MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 30.23,-88.76 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -88.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 29.7 23.7 70 6.0 25.2 169 1 301.9 305.3 298.0 356.6 18.52 1 1000 103 28.8 22.2 67 6.7 24.0 142 2 302.0 305.1 297.1 352.3 17.05 2 950 558 25.8 19.6 69 6.2 21.4 336 3 303.4 306.2 296.4 348.8 15.31 3 900 1033 22.3 17.8 76 4.5 19.2 329 6 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.4 14.40 4 850 1528 19.0 14.9 77 4.2 16.2 317 8 306.1 308.4 295.3 343.9 12.59 5 800 2047 15.8 11.7 77 4.1 13.1 301 8 308.0 310.0 294.5 340.8 10.85 6 750 2593 12.8 8.2 74 4.5 10.0 281 6 310.4 312.2 294.0 338.6 9.16 7 700 3171 10.4 2.8 59 7.7 6.1 270 4 314.0 315.3 293.0 335.0 6.68 8 650 3785 7.1 -0.8 57 7.9 2.8 280 4 317.0 318.1 293.0 334.7 5.55 9 600 4439 3.4 -3.2 62 6.6 -0.0 304 5 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.3 5.02 10 550 5140 -0.9 -6.4 67 5.4 -3.6 307 5 323.0 323.8 293.6 337.2 4.32 11 500 5895 -5.5 -10.6 67 5.1 -7.7 260 3 326.4 327.0 293.8 337.8 3.40 12 450 6715 -10.1 -15.4 65 5.3 -12.2 220 3 330.5 331.0 294.1 339.3 2.56 13 400 7613 -15.6 -23.4 51 7.8 -17.9 243 4 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.9 1.45 14 350 8607 -22.2 -33.1 36 11.0 -24.4 256 4 338.9 339.0 294.7 341.4 0.67 15 300 9722 -30.3 -39.5 40 9.2 -31.6 247 4 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.3 0.41 16 250 10991 -40.4 -44.6 64 4.2 -40.7 223 7 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.2 0.29 17 200 12473 -52.5 -55.3 71 2.8 -52.6 216 9 349.6 349.6 296.7 350.1 0.11 18 150 14266 -67.0 -70.1 65 3.0 -67.1 307 3 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16671 -71.9 -81.3 23 9.4 -72.0 107 11 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.36 m Freezing level: 560.93 mb = 4986.97 m = 16361.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.68 mb = 4430.21 m = 14534.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.61 mb = 776.75 m = 2548.38 ft T: 24.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1670.88 m = 5481.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.38 C = 93.88 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 638.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.16 mb = 1235.66 m = 4053.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.16 mb = 2325.14 m = 7628.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.16 mb = 12657.44 m = 41526.53 ft B at Equ Level: 632.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.16 mb = 15885.34 m = 52116.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -13.4 tot: -13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 136.75 Bulk Shear: 4.67 m/s