MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.27,-89.99 Latitude: 32.27 Longitude: -89.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 109 31.9 22.4 58 9.4 24.9 331 5 304.6 307.8 297.9 356.0 17.25 1 1000 153 30.2 20.8 57 9.3 23.5 332 6 303.3 306.2 296.6 349.9 15.70 2 950 609 25.6 19.7 70 5.9 21.4 332 6 303.1 306.0 296.4 348.7 15.38 3 900 1082 21.1 18.6 86 2.5 19.4 333 5 303.2 306.0 296.2 348.2 15.14 4 850 1576 17.1 16.6 96 0.6 16.8 334 4 304.1 306.7 295.7 346.0 14.09 5 800 2092 14.7 11.9 83 2.8 12.9 328 5 306.8 308.8 294.3 339.9 11.00 6 750 2637 12.3 9.2 81 3.1 10.3 328 8 310.0 311.8 294.3 339.9 9.78 7 700 3214 9.1 6.2 82 2.8 7.3 328 9 312.5 314.2 294.1 339.0 8.56 8 650 3825 5.8 2.2 77 3.6 3.7 322 9 315.5 316.9 293.6 337.3 6.90 9 600 4477 1.9 -1.3 79 3.2 0.2 311 9 318.3 319.4 293.6 336.9 5.80 10 550 5174 -2.3 -4.6 84 2.3 -3.4 307 8 321.4 322.3 293.7 337.5 4.96 11 500 5926 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.2 -7.4 276 8 325.8 326.6 294.0 338.6 3.84 12 450 6745 -10.3 -15.2 68 4.8 -12.2 255 10 330.2 330.8 294.1 339.3 2.62 13 400 7642 -16.0 -21.0 65 5.0 -17.6 250 11 334.2 334.6 294.4 340.6 1.79 14 350 8636 -22.2 -27.7 61 5.5 -23.5 250 10 338.8 339.1 295.0 343.0 1.12 15 300 9750 -30.7 -36.6 56 5.9 -31.6 264 9 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.3 0.55 16 250 11016 -41.0 -45.7 61 4.6 -41.4 244 15 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.1 0.26 17 200 12493 -53.1 -57.2 61 4.1 -53.2 245 20 348.7 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14291 -66.0 -71.4 47 5.4 -66.0 304 9 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16703 -72.0 -81.8 22 9.8 -72.0 39 7 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.96 m Freezing level: 577.35 mb = 4792.44 m = 15723.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.31 mb = 4512.71 m = 14805.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.53 mb = 1300.65 m = 4267.18 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1434.03 m = 4704.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.07 mb = 1354.42 m = 4443.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.07 mb = 1504.09 m = 4934.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.07 mb = 12584.99 m = 41288.84 ft B at Equ Level: 723.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.07 mb = 15765.09 m = 51722.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.6 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 347.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1228.39 Bulk Shear: 0.59 m/s