MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 29.47,-89.94 Latitude: 29.47 Longitude: -89.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.3 23.2 78 4.1 24.3 129 19 299.3 302.6 297.0 351.6 17.92 1 1000 121 26.7 22.3 77 4.4 23.5 130 26 299.8 303.0 296.7 350.1 17.19 2 950 573 22.7 21.3 92 1.4 21.8 135 29 300.3 303.4 296.7 350.2 17.04 3 900 1043 19.6 19.3 98 0.3 19.4 142 28 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.5 15.85 4 850 1536 18.3 16.4 89 1.9 17.0 141 21 305.3 307.9 296.0 346.9 13.91 5 800 2055 15.3 12.9 86 2.4 13.7 126 16 307.4 309.6 295.0 342.9 11.75 6 750 2600 12.5 10.1 86 2.3 11.0 125 14 310.1 312.1 294.8 342.0 10.44 7 700 3178 10.1 7.1 82 2.9 8.2 138 11 313.6 315.4 294.8 341.9 9.10 8 650 3793 7.2 3.3 76 3.9 4.9 153 8 317.1 318.5 294.5 340.8 7.49 9 600 4448 3.7 -2.9 62 6.6 0.3 70 3 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.1 5.16 10 550 5150 -0.2 -6.3 63 6.1 -3.1 21 3 323.8 324.7 293.9 338.2 4.34 11 500 5907 -4.4 -10.6 62 6.2 -7.1 292 0 327.7 328.4 294.1 339.3 3.41 12 450 6729 -10.0 -21.0 40 11.0 -13.6 340 3 330.7 331.0 293.4 336.3 1.59 13 400 7627 -15.6 -28.4 33 12.8 -18.8 324 7 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.1 0.92 14 350 8620 -22.7 -35.1 31 12.4 -24.9 289 9 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.55 15 300 9731 -31.6 -41.7 36 10.1 -32.8 308 15 340.8 340.9 294.8 342.1 0.33 16 250 10992 -42.1 -51.0 37 8.9 -42.6 308 17 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.1 0.14 17 200 12463 -53.6 -62.2 34 8.6 -53.8 299 22 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14252 -67.5 -71.3 59 3.7 -67.5 278 24 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16636 -71.6 -81.5 21 9.9 -71.7 61 10 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.32 m Freezing level: 552.60 mb = 5113.38 m = 16775.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.26 mb = 4498.39 m = 14758.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.13 mb = 525.57 m = 1724.28 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 876.70 m = 2876.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 821.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.42 mb = 754.02 m = 2473.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.42 mb = 990.82 m = 3250.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.42 mb = 1183.95 m = 3884.30 ft B at Equ Level: 6.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.42 mb = 15792.85 m = 51813.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.0 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 163.0 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -29.7 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 35.88 Bulk Shear: 22.89 m/s