MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1017 17 23.6 21.3 87 2.3 22.0 80 3 295.3 298.2 294.5 340.9 15.85 1 1000 160 21.5 19.9 91 1.6 20.4 86 3 294.6 297.3 293.6 337.0 14.79 2 950 604 19.4 18.3 94 1.1 18.7 208 2 296.9 299.4 293.7 337.6 14.09 3 900 1070 18.2 16.5 90 1.7 17.1 248 9 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.2 13.26 4 850 1559 16.2 14.5 90 1.7 15.1 275 14 303.1 305.3 294.2 339.5 12.29 5 800 2073 13.0 12.6 97 0.5 12.7 283 16 305.0 307.2 294.2 339.5 11.52 6 750 2615 10.3 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 286 16 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.3 10.43 7 700 3188 7.3 7.1 99 0.2 7.2 286 13 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.5 9.09 8 650 3796 4.5 3.3 92 1.2 3.8 305 13 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.5 7.49 9 600 4445 1.1 -0.6 89 1.6 0.2 314 18 317.4 318.6 293.6 336.9 6.13 10 550 5142 -2.3 -4.7 83 2.4 -3.5 307 18 321.4 322.3 293.7 337.3 4.90 11 500 5894 -5.8 -11.6 64 5.8 -8.2 307 20 326.0 326.6 293.4 336.6 3.15 12 450 6713 -10.9 -16.4 64 5.6 -12.9 321 25 329.6 330.1 293.7 337.7 2.36 13 400 7607 -16.9 -28.9 34 12.1 -19.8 312 24 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.2 0.87 14 350 8595 -23.6 -31.0 51 7.3 -25.1 338 38 336.9 337.1 294.3 340.0 0.83 15 300 9703 -32.1 -43.5 31 11.4 -33.4 330 43 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.27 16 250 10961 -43.0 -45.5 76 2.6 -43.2 315 41 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.26 17 200 12425 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.4 304 55 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14208 -64.0 -74.8 22 10.8 -64.1 322 42 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16638 -72.8 -82.2 23 9.4 -72.8 328 25 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.38 m Freezing level: 583.82 mb = 4670.60 m = 15323.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.35 mb = 4480.66 m = 14700.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.08 mb = 307.53 m = 1008.94 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.89 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1259.45 m = 4132.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3491.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.21 mb = 638.20 m = 2093.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.8 neg: -3.7 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 34.78 m/s