MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.04,-86.46 Latitude: 30.04 Longitude: -86.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 3 26.3 18.8 63 7.6 21.1 35 13 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.1 13.49 1 1000 165 24.6 16.3 60 8.3 19.1 35 14 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.9 11.75 2 950 613 23.1 12.1 50 11.0 16.1 29 9 300.6 302.3 291.2 328.2 9.37 3 900 1082 20.6 10.3 52 10.2 14.2 358 5 302.7 304.3 291.4 328.9 8.79 4 850 1574 17.9 7.4 50 10.5 11.6 330 7 304.9 306.3 291.1 327.9 7.62 5 800 2089 14.4 4.8 52 9.6 8.9 311 7 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.0 6.73 6 750 2631 10.6 2.5 57 8.1 6.2 296 8 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.0 6.13 7 700 3203 7.1 0.4 62 6.7 3.5 301 10 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.9 5.64 8 650 3809 4.1 -0.1 74 4.2 1.8 300 10 313.6 314.7 292.2 331.9 5.84 9 600 4457 0.7 -2.9 77 3.6 -1.1 293 9 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.5 5.17 10 550 5151 -3.1 -7.1 74 4.0 -5.0 311 9 320.4 321.2 292.7 333.7 4.07 11 500 5902 -6.2 -12.3 62 6.1 -8.7 295 12 325.5 326.1 293.2 335.5 2.97 12 450 6720 -10.6 -21.0 42 10.5 -13.9 295 18 329.9 330.3 293.2 335.5 1.59 13 400 7616 -16.7 -25.2 48 8.5 -19.0 291 22 333.2 333.5 293.7 337.7 1.23 14 350 8605 -23.5 -34.9 34 11.4 -25.6 291 26 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.2 0.56 15 300 9711 -32.7 -42.0 39 9.3 -33.8 280 28 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.5 0.32 16 250 10966 -43.4 -48.0 60 4.6 -43.7 295 31 341.6 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.20 17 200 12428 -55.2 -59.1 62 3.9 -55.3 295 39 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.07 18 150 14221 -64.4 -75.5 20 11.1 -64.5 299 32 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16641 -71.1 -82.7 16 11.7 -71.1 304 13 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.65 m Freezing level: 590.51 mb = 4588.96 m = 15055.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.66 mb = 4209.29 m = 13809.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.20 mb = 965.08 m = 3166.24 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2733.08 m = 8966.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.02 C = 98.64 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 13.60 C K Index: 24.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6375.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.50 mb = 1669.40 m = 5476.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.5 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 347.5 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -171.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 24.22 m/s