MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 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 1015 17 21.5 19.1 86 2.4 19.9 31 2 293.4 295.8 292.4 332.7 13.82 1 1000 149 21.9 16.9 73 5.0 18.6 81 5 295.1 297.3 291.7 330.1 12.23 2 950 596 21.5 19.2 87 2.3 19.9 185 8 299.0 301.7 294.9 342.4 14.89 3 900 1065 20.1 15.4 74 4.7 16.9 226 10 302.2 304.4 294.0 338.5 12.29 4 850 1557 17.2 13.1 76 4.2 14.5 245 9 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.5 11.19 5 800 2073 14.0 11.9 87 2.1 12.7 273 9 306.1 308.1 294.1 339.2 11.02 6 750 2615 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 284 9 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.3 10.22 7 700 3189 7.6 6.5 92 1.2 6.9 289 10 311.0 312.6 293.7 337.7 8.69 8 650 3797 4.1 2.8 91 1.3 3.4 294 12 313.6 315.0 293.3 336.1 7.22 9 600 4445 0.4 -0.6 93 1.1 -0.2 291 16 316.6 317.8 293.3 336.0 6.10 10 550 5139 -2.8 -3.8 92 1.0 -3.3 286 20 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.8 5.24 11 500 5891 -6.3 -7.4 92 1.1 -6.8 297 25 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.9 4.39 12 450 6709 -10.9 -11.9 92 1.0 -11.3 310 24 329.6 330.3 294.6 341.2 3.42 13 400 7604 -16.7 -17.0 98 0.3 -16.8 316 22 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.1 2.53 14 350 8594 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 316 24 336.7 337.1 294.9 342.5 1.61 15 300 9701 -32.1 -32.3 98 0.2 -32.1 300 25 340.1 340.3 295.1 343.3 0.84 16 250 10960 -42.4 -45.0 75 2.7 -42.6 321 33 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.2 0.27 17 200 12427 -54.6 -55.6 88 1.0 -54.6 325 40 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14213 -65.2 -70.5 48 5.3 -65.3 324 33 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16630 -70.8 -82.5 16 11.7 -70.8 325 18 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.04 m Freezing level: 593.37 mb = 4536.72 m = 14884.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.22 mb = 4414.68 m = 14483.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.27 mb = 322.53 m = 1058.16 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1818.94 m = 5967.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3712.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.96 mb = 903.18 m = 2963.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.0 neg: -2.1 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 42.21 m/s