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: 35.97,-91.19 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -91.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 108 25.4 20.7 75 4.8 22.1 197 4 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.1 15.45 1 1000 140 26.7 20.6 69 6.1 22.3 196 7 299.9 302.7 295.5 344.9 15.42 2 950 596 27.0 17.6 56 9.4 20.5 201 19 304.6 307.1 295.4 344.8 13.47 3 900 1072 24.0 15.8 60 8.2 18.4 196 17 306.2 308.6 295.3 344.1 12.62 4 850 1570 20.2 14.3 69 5.9 16.3 180 12 307.3 309.6 295.3 344.0 12.17 5 800 2090 16.1 11.8 76 4.3 13.3 164 6 308.4 310.4 294.7 341.6 10.95 6 750 2636 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 131 2 309.4 311.3 294.5 340.6 10.25 7 700 3211 7.7 6.8 94 0.9 7.2 297 2 311.0 312.7 293.9 338.4 8.88 8 650 3819 5.2 -2.3 58 7.6 1.4 181 7 314.9 315.8 291.9 330.7 4.96 9 600 4470 2.6 -10.6 37 13.1 -3.1 170 7 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.84 10 550 5169 -0.8 -7.6 60 6.8 -4.0 227 7 323.1 323.9 293.3 336.1 3.93 11 500 5925 -5.0 -12.7 55 7.7 -8.2 234 9 326.9 327.5 293.5 336.6 2.87 12 450 6746 -9.5 -20.3 41 10.8 -13.1 217 11 331.3 331.6 293.6 337.3 1.69 13 400 7646 -15.4 -25.2 43 9.8 -18.1 198 15 334.9 335.2 294.1 339.4 1.23 14 350 8639 -23.0 -33.6 37 10.6 -25.1 211 17 337.7 337.8 294.3 340.1 0.64 15 300 9749 -31.4 -44.1 27 12.7 -32.9 213 17 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.25 16 250 11012 -41.5 -51.1 35 9.6 -42.2 215 13 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.14 17 200 12484 -53.5 -56.2 72 2.7 -53.5 261 26 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.10 18 150 14271 -67.0 -68.2 84 1.2 -67.0 279 24 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.03 19 100 16711 -65.5 -83.8 6 18.3 -65.6 160 14 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.34 m Freezing level: 562.07 mb = 5000.32 m = 16405.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.85 mb = 4010.87 m = 13158.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.11 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.47 mb = 721.96 m = 2368.61 ft T: 26.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 16.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.60 mb = 2222.38 m = 7291.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.42 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 38.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.53 mb = 1614.94 m = 5298.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.53 mb = 2741.92 m = 8995.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.53 mb = 6398.03 m = 20990.67 ft B at Equ Level: 87.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.53 mb = 12466.79 m = 40901.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.3 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 226.3 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -45.8 tot: -32.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 40.76 Bulk Shear: 2.69 m/s