MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 29.59,-86.5 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 26.8 20.9 70 5.9 22.6 319 4 298.6 301.4 295.1 343.5 15.46 1 1000 141 25.3 19.9 72 5.4 21.5 320 4 298.4 301.1 294.7 341.5 14.82 2 950 590 22.0 17.6 76 4.4 19.0 269 2 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.8 13.46 3 900 1058 19.5 14.9 75 4.6 16.4 196 9 301.6 303.7 293.5 336.6 11.90 4 850 1549 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 207 13 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.6 10.92 5 800 2063 13.6 10.3 81 3.3 11.6 218 18 305.7 307.5 293.2 335.4 9.90 6 750 2604 10.2 7.9 85 2.4 8.8 219 21 307.7 309.4 293.0 334.8 8.94 7 700 3176 6.9 5.5 91 1.4 6.1 224 22 310.1 311.7 293.1 335.1 8.11 8 650 3783 3.8 3.0 94 0.8 3.4 227 21 313.3 314.7 293.3 336.1 7.32 9 600 4431 0.9 0.6 97 0.4 0.7 245 10 317.2 318.5 293.9 338.3 6.66 10 550 5127 -2.8 -3.7 93 0.9 -3.3 248 7 320.8 321.8 293.8 337.9 5.28 11 500 5879 -6.2 -7.4 91 1.2 -6.8 260 3 325.5 326.4 294.3 340.0 4.38 12 450 6697 -10.7 -13.0 83 2.3 -11.6 238 10 329.8 330.4 294.4 340.5 3.13 13 400 7593 -16.6 -24.1 52 7.5 -18.7 248 11 333.4 333.7 293.9 338.3 1.37 14 350 8584 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -23.1 212 24 338.4 338.7 295.3 343.9 1.49 15 300 9697 -31.4 -33.5 82 2.1 -31.8 248 27 341.1 341.2 295.3 343.9 0.75 16 250 10958 -42.5 -43.5 91 0.9 -42.6 249 27 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.33 17 200 12421 -55.8 -56.1 96 0.3 -55.8 259 34 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 18 150 14197 -67.3 -71.1 59 3.8 -67.4 252 22 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16620 -69.1 -81.9 14 12.8 -69.2 221 15 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.97 m Freezing level: 587.40 mb = 4606.63 m = 15113.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4553.17 m = 14938.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.67 mb = 749.14 m = 2457.78 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.71 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1526.88 m = 5009.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.57 mb = 1062.26 m = 3485.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.57 mb = 2553.47 m = 8377.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.57 mb = 5500.25 m = 18045.22 ft B at Equ Level: 55.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.57 mb = 7139.55 m = 23423.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 20.58 m/s