MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1014 17 30.2 20.6 56 9.6 23.3 185 5 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.0 15.19 1 1000 141 28.7 19.4 57 9.3 22.1 193 9 301.9 304.5 295.3 344.0 14.31 2 950 595 24.7 17.8 66 6.8 19.9 211 7 302.2 304.7 294.9 342.6 13.66 3 900 1067 20.9 16.6 77 4.3 17.9 258 4 303.0 305.5 294.9 342.5 13.31 4 850 1559 17.1 15.1 88 2.0 15.8 319 6 304.1 306.4 294.8 342.2 12.82 5 800 2075 13.6 12.6 94 1.0 13.0 320 8 305.7 307.8 294.4 340.4 11.57 6 750 2618 10.8 9.6 92 1.2 10.0 312 11 308.3 310.1 294.0 338.8 10.05 7 700 3193 8.7 4.8 77 3.8 6.4 306 11 312.1 313.6 293.3 336.1 7.74 8 650 3803 5.4 1.2 74 4.2 3.1 304 10 315.1 316.3 293.2 335.4 6.45 9 600 4454 1.6 -2.6 74 4.2 -0.6 294 12 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.9 5.27 10 550 5150 -2.2 -7.9 65 5.7 -4.8 292 18 321.5 322.3 292.9 334.2 3.85 11 500 5903 -6.0 -13.3 56 7.3 -8.9 294 20 325.7 326.3 293.1 335.1 2.75 12 450 6720 -10.8 -21.5 41 10.7 -14.2 296 24 329.7 330.0 293.1 335.0 1.52 13 400 7615 -16.9 -26.7 43 9.7 -19.4 287 23 333.0 333.2 293.6 336.9 1.08 14 350 8604 -23.6 -30.3 54 6.7 -25.0 289 18 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.2 0.88 15 300 9711 -32.2 -37.7 59 5.4 -33.0 294 27 339.9 340.0 294.8 341.9 0.50 16 250 10970 -42.4 -46.1 67 3.7 -42.7 295 34 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.24 17 200 12438 -53.9 -56.8 70 2.9 -53.9 302 39 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.09 18 150 14239 -65.2 -73.7 30 8.5 -65.3 312 33 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16652 -72.2 -82.6 20 10.4 -72.2 336 23 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.63 m Freezing level: 578.80 mb = 4749.16 m = 15581.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.67 mb = 4350.46 m = 14273.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.18 mb = 1239.21 m = 4065.59 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1703.31 m = 5588.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.91 mb = 1419.57 m = 4657.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.91 mb = 2086.55 m = 6845.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.91 mb = 10214.38 m = 33511.34 ft B at Equ Level: 149.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.91 mb = 12472.29 m = 40919.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 324.2 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -2.8 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 26.89 m/s