MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1016 16 26.0 21.3 75 4.7 22.6 54 2 297.8 300.7 295.2 343.7 15.85 1 1000 155 24.3 20.2 78 4.1 21.5 62 4 297.5 300.2 294.6 341.2 15.09 2 950 604 21.9 18.6 82 3.3 19.6 201 2 299.4 302.0 294.6 341.3 14.37 3 900 1072 18.7 15.8 83 2.9 16.8 210 7 300.8 303.1 293.8 338.0 12.68 4 850 1562 16.3 10.8 70 5.5 12.9 206 12 303.2 305.0 292.2 331.8 9.60 5 800 2076 13.4 9.4 77 3.9 10.9 220 13 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.4 9.32 6 750 2617 10.7 7.4 80 3.3 8.8 256 13 308.2 309.8 293.0 334.6 8.67 7 700 3190 7.8 5.7 86 2.1 6.5 290 16 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.5 8.23 8 650 3799 4.7 3.3 91 1.3 3.9 309 17 314.2 315.7 293.7 337.7 7.51 9 600 4449 0.9 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 313 18 317.2 318.4 293.9 338.2 6.62 10 550 5145 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.6 -3.0 319 20 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.7 5.48 11 500 5896 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 322 19 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.2 4.48 12 450 6714 -11.0 -11.3 97 0.3 -11.1 325 20 329.4 330.2 294.7 341.6 3.59 13 400 7611 -15.7 -20.0 70 4.3 -17.1 341 19 334.5 334.9 294.7 341.5 1.95 14 350 8604 -22.8 -29.9 52 7.1 -24.4 345 35 338.1 338.2 294.7 341.5 0.91 15 300 9714 -31.7 -36.3 64 4.5 -32.4 330 27 340.6 340.8 295.0 342.8 0.57 16 250 10972 -43.1 -43.6 94 0.6 -43.1 331 26 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.32 17 200 12431 -56.2 -56.5 96 0.3 -56.2 315 37 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14221 -63.3 -75.6 17 12.3 -63.4 337 40 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16645 -72.1 -82.1 21 10.0 -72.2 333 23 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.18 m Freezing level: 587.22 mb = 4626.56 m = 15178.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.86 mb = 4571.53 m = 14998.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.38 mb = 618.74 m = 2029.97 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 9.55 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1317.25 m = 4321.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.89 mb = 920.68 m = 3020.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.89 mb = 2607.27 m = 8553.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 500.89 mb = 5882.48 m = 19299.23 ft B at Equ Level: 59.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.89 mb = 7974.93 m = 26164.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 100.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 36.96 m/s