MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 32.5 20.6 50 11.9 23.9 76 4 305.1 307.9 296.8 350.9 15.34 1 1000 168 30.1 19.3 52 10.8 22.5 83 4 303.3 305.9 295.6 345.5 14.24 2 950 623 25.4 18.2 65 7.2 20.4 108 4 303.0 305.6 295.4 344.5 14.02 3 900 1096 20.9 17.1 79 3.9 18.3 140 3 303.1 305.6 295.2 343.8 13.74 4 850 1588 16.9 15.0 88 1.9 15.7 176 3 303.9 306.2 294.7 341.8 12.73 5 800 2104 13.7 11.3 85 2.4 12.1 235 4 305.7 307.7 293.7 337.4 10.56 6 750 2646 10.8 6.5 75 4.2 8.3 286 5 308.3 309.8 292.6 333.1 8.15 7 700 3218 7.7 1.4 64 6.3 4.2 306 8 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.8 6.05 8 650 3826 4.0 -3.2 59 7.2 0.4 301 11 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.2 4.64 9 600 4472 -0.2 -7.9 56 7.7 -3.7 288 13 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.2 3.51 10 550 5163 -3.8 -12.8 50 9.0 -7.4 287 14 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.1 2.60 11 500 5910 -7.9 -20.1 37 12.3 -11.8 284 16 323.4 323.8 291.3 328.8 1.54 12 450 6721 -12.9 -28.7 25 15.8 -16.7 272 14 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.79 13 400 7608 -18.7 -39.0 15 20.3 -22.1 255 13 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.33 14 350 8590 -25.7 -48.1 10 22.5 -28.2 248 21 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 15 300 9689 -32.4 -54.4 9 22.0 -34.1 245 29 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.08 16 250 10957 -39.7 -57.6 13 17.9 -40.7 223 53 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 17 200 12441 -51.7 -64.1 21 12.4 -52.0 228 44 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 14263 -61.3 -76.8 11 15.5 -61.4 290 17 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16721 -68.7 -82.6 12 13.9 -68.8 105 6 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.09 m Freezing level: 602.47 mb = 4439.72 m = 14565.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.08 mb = 3886.95 m = 12752.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.52 mb = 1613.04 m = 5292.05 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 23.71 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1672.59 m = 5487.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 747.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.40 mb = 1543.72 m = 5064.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.40 mb = 1899.88 m = 6233.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.40 mb = 10183.89 m = 33411.32 ft B at Equ Level: 745.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.40 mb = 13878.37 m = 45532.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 37.82 Bulk Shear: 19.76 m/s