MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 30.39,-86.32 Latitude: 30.39 Longitude: -86.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 20 31.0 22.1 59 8.9 24.5 135 4 302.9 306.0 297.1 352.4 16.69 1 1000 143 28.3 21.0 64 7.4 23.0 127 5 301.5 304.4 296.2 348.0 15.80 2 950 597 24.2 19.6 76 4.6 21.0 110 6 301.8 304.6 296.0 346.9 15.32 3 900 1069 20.4 17.9 85 2.5 18.7 107 7 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.4 14.48 4 850 1561 17.5 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 103 8 304.5 306.8 294.8 341.9 12.54 5 800 2079 15.8 10.6 71 5.2 12.5 104 10 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.6 10.08 6 750 2625 12.9 7.3 69 5.6 9.5 116 11 310.6 312.2 293.6 337.0 8.60 7 700 3202 9.7 3.9 67 5.8 6.3 124 10 313.3 314.7 293.3 335.9 7.26 8 650 3815 6.4 -1.2 58 7.6 2.4 116 10 316.2 317.2 292.6 333.3 5.38 9 600 4467 2.6 -5.6 55 8.2 -1.4 115 8 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.7 4.19 10 550 5166 -1.2 -8.2 59 7.0 -4.4 138 9 322.7 323.4 293.0 335.0 3.74 11 500 5921 -4.8 -11.3 60 6.5 -7.6 135 12 327.2 327.9 293.9 338.1 3.22 12 450 6743 -9.3 -18.3 48 9.0 -12.5 120 13 331.5 331.9 294.0 338.6 2.01 13 400 7644 -14.6 -30.5 25 15.9 -18.4 109 15 336.0 336.2 294.0 338.8 0.76 14 350 8642 -21.7 -35.7 27 14.0 -24.3 110 16 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.5 0.52 15 300 9757 -30.6 -39.4 42 8.8 -31.8 111 19 342.3 342.3 295.3 343.9 0.42 16 250 11024 -40.5 -42.6 80 2.1 -40.7 87 17 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.2 0.36 17 200 12502 -53.4 -54.7 85 1.3 -53.4 106 23 348.2 348.3 296.4 348.7 0.11 18 150 14290 -67.8 -68.3 93 0.5 -67.8 82 35 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.03 19 100 16697 -70.6 -82.9 15 12.3 -70.6 102 22 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.73 m Freezing level: 565.99 mb = 4942.37 m = 16214.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.49 mb = 4219.66 m = 13843.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.90 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.57 mb = 1149.77 m = 3772.17 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 19.69 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1443.02 m = 4734.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.11 C = 89.79 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 31.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.49 mb = 1169.88 m = 3838.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.49 mb = 3148.84 m = 10330.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.49 mb = 11171.85 m = 36652.61 ft B at Equ Level: 214.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.49 mb = 14512.55 m = 47612.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.1 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 149.1 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 121.08 Bulk Shear: 1.78 m/s