MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 27.24,-88.24 Latitude: 27.24 Longitude: -88.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 29.5 23.7 71 5.8 25.2 344 5 301.5 304.9 297.9 356.0 18.49 1 1000 118 28.3 22.6 71 5.7 24.2 343 5 301.5 304.7 297.3 353.2 17.55 2 950 572 24.0 21.6 87 2.4 22.3 342 6 301.5 304.7 297.3 352.8 17.38 3 900 1044 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.7 351 6 303.0 305.7 295.6 345.5 14.33 4 850 1538 18.8 13.0 69 5.8 15.0 351 6 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.4 11.17 5 800 2057 16.3 9.9 66 6.3 12.2 348 6 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.7 9.62 6 750 2604 13.1 8.5 73 4.6 10.2 341 5 310.8 312.6 294.1 339.4 9.31 7 700 3182 10.1 6.5 78 3.7 7.9 313 4 313.7 315.4 294.5 340.7 8.69 8 650 3796 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.7 259 4 316.6 318.1 294.4 340.2 7.47 9 600 4450 2.9 -1.9 71 4.8 0.4 232 7 319.5 320.5 293.6 337.3 5.55 10 550 5149 -1.4 -6.1 70 4.7 -3.7 221 8 322.4 323.3 293.6 336.9 4.42 11 500 5903 -5.9 -10.7 69 4.8 -7.9 223 8 325.9 326.6 293.6 337.3 3.39 12 450 6721 -10.4 -18.6 51 8.2 -13.2 204 8 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.0 1.96 13 400 7619 -16.0 -22.7 56 6.7 -18.0 153 9 334.1 334.5 294.3 339.7 1.54 14 350 8611 -23.0 -27.1 70 4.0 -24.0 101 11 337.7 338.0 294.8 342.1 1.19 15 300 9722 -30.7 -44.3 25 13.6 -32.3 108 19 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.25 16 250 10990 -40.7 -48.7 42 7.9 -41.3 107 32 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.18 17 200 12468 -53.3 -57.6 59 4.3 -53.4 97 37 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.7 0.08 18 150 14259 -67.3 -69.2 77 1.9 -67.4 76 29 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16680 -69.7 -81.8 15 12.2 -69.8 98 10 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.97 m Freezing level: 566.23 mb = 4922.00 m = 16148.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.41 mb = 4511.30 m = 14800.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.91 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.40 mb = 735.11 m = 2411.74 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 18.25 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1214.20 m = 3983.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 34.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1195.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.23 mb = 925.99 m = 3037.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.23 mb = 2193.09 m = 7195.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.23 mb = 13582.15 m = 44560.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1193.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.23 mb = 16263.51 m = 53357.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 328.58 Bulk Shear: 3.64 m/s