MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.26,-89.65 Latitude: 30.26 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 16 24.8 20.7 78 4.1 21.9 346 0 296.7 299.5 294.6 340.9 15.31 1 1000 146 24.6 20.0 75 4.6 21.3 292 0 297.8 300.4 294.5 340.8 14.86 2 950 596 22.3 18.2 77 4.1 19.5 217 5 299.9 302.4 294.5 340.7 13.98 3 900 1065 19.7 14.3 71 5.4 16.1 200 8 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.6 11.46 4 850 1555 16.9 11.5 70 5.4 13.4 191 10 303.9 305.7 292.7 333.9 10.07 5 800 2070 13.6 10.5 82 3.1 11.6 205 10 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.7 10.01 6 750 2612 11.1 7.5 79 3.6 8.9 250 9 308.6 310.2 293.1 335.1 8.71 7 700 3186 8.3 4.0 74 4.3 5.8 285 13 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.3 7.29 8 650 3796 5.0 0.0 70 5.0 2.3 293 16 314.6 315.8 292.6 333.3 5.91 9 600 4445 0.9 -1.3 85 2.3 -0.3 290 16 317.2 318.3 293.2 335.7 5.79 10 550 5140 -2.9 -5.6 81 2.7 -4.2 287 22 320.7 321.5 293.2 335.5 4.57 11 500 5890 -7.1 -11.3 72 4.2 -8.8 280 28 324.4 325.0 293.1 335.2 3.22 12 450 6705 -11.2 -15.0 73 3.8 -12.6 290 28 329.1 329.7 293.9 338.2 2.65 13 400 7601 -16.2 -20.1 72 3.9 -17.4 310 24 334.0 334.4 294.5 340.8 1.94 14 350 8593 -23.2 -24.4 90 1.2 -23.5 330 26 337.4 337.8 295.0 342.9 1.51 15 300 9702 -31.9 -33.1 89 1.2 -32.1 331 22 340.4 340.6 295.1 343.4 0.78 16 250 10961 -43.0 -45.6 76 2.6 -43.2 321 22 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.26 17 200 12420 -55.9 -57.3 84 1.4 -55.9 322 35 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14218 -63.3 -76.2 16 12.9 -63.4 329 36 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16640 -72.4 -82.2 22 9.8 -72.5 329 22 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.90 m Freezing level: 587.86 mb = 4613.81 m = 15136.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.30 mb = 4373.68 m = 14349.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.98 mb = 540.62 m = 1773.67 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1641.65 m = 5385.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 31.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.69 mb = 1029.03 m = 3376.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.69 mb = 4066.14 m = 13340.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.69 mb = 6390.42 m = 20965.69 ft B at Equ Level: 44.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.69 mb = 7625.70 m = 25018.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 19.56 m/s