MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 27.82,-90.17 Latitude: 27.82 Longitude: -90.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 29.2 23.6 72 5.5 25.1 347 8 301.1 304.5 297.8 355.3 18.42 1 1000 126 27.9 22.2 71 5.7 23.8 347 9 301.0 304.2 296.9 351.2 17.06 2 950 579 24.2 19.9 77 4.3 21.2 346 9 301.8 304.7 296.1 347.9 15.63 3 900 1052 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.4 346 9 303.4 305.9 295.3 344.1 13.71 4 850 1546 18.4 14.5 78 3.9 15.8 349 9 305.4 307.7 294.9 342.4 12.33 5 800 2064 15.7 11.9 78 3.8 13.2 351 10 307.9 309.9 294.6 341.1 10.99 6 750 2610 12.5 9.5 82 3.0 10.6 350 10 310.1 312.0 294.4 340.6 9.96 7 700 3187 9.0 7.2 88 1.8 7.9 347 8 312.5 314.2 294.5 340.8 9.16 8 650 3799 5.7 4.5 92 1.2 4.9 329 5 315.4 316.9 294.6 340.9 8.15 9 600 4450 1.9 0.9 93 1.0 1.4 264 4 318.4 319.7 294.3 340.1 6.84 10 550 5148 -2.3 -3.7 90 1.4 -3.0 247 5 321.4 322.4 294.0 338.6 5.29 11 500 5900 -6.5 -9.0 82 2.5 -7.6 291 6 325.1 325.9 293.9 338.0 3.88 12 450 6717 -11.0 -13.4 83 2.4 -12.0 1 7 329.4 330.0 294.3 339.7 3.02 13 400 7613 -16.1 -18.1 85 2.0 -16.8 22 7 334.1 334.5 294.8 342.2 2.30 14 350 8607 -22.4 -25.1 78 2.7 -23.1 15 4 338.6 338.9 295.2 343.8 1.42 15 300 9720 -30.8 -32.2 88 1.4 -31.1 52 6 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.1 0.85 16 250 10987 -40.7 -40.8 100 0.0 -40.7 82 13 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.2 0.43 17 200 12466 -52.9 -54.3 84 1.5 -52.9 82 15 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.12 18 150 14254 -68.3 -68.9 92 0.6 -68.4 69 17 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 19 100 16657 -69.9 -82.6 14 12.7 -69.9 78 20 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.93 m Freezing level: 577.07 mb = 4770.32 m = 15650.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.44 mb = 4661.06 m = 15291.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.56 mb = 703.85 m = 2309.18 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1510.01 m = 4954.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.64 mb = 1064.81 m = 3493.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.64 mb = 2347.78 m = 7702.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.64 mb = 12346.00 m = 40504.76 ft B at Equ Level: 722.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.64 mb = 15899.07 m = 52161.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.8 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 2.8 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1045.07 Bulk Shear: 0.69 m/s