MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.93,-89.36 Latitude: 31.93 Longitude: -89.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 119 20.0 19.8 99 0.2 19.8 149 2 292.8 295.4 292.9 334.2 14.59 1 1000 153 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 148 3 292.8 295.3 292.6 333.5 14.32 2 950 594 18.3 17.8 97 0.5 17.9 252 4 295.7 298.2 293.0 334.8 13.60 3 900 1059 17.2 16.5 95 0.8 16.7 296 12 299.3 301.7 293.8 337.8 13.20 4 850 1546 14.9 14.0 94 1.0 14.3 295 14 301.8 304.0 293.5 336.9 11.88 5 800 2059 12.7 11.7 93 1.0 12.0 293 14 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.1 10.84 6 750 2600 10.3 9.2 93 1.1 9.6 297 15 307.8 309.6 293.7 337.4 9.78 7 700 3173 7.6 6.4 92 1.2 6.8 292 18 310.9 312.5 293.7 337.4 8.62 8 650 3781 4.2 3.3 94 0.9 3.7 295 18 313.7 315.2 293.6 337.1 7.50 9 600 4430 0.8 0.4 98 0.3 0.6 304 19 317.0 318.3 293.8 337.9 6.60 10 550 5126 -2.4 -3.3 94 0.9 -2.9 313 18 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.0 5.48 11 500 5878 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 298 19 325.2 326.1 294.3 340.0 4.46 12 450 6695 -10.9 -11.9 93 1.0 -11.3 292 22 329.5 330.2 294.6 341.2 3.43 13 400 7592 -16.2 -17.3 92 1.0 -16.6 300 25 333.9 334.4 294.9 342.6 2.47 14 350 8583 -23.0 -24.1 90 1.2 -23.3 310 30 337.8 338.1 295.1 343.4 1.55 15 300 9694 -31.4 -32.4 91 1.0 -31.6 311 35 341.1 341.3 295.3 344.3 0.84 16 250 10956 -41.9 -41.9 100 -0.0 -41.9 308 41 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12423 -55.2 -55.3 99 0.0 -55.2 315 49 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.11 18 150 14193 -67.2 -70.2 66 3.0 -67.2 327 54 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16629 -70.7 -82.5 16 11.8 -70.8 318 24 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.25 m Freezing level: 587.86 mb = 4598.76 m = 15087.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.24 mb = 4547.39 m = 14919.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.94 mb = 144.55 m = 474.23 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.34 mb = 1112.42 m = 3649.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 2.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4211.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.22 mb = 628.51 m = 2062.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 328.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 45.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 33.59 m/s