MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1012 17 28.9 21.7 65 7.1 23.7 83 4 301.0 304.0 296.4 349.1 16.37 1 1000 122 27.2 20.8 68 6.4 22.6 82 6 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.1 15.61 2 950 574 23.9 18.3 71 5.6 20.0 89 4 301.5 304.0 295.0 342.8 14.04 3 900 1046 20.8 16.8 78 4.0 18.0 64 1 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.8 13.47 4 850 1539 17.8 14.6 82 3.2 15.7 288 4 304.8 307.1 294.8 341.9 12.42 5 800 2056 14.8 11.4 80 3.4 12.6 273 8 306.9 308.9 294.0 338.9 10.61 6 750 2601 11.9 8.2 78 3.8 9.6 245 10 309.5 311.3 293.7 337.4 9.12 7 700 3176 8.8 5.3 79 3.5 6.7 231 10 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.1 8.02 8 650 3787 5.3 3.1 86 2.2 4.1 228 9 315.0 316.4 293.9 338.1 7.39 9 600 4437 1.5 -0.5 86 2.0 0.4 245 10 317.9 319.0 293.7 337.5 6.14 10 550 5135 -1.8 -2.3 97 0.5 -2.0 225 13 321.9 323.1 294.6 341.1 5.89 11 500 5888 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.3 218 18 326.1 327.0 294.6 341.1 4.51 12 450 6708 -10.3 -12.2 86 1.8 -11.1 218 18 330.3 330.9 294.7 341.7 3.35 13 400 7606 -16.0 -17.1 91 1.1 -16.4 224 18 334.2 334.8 295.0 343.0 2.51 14 350 8600 -22.5 -24.2 86 1.7 -22.9 204 18 338.5 338.8 295.3 344.1 1.55 15 300 9714 -30.2 -36.8 52 6.6 -31.2 187 19 342.9 343.0 295.5 345.0 0.55 16 250 10985 -40.2 -46.7 50 6.5 -40.8 203 16 346.3 346.3 296.0 347.2 0.23 17 200 12464 -52.8 -56.4 65 3.6 -52.9 176 17 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14255 -67.2 -69.1 77 1.9 -67.2 243 2 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16672 -70.0 -81.2 18 11.2 -70.1 121 17 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.79 m Freezing level: 577.28 mb = 4754.24 m = 15597.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.27 mb = 4554.82 m = 14943.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.64 mb = 924.28 m = 3032.37 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1723.28 m = 5653.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.25 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.30 mb = 1197.70 m = 3929.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.30 mb = 3065.98 m = 10058.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 369.30 mb = 8200.19 m = 26903.20 ft B at Equ Level: 113.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.30 mb = 10730.26 m = 35203.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -17.1 tot: -15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 24.47 m/s