MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1014 17 21.9 20.7 93 1.2 21.1 55 4 293.8 296.6 293.7 337.5 15.32 1 1000 141 20.5 19.8 96 0.7 20.1 53 7 293.7 296.3 293.2 335.6 14.69 2 950 585 19.9 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 90 5 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.3 14.14 3 900 1052 18.5 16.0 85 2.5 16.8 233 5 300.6 302.9 293.9 338.1 12.79 4 850 1542 16.3 14.3 88 2.0 15.0 266 12 303.2 305.5 294.1 339.4 12.17 5 800 2056 13.3 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 266 15 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.8 11.16 6 750 2598 10.2 9.8 97 0.4 10.0 266 15 307.6 309.6 294.0 338.6 10.21 7 700 3171 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 278 15 310.9 312.6 294.1 339.1 9.20 8 650 3779 4.5 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 287 15 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.1 8.02 9 600 4429 1.0 0.8 98 0.3 0.9 284 16 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.8 6.76 10 550 5125 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.2 -2.6 284 18 321.2 322.3 294.3 339.7 5.73 11 500 5877 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 286 20 325.1 326.0 294.3 340.1 4.53 12 450 6694 -10.9 -11.5 95 0.6 -11.2 294 22 329.5 330.3 294.7 341.5 3.53 13 400 7591 -16.3 -16.8 96 0.5 -16.5 300 24 333.8 334.3 295.0 342.7 2.56 14 350 8583 -23.1 -23.3 99 0.1 -23.2 301 24 337.6 337.9 295.2 343.6 1.68 15 300 9693 -31.2 -31.5 97 0.3 -31.3 324 28 341.4 341.6 295.4 344.8 0.91 16 250 10957 -41.8 -43.7 82 1.9 -42.0 316 35 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.2 0.32 17 200 12423 -55.3 -56.0 92 0.7 -55.3 322 44 345.2 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.10 18 150 14198 -65.3 -71.3 43 6.0 -65.4 336 51 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16618 -72.4 -82.2 21 9.8 -72.5 337 25 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.41 m Freezing level: 585.20 mb = 4634.84 m = 15205.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.00 mb = 4604.00 m = 15104.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.03 mb = 167.19 m = 548.51 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1389.40 m = 4558.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3776.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.68 mb = 633.72 m = 2079.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.4 neg: -5.4 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 47.40 m/s