MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.44,-89.27 Latitude: 32.44 Longitude: -89.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 135 22.8 21.7 94 1.1 22.1 8 4 295.9 298.9 295.2 343.6 16.57 1 1000 138 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.1 9 4 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.0 16.47 2 950 589 24.2 18.0 68 6.2 19.9 28 16 301.7 304.3 294.9 342.3 13.77 3 900 1060 20.8 16.2 75 4.6 17.7 30 15 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.3 12.95 4 850 1553 17.4 15.0 85 2.5 15.8 14 8 304.4 306.7 294.8 342.2 12.68 5 800 2070 14.5 12.3 86 2.2 13.0 312 3 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.6 11.28 6 750 2615 12.6 7.7 72 4.8 9.6 281 6 310.2 311.9 293.7 337.4 8.85 7 700 3191 9.6 4.7 71 4.9 6.7 283 8 313.1 314.6 293.6 336.9 7.65 8 650 3804 6.2 1.8 74 4.3 3.7 280 9 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.2 6.73 9 600 4456 2.6 -2.0 71 4.7 0.2 282 9 319.1 320.2 293.5 336.8 5.50 10 550 5156 -0.7 -7.3 61 6.6 -3.8 294 10 323.3 324.0 293.4 336.5 4.01 11 500 5912 -4.8 -11.5 59 6.7 -7.7 299 14 327.2 327.9 293.8 338.0 3.17 12 450 6733 -10.1 -15.0 68 4.9 -12.0 286 14 330.5 331.0 294.2 339.7 2.65 13 400 7631 -15.8 -18.7 78 2.9 -16.8 278 17 334.4 334.9 294.8 342.2 2.18 14 350 8626 -22.1 -28.7 55 6.7 -23.6 269 19 339.0 339.2 295.0 342.8 1.02 15 300 9740 -30.6 -39.2 43 8.6 -31.8 265 17 342.2 342.3 295.3 343.9 0.43 16 250 11009 -40.2 -52.8 25 12.5 -41.1 259 18 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.11 17 200 12491 -52.2 -62.1 29 9.9 -52.4 245 20 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.05 18 150 14295 -65.0 -72.0 37 7.0 -65.1 256 8 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16711 -72.4 -82.1 22 9.7 -72.4 56 6 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.88 m Freezing level: 560.51 mb = 5009.16 m = 16434.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.56 mb = 4488.99 m = 14727.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.34 mb = 267.54 m = 877.75 ft T: 23.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 5.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1735.12 m = 5692.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2853.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.69 mb = 1188.83 m = 3900.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.0 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 346.0 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -7.4 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 16.69 m/s