MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 0Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 31.89,-92.12 Latitude: 31.89 Longitude: -92.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 41 36.2 19.1 37 17.1 23.9 336 3 308.9 311.6 296.9 351.3 13.97 1 1000 86 37.5 17.3 31 20.1 23.3 337 4 310.6 313.0 296.4 349.0 12.55 2 950 553 33.8 15.2 33 18.5 21.0 348 5 311.5 313.6 295.9 346.9 11.54 3 900 1039 29.2 14.3 40 14.9 19.0 357 5 311.6 313.8 295.9 346.8 11.48 4 850 1544 24.5 13.3 50 11.1 17.0 12 4 311.8 313.9 295.9 346.8 11.40 5 800 2071 19.6 12.2 62 7.4 14.7 32 4 312.0 314.2 295.9 346.6 11.23 6 750 2623 14.9 10.2 74 4.7 11.9 23 5 312.7 314.7 295.6 345.1 10.49 7 700 3204 11.0 5.8 70 5.2 7.9 349 11 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.6 8.28 8 650 3819 7.1 -0.7 58 7.8 2.9 344 12 316.9 318.0 293.0 334.8 5.59 9 600 4472 2.8 -8.1 45 10.9 -2.2 336 13 319.4 320.0 291.9 330.7 3.46 10 550 5171 -1.3 -9.8 52 8.5 -5.1 329 17 322.5 323.2 292.6 333.5 3.30 11 500 5924 -5.8 -13.9 53 8.1 -9.0 318 19 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.9 2.61 12 450 6742 -10.6 -22.2 38 11.6 -14.2 316 18 329.9 330.2 293.0 335.0 1.43 13 400 7639 -16.2 -22.7 57 6.5 -18.1 307 13 334.0 334.3 294.2 339.5 1.55 14 350 8631 -22.8 -33.1 38 10.3 -24.8 253 14 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.5 0.67 15 300 9743 -30.6 -56.8 6 26.2 -32.6 231 19 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.06 16 250 11015 -39.2 -63.9 6 24.6 -40.4 221 35 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.03 17 200 12511 -49.1 -72.4 5 23.3 -49.6 238 38 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14337 -63.2 -77.5 13 14.3 -63.3 224 35 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16746 -71.3 -81.2 22 9.9 -71.4 201 10 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.37 m Freezing level: 566.08 mb = 4946.09 m = 16227.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.65 mb = 4182.78 m = 13722.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.19 % Est. max temperature: 39.05 C = 102.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.02 mb = 2222.12 m = 7290.32 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.22 mb = 3213.37 m = 10542.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.02 C = 107.63 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 365.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.99 mb = 2804.98 m = 9202.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.99 mb = 3831.45 m = 12570.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.99 mb = 10503.92 m = 34461.27 ft B at Equ Level: 361.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.99 mb = 13215.13 m = 43356.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.5 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 10.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -3.1 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 93.91 Bulk Shear: 3.89 m/s