MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 27.54,-92.69 Latitude: 27.54 Longitude: -92.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 2 28.9 23.6 73 5.3 25.0 226 7 300.4 303.8 297.5 354.1 18.27 1 1000 164 27.3 22.2 74 5.1 23.6 226 8 300.4 303.5 296.7 350.5 17.09 2 950 617 23.0 21.2 90 1.7 21.7 227 8 300.5 303.6 296.7 350.2 16.93 3 900 1087 20.9 14.9 68 6.0 16.8 238 6 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.3 11.89 4 850 1580 18.4 11.6 65 6.8 14.0 267 4 305.4 307.3 293.3 335.9 10.16 5 800 2098 15.3 9.4 68 5.9 11.6 274 5 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.6 9.30 6 750 2643 12.2 6.6 69 5.5 8.8 258 6 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.9 8.20 7 700 3219 9.1 3.6 68 5.5 5.9 250 7 312.6 313.9 293.0 334.7 7.10 8 650 3830 5.8 -0.0 66 5.8 2.7 253 8 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.1 5.88 9 600 4481 2.3 -5.3 57 7.6 -1.4 246 7 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.7 4.30 10 550 5179 -1.4 -9.2 55 7.8 -4.9 226 8 322.4 323.1 292.7 333.8 3.45 11 500 5933 -5.5 -15.5 45 10.0 -9.3 208 5 326.3 326.8 292.8 334.1 2.29 12 450 6752 -10.3 -24.2 31 13.9 -14.4 206 5 330.3 330.5 292.9 334.6 1.20 13 400 7650 -15.7 -28.3 33 12.6 -18.8 200 7 334.6 334.8 293.8 338.0 0.93 14 350 8642 -23.1 -31.7 45 8.6 -24.8 157 8 337.6 337.8 294.4 340.5 0.77 15 300 9752 -31.7 -41.2 39 9.5 -32.9 133 10 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.35 16 250 11013 -41.7 -51.8 33 10.1 -42.3 154 8 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.6 0.13 17 200 12489 -52.7 -64.1 24 11.3 -53.0 165 13 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14283 -67.0 -72.8 44 5.8 -67.1 156 15 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -71.6 -82.9 17 11.4 -71.6 69 24 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.86 m Freezing level: 569.21 mb = 4910.90 m = 16111.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.15 mb = 4251.66 m = 13948.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.70 mb = 674.54 m = 2213.02 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 21.37 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1365.06 m = 4478.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 17.15 C K Index: 30.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.06 mb = 904.81 m = 2968.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.06 mb = 2054.86 m = 6741.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.06 mb = 12355.70 m = 40536.59 ft B at Equ Level: 826.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.06 mb = 15907.50 m = 52189.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -1.2 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1217.03 Bulk Shear: 0.68 m/s