MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 26.2 23.4 84 2.8 24.2 75 2 298.2 301.5 296.8 351.0 18.12 1 1000 130 25.2 21.7 81 3.5 22.8 78 4 298.4 301.4 295.9 346.6 16.59 2 950 580 23.0 18.4 75 4.6 19.8 23 3 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.1 14.16 3 900 1051 20.6 15.9 74 4.7 17.4 319 3 302.7 305.0 294.4 340.3 12.69 4 850 1543 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 263 4 304.8 306.9 294.2 339.6 11.67 5 800 2060 14.7 11.6 82 3.1 12.7 240 7 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.3 10.79 6 750 2604 11.5 8.9 84 2.6 9.9 232 8 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.3 9.59 7 700 3179 8.5 6.4 87 2.1 7.2 218 8 311.9 313.5 294.0 338.6 8.65 8 650 3789 5.0 3.2 88 1.8 3.9 206 8 314.6 316.0 293.8 337.9 7.42 9 600 4439 0.8 -0.6 90 1.4 0.0 234 8 317.0 318.2 293.4 336.5 6.12 10 550 5135 -1.9 -2.5 96 0.6 -2.2 227 14 321.8 323.0 294.5 340.7 5.82 11 500 5889 -5.7 -6.8 92 1.1 -6.2 212 14 326.1 327.1 294.7 341.5 4.61 12 450 6709 -10.2 -11.6 90 1.4 -10.8 204 16 330.4 331.1 294.9 342.3 3.51 13 400 7608 -15.5 -16.3 93 0.8 -15.8 196 15 334.8 335.4 295.3 344.2 2.67 14 350 8604 -21.9 -23.6 86 1.7 -22.4 199 16 339.3 339.6 295.6 345.2 1.63 15 300 9720 -29.8 -39.0 41 9.2 -31.2 197 18 343.4 343.4 295.5 345.1 0.43 16 250 10991 -40.4 -46.8 51 6.3 -40.9 192 17 345.9 346.0 295.9 346.9 0.23 17 200 12470 -52.9 -56.8 63 3.8 -53.1 188 18 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.09 18 150 14261 -67.5 -69.2 79 1.7 -67.5 243 7 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16683 -69.7 -81.5 16 11.8 -69.8 105 13 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.62 m Freezing level: 585.22 mb = 4644.68 m = 15238.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.91 mb = 4453.32 m = 14610.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.54 mb = 374.18 m = 1227.61 ft T: 24.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 12.62 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1610.09 m = 5282.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.99 C = 91.38 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 124.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.85 mb = 994.23 m = 3261.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.85 mb = 2706.56 m = 8879.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.85 mb = 7041.19 m = 23100.72 ft B at Equ Level: 123.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.85 mb = 9936.41 m = 32599.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -12.1 tot: -10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.03 Bulk Shear: 17.70 m/s