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: 29.53,-93.37 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 27.9 23.5 77 4.4 24.7 312 5 299.5 302.9 297.3 352.9 18.24 1 1000 160 27.0 22.4 76 4.6 23.6 292 5 300.1 303.3 296.8 350.8 17.29 2 950 613 23.9 20.5 81 3.4 21.5 272 8 301.4 304.4 296.4 349.1 16.20 3 900 1085 21.1 17.0 78 4.1 18.2 283 9 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.7 13.65 4 850 1578 18.3 13.8 75 4.5 15.3 309 11 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.4 11.73 5 800 2096 15.3 10.0 71 5.3 12.0 334 12 307.5 309.3 293.5 336.8 9.69 6 750 2640 11.4 8.1 80 3.3 9.4 345 11 308.9 310.7 293.5 336.6 9.08 7 700 3215 8.3 6.2 87 2.1 7.1 360 9 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.1 8.55 8 650 3825 5.3 4.0 92 1.2 4.5 20 9 314.9 316.4 294.2 339.6 7.88 9 600 4476 1.8 0.5 91 1.3 1.1 24 6 318.2 319.5 294.1 339.2 6.61 10 550 5174 -1.4 -5.5 74 4.1 -3.4 346 1 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.6 4.62 11 500 5928 -5.2 -13.2 53 8.0 -8.5 201 4 326.7 327.2 293.3 336.1 2.76 12 450 6748 -10.0 -19.5 46 9.5 -13.2 198 6 330.7 331.1 293.6 337.1 1.82 13 400 7647 -15.3 -27.2 36 11.8 -18.4 192 7 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.8 1.03 14 350 8641 -22.1 -33.6 35 11.5 -24.4 179 11 339.0 339.1 294.7 341.4 0.64 15 300 9754 -31.0 -39.4 44 8.3 -32.2 163 9 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.3 0.42 16 250 11018 -41.5 -47.4 53 5.9 -41.9 154 6 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.3 0.21 17 200 12493 -53.0 -58.0 54 5.1 -53.1 147 12 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.2 0.08 18 150 14287 -66.0 -73.7 33 7.7 -66.0 157 19 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -73.5 -82.5 24 9.0 -73.5 84 24 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.03 m Freezing level: 572.19 mb = 4863.88 m = 15957.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.94 mb = 4638.53 m = 15218.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.62 mb = 560.87 m = 1840.10 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 16.25 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1384.15 m = 4541.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.77 mb = 952.36 m = 3124.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.77 mb = 2109.21 m = 6919.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.77 mb = 12531.79 m = 41114.29 ft B at Equ Level: 789.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.77 mb = 15674.87 m = 51426.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.5 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 3.5 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 32.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 208.23 Bulk Shear: 3.80 m/s