MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 32.52,-89.81 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 113 27.5 22.7 75 4.7 24.0 109 4 300.1 303.3 297.0 351.5 17.55 1 1000 169 26.2 21.3 74 4.9 22.7 110 5 299.4 302.3 295.8 346.5 16.15 2 950 620 23.8 18.2 71 5.6 19.9 129 4 301.3 303.9 294.9 342.3 13.94 3 900 1091 20.8 15.7 73 5.1 17.4 165 2 302.9 305.2 294.4 340.1 12.56 4 850 1583 17.2 13.6 79 3.6 14.8 274 2 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.7 11.59 5 800 2099 14.2 10.6 79 3.6 11.9 299 5 306.3 308.1 293.4 336.6 10.06 6 750 2642 11.3 4.8 64 6.5 7.5 312 7 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.0 7.23 7 700 3215 8.5 -0.6 53 9.0 3.7 306 8 311.9 312.9 291.2 328.3 5.25 8 650 3824 4.7 -5.1 49 9.8 -0.0 287 8 314.3 315.0 290.9 327.1 4.01 9 600 4471 0.2 -9.0 50 9.2 -3.8 271 9 316.3 316.9 290.8 326.8 3.21 10 550 5162 -4.6 -12.2 55 7.6 -7.6 269 9 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.7 2.73 11 500 5907 -8.3 -16.8 50 8.5 -11.3 265 10 322.9 323.3 291.7 329.8 2.05 12 450 6717 -13.0 -22.0 47 9.0 -15.7 278 13 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.0 1.46 13 400 7604 -19.1 -29.1 41 10.0 -21.3 288 16 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.3 0.86 14 350 8585 -25.5 -40.0 25 14.5 -27.6 262 20 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.34 15 300 9685 -32.2 -48.5 18 16.4 -33.7 236 35 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.16 16 250 10952 -40.1 -55.1 19 15.0 -40.9 217 50 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.09 17 200 12434 -52.3 -62.2 29 9.9 -52.5 229 46 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14255 -61.5 -77.3 11 15.8 -61.6 292 20 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16712 -67.8 -82.7 10 15.0 -67.8 108 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.41 m Freezing level: 598.10 mb = 4497.21 m = 14754.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.52 mb = 3817.44 m = 12524.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.58 mb = 715.76 m = 2348.27 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 24.76 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.38 mb = 1659.84 m = 5445.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 558.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.87 mb = 1236.99 m = 4058.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.87 mb = 2531.96 m = 8306.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.87 mb = 9924.06 m = 32558.87 ft B at Equ Level: 553.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.87 mb = 13467.28 m = 44183.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 34.19 Bulk Shear: 16.33 m/s