MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.73,-86.35 Latitude: 30.73 Longitude: -86.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 45 20.9 19.9 94 1.1 20.2 73 3 293.0 295.6 292.9 334.4 14.57 1 1000 159 19.8 19.2 96 0.6 19.4 75 4 292.9 295.4 292.5 333.0 14.12 2 950 601 18.3 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 261 4 295.7 298.1 292.6 333.2 13.01 3 900 1064 17.0 15.5 91 1.6 16.0 254 13 299.1 301.3 293.1 335.2 12.39 4 850 1552 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.4 256 17 302.4 304.5 293.6 337.0 11.69 5 800 2066 12.9 11.5 91 1.4 12.0 260 19 304.9 306.9 293.6 336.9 10.69 6 750 2607 10.2 8.9 92 1.3 9.4 267 19 307.6 309.4 293.5 336.7 9.58 7 700 3179 7.3 5.4 88 1.8 6.2 265 19 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.4 8.09 8 650 3787 3.6 2.9 95 0.7 3.2 266 18 313.1 314.5 293.3 335.8 7.28 9 600 4434 0.3 0.1 98 0.2 0.2 275 15 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.43 10 550 5129 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 288 17 320.9 321.9 294.0 338.6 5.46 11 500 5880 -6.5 -7.6 91 1.2 -7.0 291 22 325.2 326.0 294.2 339.5 4.31 12 450 6696 -11.5 -15.2 74 3.7 -12.9 289 21 328.8 329.3 293.7 337.8 2.61 13 400 7590 -16.7 -21.0 69 4.3 -18.0 279 28 333.2 333.6 294.2 339.6 1.79 14 350 8580 -23.5 -28.3 64 4.9 -24.6 288 29 337.1 337.3 294.6 341.0 1.06 15 300 9686 -33.1 -38.4 59 5.3 -33.8 303 39 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.46 16 250 10938 -44.0 -50.2 50 6.2 -44.3 297 45 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.15 17 200 12398 -55.0 -58.9 62 3.9 -55.1 287 47 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14195 -62.2 -76.6 13 14.4 -62.4 318 41 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16627 -72.3 -82.6 20 10.3 -72.3 321 29 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.61 m Freezing level: 595.19 mb = 4500.32 m = 14764.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.97 mb = 4474.02 m = 14678.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.02 mb = 175.73 m = 576.55 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1350.77 m = 4431.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4746.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.84 mb = 620.29 m = 2035.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -9.7 tot: 43.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 42.47 m/s