MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.70,-93.76 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 77 29.5 18.0 50 11.5 21.5 128 3 302.2 304.6 294.5 340.6 13.02 1 1000 127 27.7 17.3 53 10.4 20.6 129 4 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.6 12.51 2 950 579 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.5 142 5 300.8 303.0 293.6 336.9 12.30 3 900 1050 21.9 12.8 56 9.1 16.0 204 6 304.1 306.0 293.1 335.2 10.40 4 850 1544 18.8 10.5 59 8.2 13.6 266 6 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.2 9.44 5 800 2062 15.4 9.7 69 5.7 11.8 327 7 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.3 9.48 6 750 2607 12.7 6.1 64 6.6 8.8 337 11 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.6 7.89 7 700 3183 9.1 2.0 61 7.1 5.2 348 14 312.6 313.8 292.4 332.4 6.34 8 650 3793 5.1 -2.3 59 7.4 1.3 2 16 314.7 315.6 291.8 330.4 4.95 9 600 4442 0.5 -6.4 60 6.9 -2.7 360 14 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.4 3.95 10 550 5134 -4.3 -12.0 55 7.7 -7.4 332 9 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.2 2.78 11 500 5878 -9.4 -14.8 65 5.4 -11.3 305 9 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.8 2.43 12 450 6687 -12.9 -19.5 57 6.7 -15.0 269 13 327.1 327.4 292.6 333.3 1.81 13 400 7577 -18.0 -23.2 63 5.3 -19.4 282 22 331.6 331.9 293.6 336.9 1.47 14 350 8562 -24.6 -27.1 80 2.5 -25.2 251 30 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.9 1.18 15 300 9668 -31.7 -48.9 17 17.2 -33.3 281 30 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.15 16 250 10937 -39.7 -62.7 7 23.0 -40.8 279 40 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 17 200 12421 -51.1 -69.4 10 18.3 -51.5 295 38 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 14240 -63.2 -75.6 17 12.5 -63.3 300 25 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16678 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.8 96 9 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.59 m Freezing level: 594.69 mb = 4515.18 m = 14813.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.31 mb = 3991.34 m = 13094.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.62 mb = 1537.61 m = 5044.58 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2721.14 m = 8927.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.16 C = 100.68 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 319.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.41 mb = 1610.38 m = 5283.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.41 mb = 4733.18 m = 15528.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.41 mb = 6544.75 m = 21472.02 ft B at Equ Level: 55.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.41 mb = 7986.39 m = 26201.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 8.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 58.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 25.60 m/s