MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 24.8 21.4 81 3.4 22.4 62 5 296.6 299.5 295.0 342.8 16.00 1 1000 153 23.4 20.5 84 2.9 21.3 70 6 296.5 299.3 294.5 340.7 15.31 2 950 601 21.9 18.5 81 3.4 19.6 188 4 299.4 302.0 294.6 341.1 14.25 3 900 1069 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.8 218 10 301.1 303.4 293.8 338.0 12.55 4 850 1559 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 229 14 302.8 304.9 293.3 335.7 11.11 5 800 2073 13.2 10.4 83 2.8 11.4 246 15 305.2 307.1 293.1 335.1 9.97 6 750 2614 10.4 7.5 82 3.0 8.6 266 17 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.68 7 700 3187 7.4 6.4 93 1.0 6.8 282 15 310.7 312.3 293.6 337.3 8.66 8 650 3795 4.4 4.1 98 0.3 4.2 292 10 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.5 7.90 9 600 4444 0.8 0.7 99 0.1 0.7 304 12 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.4 6.73 10 550 5140 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.2 -2.7 327 12 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.4 5.67 11 500 5892 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.5 331 13 325.4 326.4 294.5 340.8 4.62 12 450 6710 -10.5 -12.0 89 1.5 -11.1 331 13 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.6 3.39 13 400 7608 -16.3 -19.0 79 2.7 -17.2 333 17 333.8 334.2 294.6 341.3 2.13 14 350 8598 -23.4 -25.8 81 2.3 -24.0 344 27 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.1 1.34 15 300 9707 -32.0 -34.5 78 2.5 -32.4 340 30 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.9 0.68 16 250 10966 -42.4 -43.3 90 1.0 -42.5 316 30 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.4 0.33 17 200 12431 -55.0 -55.5 94 0.5 -55.0 313 46 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.1 0.10 18 150 14217 -64.2 -74.0 25 9.8 -64.3 342 43 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16642 -71.8 -82.2 20 10.4 -71.9 338 25 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.90 m Freezing level: 588.05 mb = 4610.33 m = 15125.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.36 mb = 4587.07 m = 15049.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.84 mb = 447.45 m = 1467.98 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 6.79 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1301.21 m = 4269.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.45 mb = 874.74 m = 2869.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.45 mb = 2334.21 m = 7658.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.45 mb = 5651.66 m = 18541.96 ft B at Equ Level: 69.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 385.45 mb = 7882.47 m = 25860.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 40.37 m/s