MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 35.43,-90.37 Latitude: 35.43 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 71 26.0 21.6 77 4.4 22.9 167 7 298.5 301.4 295.7 346.0 16.32 1 1000 141 27.9 20.7 65 7.2 22.8 169 11 301.0 303.9 295.9 346.7 15.56 2 950 598 27.0 18.3 59 8.7 20.9 177 14 304.6 307.2 295.9 346.6 14.09 3 900 1074 23.7 16.5 64 7.2 18.8 183 13 305.9 308.4 295.7 345.7 13.26 4 850 1571 19.8 14.6 72 5.2 16.3 186 13 306.9 309.2 295.3 344.1 12.37 5 800 2091 15.7 12.5 82 3.1 13.6 196 12 307.8 310.0 295.0 342.6 11.49 6 750 2636 12.1 9.7 85 2.4 10.6 199 10 309.7 311.6 294.5 340.6 10.13 7 700 3213 9.3 4.2 70 5.1 6.3 200 9 312.8 314.2 293.3 335.8 7.41 8 650 3824 6.3 -1.8 56 8.1 2.1 200 7 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.6 5.18 9 600 4477 2.7 -3.0 66 5.7 -0.3 200 6 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.6 5.10 10 550 5177 -1.1 -7.1 64 6.0 -3.9 211 7 322.8 323.6 293.4 336.3 4.09 11 500 5931 -5.0 -13.6 51 8.6 -8.5 240 6 326.9 327.5 293.3 336.1 2.68 12 450 6753 -9.6 -17.3 54 7.7 -12.4 235 9 331.1 331.6 294.0 338.7 2.19 13 400 7653 -15.4 -26.8 37 11.4 -18.4 210 11 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.9 1.07 14 350 8646 -22.6 -35.6 30 12.9 -25.0 219 13 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.53 15 300 9757 -31.7 -44.6 27 13.0 -33.1 229 10 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.7 0.24 16 250 11018 -41.9 -51.0 37 9.1 -42.5 243 10 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.4 0.14 17 200 12489 -53.9 -59.8 49 5.9 -54.1 262 17 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14279 -66.3 -70.4 57 4.0 -66.4 282 15 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16719 -68.2 -83.6 9 15.4 -68.3 126 13 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.03 m Freezing level: 564.37 mb = 4975.62 m = 16324.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.83 mb = 4398.15 m = 14429.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.13 % Est. max temperature: 34.27 C = 93.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.54 mb = 638.96 m = 2096.31 ft T: 26.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 2034.53 m = 6674.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 34.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 293.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.23 mb = 1527.95 m = 5012.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.23 mb = 2645.07 m = 8677.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.23 mb = 11883.86 m = 38988.57 ft B at Equ Level: 290.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.23 mb = 14309.68 m = 46947.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 225.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 94.56 Bulk Shear: 3.10 m/s