MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 31.32,-85.58 Latitude: 31.32 Longitude: -85.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 75 SFC 998 91 20.6 20.1 97 0.5 20.3 132 4 293.9 296.6 293.5 336.7 15.02 2 950 520 21.0 18.9 88 2.1 19.6 170 15 298.5 301.2 294.6 341.1 14.65 3 900 988 19.0 16.2 84 2.8 17.1 184 15 301.1 303.4 294.1 339.1 12.94 4 850 1478 16.2 13.9 86 2.3 14.7 195 13 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.1 11.81 5 800 1992 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 212 11 305.3 307.3 293.8 337.8 10.84 6 750 2534 10.6 8.0 84 2.7 9.0 225 11 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.4 8.99 7 700 3106 7.4 2.6 72 4.7 4.7 241 12 310.6 311.9 292.0 331.1 6.62 8 650 3713 3.8 -1.1 70 4.9 1.3 256 15 313.2 314.3 291.8 330.3 5.42 9 600 4360 0.4 -7.3 56 7.7 -3.1 263 21 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.69 10 550 5052 -3.9 -14.1 45 10.1 -7.8 269 24 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.3 2.34 11 500 5798 -8.5 -19.5 41 11.0 -12.1 281 29 322.6 323.0 291.2 328.2 1.63 12 450 6606 -13.9 -27.2 32 13.3 -17.3 290 36 325.7 325.9 291.4 329.0 0.91 13 400 7490 -20.2 -31.9 34 11.7 -22.5 285 43 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.2 0.66 14 350 8464 -27.4 -39.2 32 11.7 -29.0 280 50 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.37 15 300 9555 -35.1 -45.2 35 10.1 -36.0 273 57 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.8 0.22 16 250 10802 -43.7 -50.0 50 6.3 -44.0 270 60 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.8 0.16 17 200 12275 -52.1 -67.8 13 15.7 -52.4 274 79 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14089 -63.4 -74.8 20 11.5 -63.5 271 69 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16545 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.3 269 32 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.43 m Freezing level: 595.08 mb = 4427.96 m = 14527.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.58 mb = 3894.31 m = 12776.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.71 mb = 146.86 m = 481.80 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1325.59 m = 4349.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.32 mb = 785.21 m = 2576.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.32 mb = 2915.24 m = 9564.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.32 mb = 10117.77 m = 33194.39 ft B at Equ Level: 393.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.32 mb = 12391.82 m = 40655.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 8.68 Bulk Shear: 45.69 m/s