MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 24.11,-91.18 Latitude: 24.11 Longitude: -91.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 29.7 23.2 68 6.5 24.9 129 12 301.5 304.8 297.5 354.3 17.91 1 1000 138 28.3 21.4 66 6.9 23.3 129 13 301.5 304.5 296.5 349.4 16.29 2 950 592 24.0 20.5 81 3.5 21.5 129 13 301.5 304.5 296.4 349.1 16.16 3 900 1063 19.7 19.3 97 0.4 19.5 128 13 301.8 304.8 296.3 348.6 15.87 4 850 1555 19.3 8.4 50 10.8 12.6 133 8 306.3 307.8 292.0 331.1 8.19 5 800 2075 17.2 3.0 39 14.2 9.1 160 6 309.5 310.6 291.1 327.8 5.92 6 750 2622 13.9 0.1 39 13.8 6.4 161 5 311.6 312.6 291.1 327.7 5.14 7 700 3200 10.5 -2.4 41 12.8 3.8 139 5 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.6 4.59 8 650 3813 6.8 -4.1 46 10.9 1.4 117 3 316.7 317.5 291.9 330.6 4.36 9 600 4466 2.8 -6.6 50 9.4 -1.7 20 1 319.3 320.1 292.3 332.0 3.88 10 550 5164 -1.5 -16.0 32 14.5 -7.0 184 1 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.99 11 500 5916 -6.5 -23.3 25 16.8 -11.6 195 5 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.17 12 450 6731 -11.0 -31.8 16 20.7 -15.9 219 8 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.5 0.59 13 400 7625 -17.4 -26.1 47 8.7 -19.7 231 13 332.4 332.6 293.4 336.5 1.14 14 350 8611 -24.4 -34.7 38 10.3 -26.2 229 13 335.8 336.0 293.9 338.0 0.58 15 300 9714 -33.3 -39.2 56 5.8 -34.0 212 14 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.1 0.43 16 250 10968 -43.2 -50.3 46 7.1 -43.6 195 15 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.15 17 200 12432 -54.5 -62.7 36 8.1 -54.7 199 10 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.04 18 150 14215 -67.8 -70.0 73 2.2 -67.8 198 7 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16622 -71.1 -83.8 14 12.7 -71.1 92 14 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.78 m Freezing level: 567.74 mb = 4916.37 m = 16129.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.56 mb = 4099.38 m = 13449.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.47 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.59 mb = 827.96 m = 2716.37 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 26.59 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.29 mb = 1060.04 m = 3477.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: 21.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.73 mb = 1017.22 m = 3337.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.73 mb = 3203.18 m = 10508.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.73 mb = 13449.12 m = 44123.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.5 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 169.5 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -18.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -2.5 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 176.77 Bulk Shear: 6.72 m/s