MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 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 1010 44 23.2 21.2 89 2.0 21.8 340 2 295.5 298.4 294.6 341.1 15.88 1 1000 128 24.5 20.1 77 4.4 21.5 343 2 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.1 15.00 2 950 577 21.3 18.2 82 3.1 19.1 314 4 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.4 13.94 3 900 1044 18.3 15.8 85 2.5 16.7 310 6 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.5 12.66 4 850 1533 15.6 13.2 85 2.4 14.0 308 8 302.5 304.6 293.3 335.8 11.27 5 800 2046 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.4 307 9 305.0 306.8 293.0 334.8 9.97 6 750 2587 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 303 10 307.7 309.3 293.0 334.6 8.88 7 700 3159 7.3 4.4 82 2.9 5.6 300 11 310.6 312.0 292.7 333.8 7.53 8 650 3766 4.1 0.8 79 3.3 2.3 300 12 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.2 6.24 9 600 4413 0.5 -3.2 76 3.7 -1.4 307 14 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.7 5.04 10 550 5107 -3.6 -7.6 74 4.0 -5.4 325 18 319.8 320.6 292.4 332.6 3.92 11 500 5855 -7.3 -10.8 76 3.5 -8.8 320 24 324.1 324.7 293.1 335.3 3.35 12 450 6669 -11.8 -15.8 72 4.0 -13.3 307 29 328.4 328.9 293.6 336.9 2.48 13 400 7562 -17.3 -24.3 55 6.9 -19.3 308 38 332.4 332.7 293.6 337.3 1.34 14 350 8548 -24.7 -31.4 53 6.8 -26.0 294 41 335.5 335.6 293.9 338.4 0.79 15 300 9649 -33.4 -42.2 41 8.8 -34.4 301 39 338.3 338.4 294.2 339.5 0.31 16 250 10904 -42.1 -59.3 14 17.2 -42.9 326 50 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 17 200 12381 -52.3 -66.3 17 14.0 -52.7 338 61 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14185 -64.9 -76.5 19 11.6 -65.0 338 52 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16616 -69.3 -83.1 12 13.7 -69.4 337 28 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.62 m Freezing level: 594.40 mb = 4491.17 m = 14734.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.78 mb = 4164.19 m = 13661.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.09 mb = 295.18 m = 968.42 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1260.02 m = 4133.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.36 mb = 916.53 m = 3006.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.36 mb = 2384.00 m = 7821.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.36 mb = 6526.91 m = 21413.50 ft B at Equ Level: 85.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.36 mb = 10164.24 m = 33346.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.1 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 342.1 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.99 Bulk Shear: 10.75 m/s