MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.13,-91.96 Latitude: 29.13 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.6 22.2 69 6.3 24.0 357 5 300.5 303.6 296.6 350.0 16.87 1 1000 128 27.3 21.1 69 6.2 22.8 355 5 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.1 15.91 2 950 580 24.1 17.6 67 6.5 19.6 336 5 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.1 13.41 3 900 1051 20.3 15.3 73 5.0 17.0 316 6 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.6 12.22 4 850 1543 17.0 13.6 80 3.4 14.8 304 7 304.0 306.1 294.0 338.6 11.62 5 800 2058 14.2 10.3 77 3.9 11.7 300 8 306.3 308.1 293.3 336.1 9.88 6 750 2602 12.3 3.2 54 9.1 7.2 310 7 309.9 311.1 291.7 329.9 6.45 7 700 3178 9.6 -3.6 39 13.2 3.0 342 5 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.18 8 650 3788 5.4 -7.1 40 12.6 -0.4 337 4 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.2 3.44 9 600 4437 1.8 -15.6 26 17.4 -4.8 311 4 318.2 318.5 290.1 324.5 1.88 10 550 5134 -1.3 -19.9 23 18.6 -7.7 276 3 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.5 1.43 11 500 5888 -5.0 -24.4 20 19.4 -10.9 245 3 326.9 327.2 291.9 330.7 1.06 12 450 6707 -10.4 -32.4 15 22.0 -15.5 105 1 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.3 0.56 13 400 7603 -16.1 -27.5 37 11.4 -19.0 208 4 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.7 1.00 14 350 8597 -22.0 -31.2 43 9.2 -23.9 186 1 339.2 339.3 294.8 342.2 0.81 15 300 9715 -29.2 -41.9 28 12.7 -30.9 182 9 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.5 0.32 16 250 10988 -40.2 -50.3 33 10.1 -40.9 151 12 346.3 346.3 296.0 346.9 0.15 17 200 12467 -53.0 -57.0 61 4.1 -53.1 135 19 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.09 18 150 14258 -66.9 -70.6 59 3.7 -66.9 35 9 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16674 -70.8 -82.1 17 11.4 -70.8 91 15 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.40 m Freezing level: 571.11 mb = 4839.61 m = 15877.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.74 mb = 3715.44 m = 12189.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.48 mb = 807.75 m = 2650.06 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1605.34 m = 5266.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 22.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.79 mb = 1236.48 m = 4056.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.79 mb = 3714.80 m = 12187.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 535.79 mb = 5340.89 m = 17522.39 ft B at Equ Level: 29.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.79 mb = 8474.60 m = 27803.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.13 Bulk Shear: 1.33 m/s