MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 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 1002 43 24.5 22.1 87 2.4 22.8 277 3 297.5 300.5 295.8 346.6 16.95 1 1000 62 25.3 21.6 80 3.7 22.6 277 4 298.4 301.4 295.8 346.3 16.47 2 950 515 23.9 19.4 76 4.5 20.7 276 8 301.4 304.2 295.7 345.8 15.09 3 900 986 20.1 17.7 86 2.4 18.4 264 8 302.2 304.8 295.3 344.3 14.26 4 850 1478 17.1 15.3 89 1.9 15.9 255 10 304.1 306.5 295.0 342.7 12.95 5 800 1994 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.1 255 11 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.5 10.31 6 750 2538 11.8 4.2 59 7.7 7.4 265 12 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.6 6.89 7 700 3112 8.6 -0.6 53 9.1 3.8 261 14 312.0 313.0 291.3 328.4 5.25 8 650 3721 5.3 -5.5 45 10.9 0.1 255 17 315.0 315.7 291.0 327.5 3.89 9 600 4371 2.1 -14.2 29 16.3 -4.4 254 22 318.5 318.9 290.5 325.6 2.11 10 550 5067 -1.8 -19.7 24 18.0 -7.9 257 27 322.0 322.2 290.9 326.9 1.45 11 500 5819 -6.1 -27.1 17 21.0 -11.9 255 34 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.83 12 450 6635 -11.3 -32.2 16 20.9 -16.1 260 36 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.1 0.57 13 400 7527 -17.5 -35.1 20 17.6 -21.0 264 42 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.48 14 350 8513 -24.3 -35.4 35 11.0 -26.2 255 53 336.0 336.1 293.8 338.0 0.54 15 300 9619 -32.2 -36.4 66 4.2 -32.8 251 64 340.0 340.1 294.8 342.2 0.57 16 250 10877 -42.6 -46.4 66 3.8 -42.9 253 65 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.24 17 200 12344 -54.2 -59.4 53 5.2 -54.4 249 61 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 18 150 14144 -63.2 -74.4 21 11.2 -63.3 255 51 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16586 -70.4 -81.9 17 11.4 -70.5 258 27 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.85 m Freezing level: 573.28 mb = 4743.14 m = 15561.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.48 mb = 3739.99 m = 12270.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.28 mb = 346.62 m = 1137.20 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.00 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1309.38 m = 4295.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.58 mb = 980.27 m = 3216.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.58 mb = 1934.74 m = 6347.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.58 mb = 11552.86 m = 37902.61 ft B at Equ Level: 524.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.58 mb = 14323.68 m = 46993.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 31.85 Bulk Shear: 16.49 m/s