MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 31.02,-86.36 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -86.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 21.6 21.1 97 0.5 21.3 98 5 293.8 296.7 294.0 338.9 15.79 1 1000 166 20.9 20.8 99 0.2 20.8 104 10 294.1 296.9 294.0 338.6 15.61 2 950 611 20.9 19.7 93 1.2 20.1 154 20 298.4 301.2 295.1 343.1 15.39 3 900 1080 19.2 16.7 86 2.4 17.5 157 17 301.3 303.7 294.5 340.8 13.43 4 850 1570 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 14.9 157 11 303.3 305.6 294.1 339.0 12.00 5 800 2085 13.9 11.1 83 2.8 12.1 172 4 305.9 307.9 293.6 337.2 10.40 6 750 2628 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.0 165 1 308.7 310.6 294.0 338.9 9.93 7 700 3202 8.3 4.5 76 3.9 6.1 236 2 311.7 313.2 293.1 335.1 7.54 8 650 3811 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 2.8 239 2 314.2 315.5 293.0 334.7 6.52 9 600 4460 1.0 -1.7 82 2.7 -0.4 271 3 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.2 5.64 10 550 5155 -3.2 -6.4 79 3.1 -4.7 256 5 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.3 4.32 11 500 5904 -7.2 -10.0 81 2.7 -8.4 219 8 324.2 324.9 293.4 336.2 3.59 12 450 6718 -11.8 -13.8 85 2.0 -12.6 223 10 328.4 329.0 293.9 338.4 2.93 13 400 7613 -16.4 -17.5 91 1.1 -16.7 234 21 333.7 334.2 294.8 342.2 2.42 14 350 8605 -23.0 -24.2 90 1.2 -23.3 216 19 337.8 338.1 295.1 343.4 1.55 15 300 9716 -31.1 -33.9 76 2.8 -31.6 208 24 341.5 341.6 295.3 344.2 0.72 16 250 10981 -41.3 -46.6 57 5.3 -41.7 194 26 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.6 0.23 17 200 12455 -53.7 -58.3 57 4.6 -53.8 221 20 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14251 -65.9 -71.2 47 5.3 -66.0 234 7 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16686 -68.7 -82.1 13 13.4 -68.8 97 4 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.86 m Freezing level: 588.50 mb = 4620.06 m = 15157.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.84 mb = 4368.33 m = 14331.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.08 mb = 130.89 m = 429.43 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 5.89 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1222.26 m = 4009.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.34 mb = 644.72 m = 2115.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.34 mb = 3545.87 m = 11633.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 421.34 mb = 7218.23 m = 23681.57 ft B at Equ Level: 123.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.34 mb = 9684.39 m = 31772.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.7 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 206.7 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.0 neg: -13.3 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 10.08 Bulk Shear: 12.41 m/s