MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 30.08,-92.77 Latitude: 30.08 Longitude: -92.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 7 32.0 21.2 53 10.8 24.2 183 7 304.0 307.0 296.9 351.2 15.85 1 1000 116 31.4 19.8 50 11.6 23.1 184 11 304.5 307.2 296.3 348.2 14.65 2 950 575 27.3 18.3 58 9.0 21.0 186 10 304.9 307.5 296.0 346.9 14.07 3 900 1051 23.1 17.1 69 6.0 18.9 185 5 305.3 307.9 295.8 346.6 13.79 4 850 1547 18.8 15.9 84 2.8 16.8 186 1 305.8 308.3 295.8 346.2 13.49 5 800 2065 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 2 2 307.0 309.3 295.6 345.1 12.66 6 750 2610 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 8 4 309.3 311.3 294.8 342.1 10.77 7 700 3185 8.6 4.5 75 4.2 6.2 30 2 312.0 313.5 293.2 335.4 7.55 8 650 3795 5.2 -2.2 59 7.4 1.4 128 2 314.9 315.9 291.9 330.8 5.02 9 600 4444 1.8 -8.8 45 10.6 -2.9 187 2 318.2 318.8 291.4 328.9 3.27 10 550 5141 -1.9 -19.7 24 17.9 -7.9 260 1 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.9 1.45 11 500 5893 -6.1 -30.9 12 24.8 -12.3 204 1 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.7 0.58 12 450 6708 -11.1 -32.9 15 21.7 -16.1 249 5 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.53 13 400 7601 -17.6 -25.7 49 8.1 -19.7 233 10 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.18 14 350 8587 -24.7 -32.2 50 7.5 -26.1 279 13 335.5 335.6 293.9 338.2 0.73 15 300 9688 -33.9 -36.1 80 2.3 -34.1 289 19 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.9 0.58 16 250 10937 -44.2 -46.1 82 1.8 -44.3 298 16 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.25 17 200 12398 -54.8 -58.4 64 3.6 -54.9 239 19 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14196 -63.7 -73.8 24 10.1 -63.8 242 7 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16647 -67.6 -83.8 8 16.2 -67.7 154 8 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.07 m Freezing level: 575.36 mb = 4787.79 m = 15707.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.56 mb = 4002.72 m = 13132.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.88 mb = 1375.97 m = 4514.27 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 24.35 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1885.28 m = 6185.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.50 C = 94.09 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1046.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.00 mb = 1668.25 m = 5473.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.00 mb = 2139.22 m = 7018.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.00 mb = 12620.31 m = 41404.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1041.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.00 mb = 15395.67 m = 50510.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.0 at 3.1 knts Storm direction: 214.0 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 154.31 Bulk Shear: 6.78 m/s