MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z 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 18 27.6 19.6 62 8.0 22.0 172 5 299.5 302.2 294.6 341.3 14.30 1 1000 144 27.8 18.1 56 9.7 21.1 179 10 300.9 303.3 294.2 339.6 13.17 2 950 596 24.1 16.5 63 7.6 18.9 187 8 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.4 12.50 3 900 1068 21.3 15.2 69 6.0 17.2 243 4 303.4 305.7 294.2 339.6 12.20 4 850 1561 17.5 14.1 80 3.4 15.2 277 6 304.5 306.7 294.4 340.2 11.96 5 800 2077 13.9 11.3 84 2.6 12.2 313 6 306.0 307.9 293.7 337.7 10.57 6 750 2619 10.9 9.4 91 1.5 9.9 334 9 308.4 310.2 293.9 338.5 9.91 7 700 3193 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.6 322 10 311.3 312.9 293.4 336.5 8.17 8 650 3803 5.4 0.8 72 4.6 2.8 312 9 315.0 316.2 293.0 334.7 6.24 9 600 4454 2.0 -4.4 63 6.4 -1.2 305 14 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.2 4.60 10 550 5152 -1.5 -10.7 49 9.2 -5.4 294 18 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.07 11 500 5905 -5.4 -15.4 45 9.9 -9.2 297 22 326.4 326.9 292.9 334.3 2.31 12 450 6724 -10.8 -17.0 60 6.2 -13.0 299 23 329.7 330.1 293.7 337.5 2.25 13 400 7619 -17.0 -23.4 58 6.4 -18.8 295 22 332.9 333.2 293.9 338.1 1.45 14 350 8606 -24.5 -33.3 44 8.8 -26.1 293 21 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.66 15 300 9713 -31.7 -44.3 28 12.6 -33.1 327 16 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.25 16 250 10971 -43.0 -45.1 79 2.1 -43.2 330 23 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.27 17 200 12433 -54.3 -58.7 58 4.4 -54.4 309 31 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14235 -64.0 -76.7 16 12.7 -64.1 326 44 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16664 -71.0 -82.8 16 11.7 -71.1 336 19 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.86 m Freezing level: 571.49 mb = 4851.70 m = 15917.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.97 mb = 4253.44 m = 13954.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.80 mb = 1040.58 m = 3413.94 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.94 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 2026.97 m = 6650.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.08 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3354.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.20 mb = 1498.00 m = 4914.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.9 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 326.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 37.61 m/s