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: 28.61,-86.41 Latitude: 28.61 Longitude: -86.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 28.0 22.1 70 6.0 23.8 131 17 299.7 302.7 296.3 348.3 16.65 1 1000 158 26.2 19.7 67 6.5 21.6 133 19 299.4 302.1 294.8 342.0 14.61 2 950 608 22.2 18.0 77 4.1 19.4 140 20 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.1 13.84 3 900 1076 18.9 14.2 74 4.7 15.8 152 22 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.6 11.41 4 850 1566 15.7 11.6 76 4.1 13.1 162 26 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.7 10.15 5 800 2078 12.2 9.6 84 2.6 10.6 168 29 304.2 305.9 292.4 332.4 9.45 6 750 2617 9.2 8.5 95 0.7 8.8 177 31 306.6 308.3 293.0 334.7 9.32 7 700 3189 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 204 22 310.9 312.6 294.1 339.3 9.26 8 650 3798 5.0 4.9 99 0.1 4.9 225 11 314.6 316.2 294.5 340.7 8.37 9 600 4448 1.6 1.2 97 0.4 1.4 202 8 318.0 319.4 294.4 340.2 7.00 10 550 5146 -1.9 -2.7 94 0.8 -2.4 168 10 321.8 322.9 294.4 340.2 5.69 11 500 5900 -5.3 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.1 169 6 326.6 327.5 294.7 341.5 4.50 12 450 6723 -9.1 -16.3 56 7.2 -11.8 28 4 331.8 332.3 294.3 340.1 2.38 13 400 7623 -15.3 -24.4 46 9.1 -17.9 11 5 335.1 335.4 294.3 339.9 1.32 14 350 8618 -22.4 -33.3 37 10.9 -24.6 21 6 338.5 338.7 294.6 341.0 0.66 15 300 9730 -31.3 -37.3 55 6.0 -32.1 4 9 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.3 0.52 16 250 10993 -41.7 -49.9 40 8.2 -42.2 334 6 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.7 0.16 17 200 12464 -54.1 -57.4 67 3.2 -54.2 303 9 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.4 0.08 18 150 14253 -67.5 -73.0 46 5.4 -67.5 295 38 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16636 -71.7 -81.2 23 9.5 -71.8 67 7 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.95 m Freezing level: 577.28 mb = 4765.44 m = 15634.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.28 mb = 4702.50 m = 15427.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.80 mb = 757.08 m = 2483.81 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1386.50 m = 4548.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.04 C Cross Totals Index: 16.92 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.43 mb = 1100.91 m = 3611.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.43 mb = 1742.13 m = 5715.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 582.43 mb = 4686.69 m = 15376.11 ft B at Equ Level: 54.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 462.43 mb = 6510.01 m = 21358.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 202.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 18.64 m/s