MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1014 17 30.0 19.3 53 10.7 22.5 184 6 302.0 304.5 295.1 343.4 14.06 1 1000 144 28.9 18.1 52 10.9 21.4 191 10 302.1 304.5 294.6 340.9 13.15 2 950 598 25.0 16.4 59 8.6 19.1 205 9 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.3 12.44 3 900 1070 21.2 15.2 69 5.9 17.2 233 5 303.3 305.6 294.2 339.5 12.18 4 850 1563 17.4 13.8 80 3.5 15.0 307 4 304.4 306.5 294.2 339.5 11.79 5 800 2078 13.3 12.1 93 1.2 12.6 324 6 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.8 11.17 6 750 2620 10.5 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 330 10 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.7 10.11 7 700 3193 7.9 5.1 82 2.8 6.2 333 9 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.6 7.88 8 650 3803 5.3 0.3 70 5.0 2.6 328 9 315.0 316.1 292.8 334.1 6.05 9 600 4453 1.6 -3.6 68 5.2 -1.0 319 14 318.0 318.9 292.7 333.7 4.89 10 550 5150 -1.9 -13.4 41 11.5 -6.5 299 16 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.1 2.47 11 500 5902 -5.5 -21.7 27 16.1 -10.7 296 19 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.1 1.35 12 450 6720 -10.8 -22.6 37 11.8 -14.4 297 25 329.6 329.9 292.9 334.5 1.38 13 400 7615 -16.6 -27.2 39 10.6 -19.3 295 20 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.2 1.03 14 350 8603 -24.5 -35.5 36 10.9 -26.4 300 20 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.7 0.53 15 300 9707 -32.5 -41.6 40 9.1 -33.6 321 20 339.6 339.7 294.6 340.9 0.33 16 250 10963 -43.2 -46.0 74 2.7 -43.5 310 29 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.8 0.25 17 200 12428 -54.5 -57.9 66 3.4 -54.6 305 38 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.08 18 150 14229 -63.9 -75.8 18 11.9 -64.0 327 42 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16649 -71.7 -82.7 18 11.0 -71.8 338 22 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.48 m Freezing level: 577.23 mb = 4770.26 m = 15650.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.66 mb = 4270.15 m = 14009.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.80 mb = 1373.94 m = 4507.63 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.43 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1944.12 m = 6378.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.68 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3082.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.64 mb = 1626.42 m = 5335.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 33.45 m/s