MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 29 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 18 23.9 22.0 89 2.0 22.5 26 5 295.7 298.7 295.1 343.4 16.56 1 1000 158 23.4 20.7 85 2.7 21.5 29 11 296.5 299.3 294.7 341.4 15.57 2 950 606 21.4 18.9 86 2.5 19.7 38 5 298.9 301.6 294.7 341.6 14.65 3 900 1074 18.8 17.4 92 1.4 17.8 206 1 300.9 303.4 294.8 342.1 14.05 4 850 1564 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 245 2 302.9 305.3 294.8 342.2 13.29 5 800 2078 13.5 13.2 98 0.3 13.3 271 3 305.5 307.8 294.7 341.6 12.04 6 750 2621 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.8 294 6 308.4 310.5 294.7 341.4 10.88 7 700 3195 8.1 7.3 95 0.8 7.6 302 11 311.4 313.2 294.3 339.7 9.18 8 650 3805 5.4 1.2 74 4.2 3.1 285 12 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.3 6.44 9 600 4455 1.1 -2.3 78 3.4 -0.6 267 16 317.4 318.4 293.0 334.6 5.40 10 550 5151 -2.3 -5.5 79 3.2 -3.8 274 26 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.4 4.62 11 500 5904 -6.3 -8.8 83 2.5 -7.4 283 31 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.5 3.95 12 450 6721 -10.9 -13.0 85 2.1 -11.7 290 33 329.6 330.2 294.4 340.3 3.14 13 400 7617 -16.2 -17.7 89 1.5 -16.7 291 32 333.9 334.4 294.8 342.3 2.38 14 350 8609 -22.8 -23.9 91 1.1 -23.1 289 29 338.0 338.3 295.2 343.7 1.58 15 300 9720 -31.4 -32.5 90 1.1 -31.6 300 29 341.1 341.3 295.3 344.2 0.83 16 250 10982 -42.0 -42.8 92 0.7 -42.1 308 29 343.6 343.6 295.5 345.0 0.35 17 200 12449 -54.1 -58.7 57 4.5 -54.3 327 40 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.07 18 150 14247 -64.6 -74.0 26 9.5 -64.7 322 42 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16673 -72.5 -82.4 21 9.9 -72.6 324 18 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.58 m Freezing level: 584.09 mb = 4676.74 m = 15343.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.46 mb = 4341.42 m = 14243.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.66 mb = 266.47 m = 874.23 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1150.65 m = 3775.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.42 C = 84.96 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.64 mb = 765.54 m = 2511.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.64 mb = 2647.24 m = 8685.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 667.64 mb = 3584.69 m = 11760.66 ft B at Equ Level: 18.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 347.64 mb = 8658.12 m = 28405.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.9 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 313.9 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -12.5 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 36.23 m/s