MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 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 1011 44 24.5 20.4 78 4.1 21.6 82 4 296.7 299.5 294.4 340.4 15.13 1 1000 142 26.4 18.6 62 7.8 21.0 82 9 299.5 302.0 294.1 339.2 13.60 2 950 593 23.0 16.9 69 6.1 18.8 76 11 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.2 12.84 3 900 1061 19.0 15.5 80 3.6 16.7 68 10 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.5 12.36 4 850 1551 15.4 13.3 87 2.1 14.1 56 7 302.3 304.4 293.3 336.0 11.39 5 800 2063 11.8 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 42 4 303.7 305.6 293.0 335.0 10.51 6 750 2602 9.5 7.1 85 2.4 8.0 302 3 306.9 308.4 292.4 332.5 8.46 7 700 3173 7.2 2.8 74 4.4 4.8 293 6 310.5 311.7 292.0 331.2 6.71 8 650 3780 3.8 -0.8 72 4.6 1.4 293 7 313.2 314.3 291.9 330.7 5.55 9 600 4428 1.5 -10.9 39 12.4 -3.8 305 11 317.8 318.4 290.8 326.9 2.76 10 550 5124 -2.2 -16.9 31 14.7 -7.5 310 16 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.85 11 500 5874 -7.2 -15.7 50 8.6 -10.3 306 22 324.3 324.8 292.2 331.9 2.24 12 450 6688 -11.8 -35.3 12 23.5 -16.7 305 25 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.42 13 400 7580 -17.1 -28.5 36 11.4 -19.8 308 33 332.8 333.0 293.3 336.1 0.91 14 350 8568 -23.7 -26.6 77 2.9 -24.4 300 37 336.8 337.0 294.6 341.3 1.24 15 300 9676 -31.7 -32.2 95 0.6 -31.7 310 47 340.8 340.9 295.3 344.0 0.85 16 250 10938 -41.6 -43.3 84 1.7 -41.8 316 70 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.5 0.33 17 200 12411 -53.8 -54.8 89 1.0 -53.8 321 79 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.11 18 150 14212 -64.9 -73.7 29 8.8 -65.0 308 40 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16635 -70.6 -82.5 16 11.8 -70.7 326 18 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.19 m Freezing level: 579.73 mb = 4709.88 m = 15452.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.74 mb = 3946.76 m = 12948.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.69 mb = 567.67 m = 1862.42 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.88 mb = 1541.81 m = 5058.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.26 mb = 1270.76 m = 4169.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.26 mb = 1820.69 m = 5973.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 623.26 mb = 4119.99 m = 13516.85 ft B at Equ Level: 32.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 523.26 mb = 5515.85 m = 18096.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 358.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -18.1 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 33.09 m/s