MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 28.06,-87.19 Latitude: 28.06 Longitude: -87.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 28.9 21.4 64 7.4 23.5 302 9 301.0 304.0 296.3 348.3 16.09 1 1000 100 27.9 19.5 61 8.3 22.0 302 9 301.0 303.7 295.1 343.4 14.44 2 950 553 23.5 18.6 74 4.9 20.1 300 9 301.0 303.7 295.1 343.2 14.36 3 900 1023 19.1 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 296 9 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.5 14.05 4 850 1512 16.6 10.7 68 5.9 12.9 288 10 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.0 9.55 5 800 2027 14.4 2.3 44 12.0 7.8 285 12 306.5 307.5 289.9 323.8 5.67 6 750 2569 11.5 -0.1 45 11.7 5.4 282 15 309.1 310.1 290.2 324.8 5.06 7 700 3143 9.0 -7.1 31 16.1 1.5 276 18 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.7 3.20 8 650 3753 6.7 -18.0 15 24.7 -2.4 273 21 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.3 1.43 9 600 4406 3.7 -25.1 10 28.8 -5.4 269 22 320.4 320.5 289.8 323.3 0.83 10 550 5106 -0.6 -29.1 9 28.5 -8.6 269 23 323.3 323.5 290.5 325.6 0.62 11 500 5861 -4.6 -38.8 5 34.3 -12.0 269 28 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.27 12 450 6681 -10.2 -36.3 10 26.1 -15.7 269 30 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.38 13 400 7576 -17.4 -27.1 43 9.7 -19.8 261 36 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.1 1.03 14 350 8562 -23.5 -29.0 60 5.5 -24.7 257 39 337.1 337.3 294.5 340.8 1.00 15 300 9674 -31.4 -39.4 45 8.0 -32.5 263 43 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.7 0.42 16 250 10938 -40.7 -48.9 41 8.3 -41.3 264 44 345.6 345.6 295.8 346.3 0.18 17 200 12416 -53.3 -57.0 64 3.7 -53.4 269 44 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.09 18 150 14204 -67.6 -70.6 65 3.0 -67.7 250 39 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16603 -71.1 -81.4 20 10.3 -71.2 227 25 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.83 m Freezing level: 557.25 mb = 5004.51 m = 16418.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.63 mb = 3374.02 m = 11069.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.03 mb = 945.36 m = 3101.52 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 24.53 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1406.75 m = 4615.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 0.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 5.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 15.27 C K Index: 15.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.73 mb = 1159.51 m = 3804.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 440.73 mb = 6839.27 m = 22438.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.73 mb = 8970.31 m = 29429.79 ft B at Equ Level: 54.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.73 mb = 10646.57 m = 34929.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.53 Bulk Shear: 11.99 m/s