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: 29.59,-92.77 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -92.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 25.9 23.7 88 2.1 24.3 39 10 297.8 301.2 297.0 351.7 18.54 1 1000 123 24.8 22.7 88 2.1 23.3 45 12 298.0 301.2 296.4 349.1 17.61 2 950 573 23.0 20.6 86 2.5 21.3 59 8 300.5 303.5 296.3 348.2 16.24 3 900 1044 20.2 18.3 89 1.9 18.9 51 7 302.4 305.1 295.8 346.3 14.86 4 850 1538 18.9 13.7 72 5.2 15.5 32 10 306.0 308.2 294.6 341.1 11.71 5 800 2058 16.9 10.4 66 6.5 12.7 38 10 309.1 311.0 294.2 339.4 9.95 6 750 2606 14.1 6.9 62 7.1 9.7 32 8 311.8 313.4 293.7 337.7 8.38 7 700 3185 11.0 -0.0 46 11.0 5.0 6 8 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.9 5.45 8 650 3799 7.3 -7.7 34 15.0 0.4 355 7 317.3 317.9 291.2 328.0 3.30 9 600 4453 3.2 -9.3 39 12.5 -2.4 352 5 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.1 3.14 10 550 5152 -0.9 -14.8 34 13.9 -6.4 343 5 323.0 323.4 291.8 330.4 2.20 11 500 5907 -4.7 -20.5 28 15.8 -10.1 347 6 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.5 1.50 12 450 6729 -9.4 -21.6 36 12.2 -13.3 338 9 331.4 331.7 293.5 336.8 1.51 13 400 7628 -15.8 -21.8 60 6.0 -17.6 333 10 334.5 334.8 294.4 340.5 1.67 14 350 8621 -22.5 -33.4 36 10.9 -24.6 312 11 338.5 338.6 294.6 340.9 0.65 15 300 9733 -31.4 -37.9 53 6.5 -32.3 327 15 341.1 341.2 295.0 343.0 0.49 16 250 10995 -41.9 -47.1 57 5.2 -42.3 330 14 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.22 17 200 12467 -53.7 -60.5 43 6.8 -53.9 274 16 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.06 18 150 14254 -67.8 -71.6 58 3.8 -67.8 277 25 353.2 353.3 297.3 353.3 0.02 19 100 16639 -71.5 -81.9 20 10.5 -71.5 52 13 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.43 m Freezing level: 561.30 mb = 4994.20 m = 16384.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3882.73 m = 12738.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.27 mb = 271.13 m = 889.51 ft T: 24.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 23.67 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1241.31 m = 4072.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.46 C K Index: 26.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 535.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.12 mb = 738.78 m = 2423.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.12 mb = 3835.61 m = 12583.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.12 mb = 12880.42 m = 42258.08 ft B at Equ Level: 527.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.12 mb = 15227.27 m = 49957.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.0 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 51.0 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -5.9 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 155.86 Bulk Shear: 3.44 m/s