MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 31.9 19.8 49 12.1 23.3 186 2 303.6 306.3 295.8 346.4 14.41 1 1000 161 28.9 18.7 54 10.2 21.7 201 2 302.0 304.5 294.8 342.3 13.65 2 950 615 24.5 17.4 64 7.1 19.6 237 2 302.1 304.5 294.6 341.2 13.25 3 900 1086 20.4 15.8 75 4.6 17.3 281 2 302.6 304.9 294.3 340.0 12.64 4 850 1578 16.3 14.5 89 1.7 15.1 291 3 303.2 305.5 294.3 339.8 12.33 5 800 2092 13.3 11.1 86 2.2 11.9 308 7 305.3 307.3 293.4 336.6 10.42 6 750 2633 10.3 9.0 92 1.3 9.5 307 9 307.7 309.5 293.6 337.0 9.66 7 700 3205 7.6 5.2 85 2.3 6.2 296 11 310.9 312.4 293.2 335.5 7.98 8 650 3814 4.8 1.2 77 3.6 2.8 316 12 314.4 315.6 293.0 334.6 6.43 9 600 4463 1.1 -2.8 76 3.8 -0.9 314 12 317.3 318.3 292.8 334.0 5.21 10 550 5159 -2.3 -9.5 58 7.1 -5.4 303 17 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.40 11 500 5910 -6.5 -13.2 59 6.7 -9.2 306 20 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.4 2.75 12 450 6727 -10.5 -20.6 43 10.1 -13.8 306 21 330.0 330.4 293.3 335.8 1.65 13 400 7624 -16.5 -28.5 35 12.0 -19.4 301 19 333.5 333.7 293.6 336.9 0.91 14 350 8614 -23.3 -33.6 38 10.4 -25.2 316 24 337.4 337.5 294.3 339.8 0.64 15 300 9721 -32.5 -40.1 47 7.6 -33.4 296 29 339.6 339.6 294.6 341.1 0.39 16 250 10977 -42.7 -47.6 59 4.9 -43.0 288 31 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.21 17 200 12448 -53.2 -60.9 39 7.7 -53.4 314 32 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14247 -65.4 -74.7 27 9.3 -65.5 323 26 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16659 -72.7 -82.5 21 9.8 -72.7 328 23 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.91 m Freezing level: 584.46 mb = 4679.59 m = 15352.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.24 mb = 4299.65 m = 14106.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.22 mb = 1545.02 m = 5068.91 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 9.87 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1691.31 m = 5548.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.11 mb = 1516.03 m = 4973.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.11 mb = 2079.83 m = 6823.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.11 mb = 6371.81 m = 20904.63 ft B at Equ Level: 90.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.11 mb = 10418.75 m = 34181.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.4 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 334.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.60 Bulk Shear: 13.74 m/s