MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 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 25.7 20.1 71 5.6 21.8 71 4 297.9 300.6 294.5 340.8 14.79 1 1000 137 26.4 18.9 63 7.5 21.2 75 9 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.2 13.89 2 950 588 23.2 17.2 69 6.0 19.1 76 12 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.1 13.08 3 900 1058 19.3 15.6 79 3.7 16.8 76 10 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.3 12.52 4 850 1547 15.9 13.2 84 2.7 14.1 64 5 302.8 304.9 293.4 336.3 11.31 5 800 2061 12.2 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 39 3 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.5 10.14 6 750 2599 9.2 7.6 90 1.6 8.3 26 3 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.1 8.79 7 700 3170 7.9 -4.1 42 12.0 2.0 342 6 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.9 4.02 8 650 3779 5.8 -10.5 30 16.3 -1.3 301 10 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.1 2.64 9 600 4429 1.5 -7.9 49 9.4 -2.8 304 12 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.3 3.51 10 550 5125 -2.4 -7.6 68 5.2 -4.8 315 15 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.1 3.94 11 500 5876 -6.6 -15.2 50 8.6 -9.8 315 21 325.0 325.5 292.5 333.0 2.35 12 450 6692 -11.4 -19.5 51 8.2 -14.0 309 29 329.0 329.3 293.2 335.3 1.81 13 400 7586 -17.3 -20.0 80 2.7 -18.1 306 35 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.3 1.95 14 350 8571 -24.4 -24.6 98 0.2 -24.4 315 43 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.3 1.49 15 300 9679 -31.5 -33.2 84 1.8 -31.7 317 62 341.0 341.2 295.3 344.0 0.77 16 250 10944 -41.0 -41.5 96 0.4 -41.1 305 64 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.7 0.40 17 200 12417 -54.2 -55.6 85 1.4 -54.2 309 72 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.4 0.10 18 150 14219 -63.7 -76.3 16 12.6 -63.8 305 36 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16635 -70.8 -81.9 18 11.0 -70.9 326 22 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.25 m Freezing level: 580.72 mb = 4697.38 m = 15411.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.34 mb = 3538.29 m = 11608.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.63 mb = 757.61 m = 2485.56 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.19 mb = 1585.45 m = 5201.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 23.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.08 mb = 1268.88 m = 4162.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.08 mb = 1923.26 m = 6309.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.08 mb = 3016.99 m = 9898.13 ft B at Equ Level: 30.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 623.08 mb = 4122.63 m = 13525.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.1 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 8.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -13.6 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 28.58 m/s