MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 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 1007 43 23.5 21.2 87 2.3 21.9 95 4 296.1 299.0 294.8 341.9 15.91 1 1000 102 24.4 20.3 78 4.1 21.5 100 8 297.6 300.3 294.7 341.6 15.17 2 950 551 21.4 18.3 82 3.1 19.3 106 11 298.9 301.5 294.3 340.0 14.09 3 900 1018 18.3 16.3 88 2.0 17.0 117 10 300.4 302.7 294.0 338.6 13.06 4 850 1507 15.4 14.2 92 1.2 14.6 129 10 302.3 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.06 5 800 2020 12.9 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 142 7 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.3 11.16 6 750 2562 10.6 9.7 94 0.8 10.0 176 2 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.9 10.16 7 700 3136 8.2 6.1 87 2.1 6.9 248 5 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.6 8.46 8 650 3745 4.7 1.4 79 3.4 2.9 250 8 314.3 315.6 293.0 334.8 6.53 9 600 4394 0.9 -3.8 71 4.7 -1.5 271 8 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.5 4.80 10 550 5088 -2.9 -9.6 60 6.8 -5.8 275 12 320.7 321.3 292.2 331.7 3.35 11 500 5838 -7.2 -13.8 59 6.6 -9.8 273 21 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.2 2.63 12 450 6652 -12.0 -19.8 52 7.8 -14.5 276 27 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.3 1.76 13 400 7542 -18.2 -25.0 56 6.7 -20.0 276 30 331.3 331.5 293.3 335.8 1.26 14 350 8526 -24.9 -28.9 70 4.0 -25.8 268 42 335.2 335.4 294.0 338.9 1.01 15 300 9629 -32.5 -36.6 67 4.1 -33.1 273 54 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.7 0.55 16 250 10888 -42.4 -45.6 70 3.2 -42.6 261 51 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12361 -52.8 -62.8 29 10.0 -53.1 273 63 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14159 -65.4 -72.7 36 7.3 -65.4 268 48 357.4 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16595 -69.5 -82.8 13 13.3 -69.6 295 14 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.73 m Freezing level: 588.50 mb = 4553.44 m = 14938.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.89 mb = 4168.65 m = 13676.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.21 mb = 339.44 m = 1113.63 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.14 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1175.34 m = 3856.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.78 mb = 896.13 m = 2940.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.78 mb = 1938.16 m = 6358.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.78 mb = 2256.49 m = 7403.08 ft B at Equ Level: 11.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.78 mb = 10160.51 m = 33334.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.29 Bulk Shear: 37.68 m/s