MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1015 17 24.5 21.7 85 2.8 22.5 70 2 296.3 299.3 295.1 343.4 16.30 1 1000 147 22.8 20.6 88 2.2 21.3 80 2 296.0 298.7 294.4 340.5 15.48 2 950 593 19.5 19.1 98 0.4 19.2 217 3 297.0 299.6 294.3 339.7 14.80 3 900 1059 18.7 16.6 88 2.0 17.3 272 10 300.8 303.2 294.3 339.9 13.34 4 850 1549 16.3 14.6 90 1.7 15.2 292 15 303.2 305.5 294.3 340.1 12.40 5 800 2064 13.6 12.1 90 1.5 12.6 298 17 305.7 307.8 294.1 339.1 11.15 6 750 2606 10.6 10.0 96 0.7 10.2 301 18 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.4 10.32 7 700 3180 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.4 297 16 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.1 9.16 8 650 3788 4.8 3.1 89 1.7 3.8 298 16 314.3 315.8 293.7 337.5 7.38 9 600 4438 1.4 -1.5 81 2.9 -0.2 310 15 317.7 318.8 293.3 336.0 5.71 10 550 5135 -1.9 -8.0 63 6.1 -4.7 314 17 321.8 322.5 292.9 334.3 3.80 11 500 5888 -5.8 -15.4 47 9.6 -9.5 316 22 325.9 326.4 292.7 333.8 2.31 12 450 6705 -11.0 -15.5 70 4.5 -12.7 316 25 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.2 2.55 13 400 7599 -17.4 -27.4 41 10.0 -19.9 316 24 332.4 332.6 293.3 336.0 1.01 14 350 8587 -23.9 -29.9 57 6.1 -25.2 333 38 336.6 336.8 294.3 340.0 0.91 15 300 9694 -31.9 -42.7 34 10.8 -33.1 322 48 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 16 250 10954 -42.5 -50.6 41 8.1 -43.0 318 48 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.15 17 200 12418 -55.1 -55.4 97 0.3 -55.2 307 52 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 18 150 14198 -65.1 -71.9 38 6.8 -65.1 326 42 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16629 -72.1 -82.4 20 10.3 -72.2 324 23 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.39 m Freezing level: 578.95 mb = 4731.51 m = 15523.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.96 mb = 4411.70 m = 14473.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.22 mb = 365.19 m = 1198.10 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1152.63 m = 3781.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.72 mb = 631.77 m = 2072.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.72 mb = 2937.53 m = 9637.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 640.72 mb = 3905.10 m = 12811.86 ft B at Equ Level: 15.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 510.72 mb = 5720.19 m = 18766.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 35.93 m/s