MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.17,-89.97 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 30.6 20.1 53 10.5 23.1 349 3 303.0 305.8 296.0 347.0 14.82 1 1000 165 30.0 18.0 49 12.0 21.6 354 4 303.1 305.5 294.7 341.8 13.06 2 950 620 25.6 16.4 57 9.2 19.3 349 4 303.2 305.5 294.3 340.0 12.42 3 900 1093 21.2 15.2 69 6.0 17.1 350 4 303.3 305.6 294.1 339.4 12.13 4 850 1585 16.7 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 356 3 303.6 305.8 294.0 338.5 11.74 5 800 2099 12.5 12.1 97 0.5 12.2 4 3 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.7 11.13 6 750 2639 10.2 6.7 79 3.5 8.1 4 3 307.6 309.2 292.4 332.7 8.23 7 700 3210 6.4 -0.7 60 7.1 2.7 259 2 309.6 310.5 290.5 325.7 5.20 8 650 3815 3.3 -3.8 60 7.0 -0.2 239 6 312.7 313.5 290.8 326.7 4.46 9 600 4460 -0.1 -7.2 59 7.1 -3.4 262 9 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.9 3.71 10 550 5153 -3.5 -12.7 49 9.2 -7.2 274 10 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.6 2.61 11 500 5899 -8.2 -20.0 38 11.8 -12.0 287 9 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.4 1.56 12 450 6708 -13.7 -27.5 30 13.8 -17.1 285 8 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.2 0.89 13 400 7592 -20.2 -31.9 34 11.7 -22.5 262 12 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.1 0.66 14 350 8570 -25.6 -39.3 27 13.7 -27.6 297 10 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.36 15 300 9670 -33.6 -44.2 34 10.6 -34.7 301 7 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 16 250 10923 -42.0 -55.1 23 13.1 -42.7 230 10 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 17 200 12407 -50.5 -67.3 12 16.8 -50.9 238 13 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14241 -59.2 -77.6 7 18.4 -59.5 261 11 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16731 -66.8 -83.2 8 16.4 -66.9 102 7 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.42 m Freezing level: 602.10 mb = 4432.92 m = 14543.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.72 mb = 3780.97 m = 12404.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.94 mb = 1424.96 m = 4675.02 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.25 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1866.11 m = 6122.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.46 mb = 1751.50 m = 5746.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.46 mb = 2009.66 m = 6593.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.46 mb = 9704.94 m = 31839.97 ft B at Equ Level: 415.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.46 mb = 12456.22 m = 40866.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 119.33 Bulk Shear: 3.49 m/s