezing level: 571.99 mb = 4861.06 m = 15948.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.03 mb = 3883.84 m = 12742.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.11 mb = 165.48 m = 542.91 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.58 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1148.52 m = 3768.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2664.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.58 mb = 726.10 m = 2382.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.7 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 47.7 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.44 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s