MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 32.18,-90.02 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 110 35.1 20.6 43 14.5 24.5 12 4 308.1 311.0 297.6 354.6 15.39 1 1000 128 34.2 19.6 43 14.5 23.7 7 4 307.3 310.0 296.8 351.1 14.52 2 950 589 29.4 18.4 52 11.0 21.6 353 6 307.0 309.7 296.5 349.6 14.14 3 900 1068 24.8 17.4 64 7.4 19.6 342 7 307.1 309.7 296.5 349.4 14.06 4 850 1567 20.1 16.5 80 3.6 17.6 335 8 307.2 309.8 296.5 349.4 14.01 5 800 2087 15.8 14.5 92 1.3 14.9 332 8 308.0 310.4 296.1 347.5 13.06 6 750 2634 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.2 332 9 309.9 311.9 295.0 342.9 10.82 7 700 3210 9.0 6.5 84 2.5 7.5 335 8 312.4 314.1 294.1 339.3 8.70 8 650 3821 5.6 2.6 81 3.0 3.9 330 8 315.3 316.7 293.7 337.7 7.12 9 600 4473 2.1 -1.4 77 3.5 0.3 349 8 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.0 5.75 10 550 5171 -1.6 -7.0 67 5.4 -4.1 360 12 322.2 323.0 293.3 335.7 4.12 11 500 5924 -5.9 -13.1 57 7.1 -8.8 6 12 325.8 326.3 293.1 335.3 2.80 12 450 6742 -11.0 -18.6 53 7.6 -13.6 3 8 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.2 1.96 13 400 7636 -16.8 -28.2 36 11.5 -19.6 9 9 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.6 0.93 14 350 8626 -23.6 -26.9 74 3.3 -24.4 358 8 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.3 1.21 15 300 9733 -32.1 -37.2 61 5.0 -32.9 350 6 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.52 16 250 10992 -42.7 -49.1 49 6.4 -43.1 336 7 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.18 17 200 12457 -54.6 -60.2 50 5.5 -54.8 346 6 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14240 -67.7 -69.6 77 1.9 -67.7 65 3 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16661 -68.3 -83.8 9 15.6 -68.4 215 4 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.63 m Freezing level: 571.49 mb = 4870.87 m = 15980.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.11 mb = 4511.40 m = 14801.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.18 C = 93.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.28 mb = 1945.97 m = 6384.32 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 2089.33 m = 6854.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.01 C = 95.02 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 39.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1207.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.95 mb = 1981.19 m = 6499.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.95 mb = 2248.09 m = 7375.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.95 mb = 13651.00 m = 44786.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1193.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 15.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 652.62 Bulk Shear: 1.85 m/s