MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 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 1016 17 32.7 18.8 44 13.9 22.9 207 3 304.4 306.9 295.5 344.9 13.59 1 1000 162 29.3 17.7 50 11.6 21.3 216 4 302.4 304.8 294.4 340.4 12.85 2 950 616 24.7 16.6 61 8.1 19.2 237 3 302.3 304.6 294.2 339.6 12.61 3 900 1088 20.6 14.9 70 5.8 16.8 262 3 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.0 11.90 4 850 1579 16.4 13.8 84 2.6 14.7 271 3 303.3 305.5 293.9 338.1 11.71 5 800 2093 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.3 289 5 304.9 306.7 292.9 334.6 9.93 6 750 2633 9.3 7.7 90 1.6 8.3 345 7 306.7 308.3 292.6 333.4 8.83 7 700 3204 7.6 4.3 80 3.3 5.7 311 7 310.9 312.3 292.8 334.0 7.47 8 650 3812 4.7 1.1 78 3.5 2.7 326 8 314.2 315.5 292.9 334.4 6.41 9 600 4461 1.6 -3.3 70 4.9 -0.9 318 14 318.0 318.9 292.8 334.0 4.99 10 550 5159 -1.5 -12.4 43 10.8 -6.0 305 15 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.3 2.69 11 500 5912 -5.6 -23.2 23 17.6 -11.1 306 17 326.2 326.5 291.8 330.4 1.18 12 450 6730 -10.7 -30.4 18 19.7 -15.5 299 22 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.3 0.68 13 400 7623 -17.3 -34.3 21 16.9 -20.7 298 23 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.5 0.53 14 350 8610 -24.7 -32.1 51 7.3 -26.1 308 19 335.4 335.6 293.9 338.2 0.74 15 300 9712 -32.7 -48.3 20 15.6 -34.1 299 25 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.16 16 250 10968 -42.9 -53.3 31 10.4 -43.5 308 30 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.11 17 200 12436 -53.9 -61.2 41 7.3 -54.1 307 37 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.05 18 150 14238 -64.0 -76.3 17 12.3 -64.1 317 37 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16659 -71.6 -82.6 18 11.0 -71.7 340 22 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.74 m Freezing level: 574.44 mb = 4818.10 m = 15807.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.63 mb = 4292.49 m = 14082.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.20 mb = 1758.34 m = 5768.75 ft T: 15.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.88 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1862.12 m = 6109.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.48 mb = 1664.35 m = 5460.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.48 mb = 2129.68 m = 6987.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 626.48 mb = 4111.19 m = 13487.99 ft B at Equ Level: 28.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 526.48 mb = 5504.30 m = 18058.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 337.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 11.26 m/s