MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour 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 21.9 20.3 91 1.6 20.8 40 3 294.1 296.8 293.6 336.9 15.00 1 1000 144 21.4 19.7 90 1.8 20.2 41 5 294.6 297.2 293.4 336.2 14.56 2 950 588 19.8 16.1 79 3.7 17.4 11 4 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.7 12.22 3 900 1054 17.8 13.6 77 4.1 15.1 290 5 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.9 10.96 4 850 1541 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 273 10 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.7 10.89 5 800 2053 12.2 11.5 95 0.7 11.8 277 16 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.2 10.73 6 750 2593 9.9 8.0 88 1.9 8.8 277 21 307.3 309.0 293.0 334.7 9.03 7 700 3165 7.7 4.3 79 3.3 5.8 276 24 311.0 312.4 292.8 334.1 7.49 8 650 3773 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 274 23 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.8 6.94 9 600 4419 -0.5 -0.8 97 0.4 -0.7 287 17 315.6 316.7 292.9 334.6 6.01 10 550 5113 -2.1 -11.9 47 9.8 -6.2 304 18 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.9 2.79 11 500 5864 -6.8 -17.4 42 10.7 -10.5 304 18 324.8 325.2 292.1 331.5 1.95 12 450 6677 -12.9 -17.8 67 4.9 -14.6 288 27 327.0 327.4 292.9 334.2 2.09 13 400 7565 -18.4 -28.1 42 9.7 -20.7 285 35 331.1 331.2 292.9 334.5 0.94 14 350 8549 -25.0 -27.7 78 2.7 -25.6 277 30 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.2 1.12 15 300 9650 -33.5 -41.6 44 8.1 -34.4 301 37 338.2 338.3 294.2 339.5 0.33 16 250 10906 -42.9 -50.3 44 7.3 -43.4 309 62 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.15 17 200 12367 -55.2 -57.3 78 2.0 -55.3 310 64 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.08 18 150 14159 -63.0 -74.0 22 10.9 -63.1 305 39 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16609 -69.2 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.2 322 22 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.15 m Freezing level: 605.66 mb = 4346.01 m = 14258.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.56 mb = 4291.58 m = 14079.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.45 mb = 244.40 m = 801.83 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1435.68 m = 4710.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 30.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4390.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.44 mb = 869.55 m = 2852.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 43.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 39.53 m/s