MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.94,-91.49 Latitude: 29.94 Longitude: -91.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 7 29.6 23.1 68 6.5 24.9 12 5 301.3 304.5 297.4 353.5 17.75 1 1000 162 27.0 22.1 74 5.0 23.5 14 7 300.2 303.3 296.6 349.8 16.94 2 950 614 23.3 20.5 84 2.8 21.3 19 9 300.8 303.8 296.3 348.5 16.21 3 900 1087 21.9 16.6 72 5.3 18.3 25 11 304.1 306.6 295.2 343.8 13.34 4 850 1581 18.9 14.2 74 4.7 15.7 24 12 305.9 308.2 294.8 342.0 12.04 5 800 2100 15.6 11.7 78 3.9 13.1 17 13 307.8 309.8 294.4 340.6 10.85 6 750 2646 12.5 6.9 69 5.6 9.1 20 15 310.2 311.7 293.3 335.8 8.36 7 700 3222 9.0 3.6 69 5.4 5.9 20 13 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.5 7.11 8 650 3832 5.1 3.6 90 1.5 4.2 5 7 314.8 316.2 294.0 338.8 7.67 9 600 4483 1.6 -0.0 89 1.6 0.7 343 7 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.3 6.38 10 550 5181 -1.5 -7.2 65 5.7 -4.1 300 4 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.7 4.06 11 500 5934 -5.5 -14.5 49 9.0 -9.0 273 4 326.3 326.8 293.0 334.8 2.48 12 450 6754 -10.0 -21.2 39 11.2 -13.6 237 2 330.7 331.0 293.4 336.2 1.57 13 400 7653 -15.6 -27.6 35 12.0 -18.7 284 6 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.3 0.99 14 350 8645 -22.9 -34.2 35 11.3 -25.1 306 4 337.9 338.0 294.4 340.1 0.60 15 300 9756 -31.1 -38.6 48 7.5 -32.1 131 2 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.3 0.45 16 250 11022 -41.0 -44.1 72 3.1 -41.3 222 8 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.3 0.31 17 200 12497 -53.3 -57.6 59 4.3 -53.5 206 10 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.08 18 150 14290 -65.7 -71.1 46 5.5 -65.7 118 6 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16708 -71.6 -82.1 19 10.5 -71.6 68 14 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.59 m Freezing level: 573.94 mb = 4846.50 m = 15900.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.57 mb = 4582.85 m = 15035.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.65 C = 92.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.16 mb = 836.06 m = 2742.95 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1593.22 m = 5227.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.82 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 691.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.29 mb = 977.52 m = 3207.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.29 mb = 2464.17 m = 8084.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.29 mb = 12613.63 m = 41382.81 ft B at Equ Level: 686.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.29 mb = 15316.09 m = 50249.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.5 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 39.5 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1211.04 Bulk Shear: 0.57 m/s