MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour 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 1009 44 25.5 20.1 72 5.4 21.8 5 4 297.9 300.6 294.6 341.0 14.85 1 1000 124 26.6 19.1 64 7.5 21.4 7 9 299.8 302.3 294.6 340.9 14.08 2 950 576 23.2 17.3 69 5.9 19.1 1 12 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.4 13.17 3 900 1045 19.3 15.9 81 3.4 17.0 346 9 301.4 303.7 294.0 338.7 12.70 4 850 1535 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 296 7 302.5 304.6 293.5 336.7 11.55 5 800 2048 12.6 9.6 82 2.9 10.7 289 8 304.6 306.3 292.4 332.8 9.44 6 750 2588 10.5 3.1 60 7.4 6.4 301 11 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.6 6.39 7 700 3160 8.8 -13.1 20 21.9 -0.1 298 17 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.7 1.98 8 650 3769 5.9 -22.6 11 28.5 -3.6 299 19 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.9 0.96 9 600 4419 2.1 -17.1 22 19.3 -5.0 299 18 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.2 1.66 10 550 5115 -2.7 -12.4 47 9.7 -6.6 295 15 320.9 321.4 291.7 329.8 2.69 11 500 5864 -7.5 -12.9 65 5.5 -9.6 312 17 323.9 324.5 292.6 333.4 2.82 12 450 6678 -11.4 -20.0 49 8.6 -14.2 314 29 328.9 329.2 293.0 334.9 1.73 13 400 7571 -17.8 -24.9 54 7.1 -19.7 316 38 331.8 332.1 293.4 336.4 1.27 14 350 8556 -24.7 -29.8 62 5.1 -25.7 307 43 335.5 335.7 294.0 338.9 0.92 15 300 9658 -33.7 -39.0 59 5.3 -34.4 313 42 337.9 337.9 294.2 339.5 0.44 16 250 10915 -41.7 -61.1 10 19.4 -42.5 328 55 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 17 200 12393 -52.3 -62.4 29 10.1 -52.5 337 58 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14198 -64.7 -75.1 23 10.4 -64.8 342 45 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -69.8 -82.8 13 13.0 -69.9 337 24 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.55 m Freezing level: 577.92 mb = 4726.61 m = 15507.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.75 mb = 3151.45 m = 10339.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.70 mb = 735.21 m = 2412.08 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1495.46 m = 4906.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 14.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 192.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.91 mb = 1248.23 m = 4095.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.91 mb = 1901.77 m = 6239.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.91 mb = 2433.97 m = 7985.38 ft B at Equ Level: 9.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 713.91 mb = 2997.06 m = 9832.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 336.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -11.8 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 18.93 m/s