MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 29.79,-91.07 Latitude: 29.79 Longitude: -91.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 6 30.4 22.9 64 7.5 24.9 117 1 302.1 305.3 297.5 353.9 17.55 1 1000 162 27.4 21.6 71 5.8 23.2 125 1 300.6 303.6 296.4 348.9 16.48 2 950 614 23.1 20.4 85 2.7 21.2 137 2 300.6 303.6 296.2 347.9 16.11 3 900 1085 20.2 17.1 83 3.1 18.1 125 3 302.3 304.8 295.0 342.9 13.75 4 850 1577 17.7 13.8 77 4.0 15.1 114 5 304.7 306.9 294.3 339.7 11.71 5 800 2094 15.0 10.4 74 4.7 12.1 112 5 307.2 309.0 293.6 337.2 9.92 6 750 2639 12.5 2.5 50 10.0 6.9 108 4 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.0 6.10 7 700 3214 9.1 -1.6 47 10.7 3.5 77 2 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.86 8 650 3824 5.3 -5.4 46 10.7 0.1 57 2 314.9 315.7 291.0 327.5 3.92 9 600 4473 1.4 -9.0 46 10.4 -3.2 65 5 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.3 3.23 10 550 5169 -2.3 -14.0 40 11.7 -6.8 89 6 321.4 321.9 291.5 329.3 2.36 11 500 5919 -6.5 -16.2 46 9.7 -10.1 97 10 325.1 325.5 292.4 332.4 2.15 12 450 6735 -11.3 -14.9 75 3.6 -12.6 92 13 329.0 329.6 293.9 338.2 2.67 13 400 7630 -16.0 -22.8 56 6.7 -18.0 106 10 334.1 334.4 294.2 339.6 1.54 14 350 8624 -22.5 -28.0 61 5.5 -23.8 117 14 338.5 338.7 294.9 342.5 1.09 15 300 9737 -30.9 -41.6 35 10.6 -32.3 102 7 341.8 341.8 295.1 343.1 0.33 16 250 10999 -41.9 -45.9 65 4.0 -42.2 108 9 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.25 17 200 12472 -54.1 -59.4 52 5.3 -54.2 131 10 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14260 -66.2 -72.6 40 6.4 -66.2 124 13 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16675 -71.2 -83.7 14 12.4 -71.3 110 16 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.62 m Freezing level: 580.60 mb = 4742.73 m = 15559.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.95 mb = 3849.37 m = 12629.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.17 mb = 958.14 m = 3143.46 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 26.41 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1277.36 m = 4190.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 742.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.44 mb = 984.15 m = 3228.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.44 mb = 2036.26 m = 6680.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.44 mb = 12614.87 m = 41386.88 ft B at Equ Level: 741.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.44 mb = 15324.86 m = 50277.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.2 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 125.2 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -1.2 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 619.80 Bulk Shear: 1.20 m/s