MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 27.83,-85.63 Latitude: 27.83 Longitude: -85.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 29.2 24.1 74 5.1 25.4 193 13 301.3 304.8 298.1 357.3 19.00 1 1000 115 28.0 22.6 73 5.4 24.1 193 14 301.1 304.4 297.3 352.8 17.54 2 950 569 23.7 21.7 89 2.0 22.2 193 14 301.2 304.4 297.2 352.5 17.43 3 900 1040 20.6 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 195 14 302.8 305.5 295.8 346.3 14.72 4 850 1534 18.6 13.7 73 4.9 15.4 191 13 305.7 307.8 294.5 340.8 11.71 5 800 2053 16.5 8.7 60 7.8 11.6 182 13 308.7 310.4 293.2 335.7 8.84 6 750 2600 13.7 4.6 54 9.1 8.4 178 12 311.5 312.8 292.7 333.5 7.12 7 700 3178 10.5 0.1 49 10.4 4.8 181 11 314.1 315.1 292.1 331.4 5.51 8 650 3791 6.8 -4.2 45 11.1 1.3 190 9 316.7 317.5 291.9 330.5 4.31 9 600 4444 2.8 -7.0 48 9.8 -1.9 198 9 319.3 320.0 292.2 331.6 3.76 10 550 5143 -1.5 -10.7 50 9.2 -5.5 210 8 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.07 11 500 5896 -5.8 -16.1 44 10.3 -9.6 226 8 326.0 326.4 292.6 333.4 2.18 12 450 6714 -10.6 -20.1 46 9.4 -13.7 198 6 329.8 330.2 293.3 335.9 1.73 13 400 7609 -16.7 -23.6 55 6.8 -18.7 162 4 333.3 333.5 293.9 338.4 1.43 14 350 8600 -22.7 -39.9 19 17.2 -25.4 123 11 338.2 338.3 294.2 339.5 0.34 15 300 9714 -30.5 -44.5 24 14.0 -32.1 118 20 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.24 16 250 10982 -40.4 -49.3 38 8.9 -41.0 108 35 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.8 0.17 17 200 12462 -52.9 -58.4 51 5.5 -53.1 98 36 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.07 18 150 14251 -66.7 -70.3 60 3.6 -66.7 92 27 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16669 -71.7 -82.3 19 10.6 -71.7 85 6 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.74 m Freezing level: 567.74 mb = 4894.80 m = 16058.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.32 mb = 4055.01 m = 13303.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.08 mb = 650.72 m = 2134.88 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 26.74 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1054.90 m = 3460.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 27.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1120.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.44 mb = 872.59 m = 2862.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.44 mb = 2684.91 m = 8808.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.44 mb = 13384.24 m = 43911.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1114.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.8 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 222.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -9.0 tot: -7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1108.03 Bulk Shear: 1.01 m/s