MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 28.12,-87.82 Latitude: 28.12 Longitude: -87.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 29.6 22.3 65 7.3 24.3 161 23 301.4 304.5 296.9 351.2 16.92 1 1000 141 28.0 18.8 57 9.2 21.5 161 28 301.1 303.6 294.7 341.6 13.75 2 950 594 23.6 16.9 66 6.7 19.0 162 30 301.1 303.5 294.0 338.9 12.84 3 900 1063 19.2 15.4 79 3.8 16.7 163 30 301.3 303.5 293.7 337.5 12.30 4 850 1552 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 13.8 172 29 302.2 304.3 293.2 335.3 11.18 5 800 2065 13.1 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 189 25 305.2 307.3 294.3 339.8 11.59 6 750 2608 11.2 11.0 99 0.1 11.1 200 18 308.7 310.8 294.9 342.3 11.08 7 700 3183 8.5 7.8 96 0.6 8.1 204 9 311.9 313.7 294.6 341.3 9.56 8 650 3794 5.7 5.0 96 0.6 5.3 222 9 315.4 317.0 294.8 341.9 8.47 9 600 4447 2.4 1.3 93 1.1 1.8 229 9 318.9 320.2 294.6 341.3 7.03 10 550 5147 -1.3 -4.3 80 3.0 -2.8 341 3 322.5 323.5 294.1 339.1 5.08 11 500 5903 -4.5 -11.2 59 6.7 -7.4 39 7 327.5 328.2 294.0 338.5 3.24 12 450 6724 -9.8 -15.9 61 6.1 -12.1 25 6 330.9 331.4 294.2 339.4 2.46 13 400 7624 -15.3 -23.1 51 7.8 -17.6 19 8 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.5 1.49 14 350 8619 -22.4 -27.9 61 5.4 -23.7 18 13 338.5 338.8 295.0 342.6 1.11 15 300 9732 -31.0 -39.3 44 8.3 -32.1 356 12 341.8 341.8 295.1 343.4 0.42 16 250 10995 -41.9 -48.3 50 6.4 -42.3 359 11 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.19 17 200 12468 -53.0 -60.4 40 7.4 -53.2 315 31 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14259 -68.2 -70.8 69 2.6 -68.2 281 30 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16636 -71.9 -81.0 24 9.1 -71.9 71 6 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.39 m Freezing level: 567.67 mb = 4899.22 m = 16073.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.55 mb = 4711.80 m = 15458.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.46 mb = 924.70 m = 3033.76 ft T: 20.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1477.87 m = 4848.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.59 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2673.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.01 mb = 1363.02 m = 4471.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.1 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 211.1 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 25.34 m/s