MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 31.03,-85.85 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -85.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 62 25.4 21.6 79 3.8 22.7 74 3 297.4 300.4 295.4 344.4 16.21 1 1000 175 26.5 21.0 72 5.5 22.6 83 8 299.6 302.5 295.7 345.9 15.82 2 950 629 26.0 18.1 62 7.9 20.5 84 9 303.6 306.1 295.5 344.8 13.89 3 900 1104 22.3 16.7 71 5.6 18.4 89 4 304.5 307.0 295.4 344.4 13.39 4 850 1598 18.4 15.0 81 3.4 16.1 135 3 305.4 307.7 295.1 343.3 12.68 5 800 2116 14.5 12.4 87 2.1 13.1 155 3 306.6 308.7 294.6 340.9 11.41 6 750 2660 12.0 7.8 76 4.1 9.4 173 5 309.6 311.2 293.5 336.8 8.90 7 700 3236 9.1 4.7 74 4.4 6.5 216 3 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.3 7.67 8 650 3847 5.5 1.3 75 4.1 3.2 263 2 315.1 316.4 293.2 335.6 6.49 9 600 4497 1.5 -2.3 76 3.8 -0.4 265 3 317.8 318.9 293.1 335.1 5.39 10 550 5194 -2.2 -7.7 66 5.5 -4.7 235 4 321.5 322.3 292.9 334.3 3.90 11 500 5946 -5.9 -14.7 49 8.9 -9.3 240 6 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.2 2.44 12 450 6764 -10.6 -26.3 26 15.7 -14.9 214 7 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.5 0.99 13 400 7660 -16.2 -25.7 44 9.5 -18.8 232 9 333.9 334.2 293.9 338.2 1.17 14 350 8652 -22.8 -29.7 53 7.0 -24.3 213 5 338.1 338.3 294.7 341.5 0.93 15 300 9764 -31.1 -33.1 82 2.1 -31.4 192 14 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.6 0.78 16 250 11028 -41.5 -41.5 100 0.0 -41.5 177 17 344.4 344.5 295.7 346.0 0.40 17 200 12501 -53.9 -54.0 98 0.1 -53.9 187 16 347.5 347.5 296.2 348.0 0.12 18 150 14285 -67.3 -70.6 63 3.2 -67.4 188 12 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16724 -68.4 -83.3 10 15.0 -68.5 40 14 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.38 m Freezing level: 579.59 mb = 4781.37 m = 15686.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.18 mb = 4413.80 m = 14480.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.18 mb = 553.23 m = 1815.04 ft T: 26.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 12.36 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1825.04 m = 5987.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.90 C = 93.02 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.10 mb = 1356.46 m = 4450.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.10 mb = 3011.09 m = 9878.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.10 mb = 9785.21 m = 32103.30 ft B at Equ Level: 236.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.10 mb = 13541.77 m = 44427.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.8 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 207.8 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.33 Bulk Shear: 10.58 m/s