MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.56,-88 Latitude: 28.56 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.4 22.9 68 6.5 24.7 257 4 301.4 304.6 297.4 353.4 17.64 1 1000 124 28.1 22.2 70 6.0 23.8 260 4 301.3 304.4 297.0 351.6 17.08 2 950 578 23.8 21.2 86 2.5 21.9 263 4 301.3 304.4 296.9 351.2 16.95 3 900 1049 20.3 18.1 87 2.2 18.8 259 5 302.4 305.1 295.7 345.8 14.68 4 850 1542 18.1 13.2 73 4.9 14.8 245 7 305.1 307.2 294.0 338.8 11.27 5 800 2060 15.7 9.2 65 6.5 11.7 237 7 307.9 309.6 293.3 335.8 9.17 6 750 2606 12.8 7.0 67 5.9 9.3 225 8 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.3 8.39 7 700 3183 9.6 5.1 74 4.4 6.9 217 10 313.1 314.6 293.7 337.7 7.91 8 650 3795 5.9 2.6 79 3.3 4.0 212 12 315.6 317.0 293.8 338.0 7.11 9 600 4446 2.2 -1.3 78 3.5 0.4 204 15 318.6 319.8 293.6 337.3 5.82 10 550 5145 -1.8 -6.0 73 4.2 -3.8 200 16 321.9 322.8 293.4 336.4 4.44 11 500 5897 -6.3 -10.3 73 4.0 -8.1 193 16 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.0 3.48 12 450 6714 -10.8 -15.5 68 4.7 -12.6 183 15 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.3 2.54 13 400 7610 -16.3 -25.3 46 9.0 -18.7 168 13 333.8 334.1 293.9 338.3 1.23 14 350 8602 -22.3 -35.0 31 12.7 -24.6 140 11 338.7 338.9 294.6 340.9 0.56 15 300 9716 -30.7 -36.5 57 5.8 -31.6 133 12 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.3 0.56 16 250 10982 -41.2 -41.8 93 0.7 -41.2 119 24 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.4 0.39 17 200 12458 -53.0 -56.0 70 3.0 -53.1 110 28 348.8 348.9 296.5 349.2 0.10 18 150 14248 -66.7 -70.3 60 3.6 -66.7 90 22 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16669 -70.4 -82.4 15 12.1 -70.5 138 13 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.61 m Freezing level: 572.91 mb = 4824.73 m = 15828.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.60 mb = 4505.47 m = 14781.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.11 mb = 828.19 m = 2717.12 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1097.95 m = 3602.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1012.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.40 mb = 939.41 m = 3082.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.40 mb = 2097.87 m = 6882.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.40 mb = 12896.43 m = 42310.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1010.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.40 mb = 16298.06 m = 53470.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 119.73 Bulk Shear: 8.45 m/s