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: 30.37,-93.1 Latitude: 30.37 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 18 29.3 18.8 53 10.5 22.0 44 3 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.4 13.62 1 1000 132 26.8 17.7 57 9.1 20.5 43 4 299.9 302.3 293.7 337.5 12.84 2 950 583 22.9 16.3 66 6.7 18.4 36 2 300.5 302.7 293.5 336.7 12.35 3 900 1053 20.2 14.8 71 5.3 16.6 296 4 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.4 11.88 4 850 1544 16.6 12.5 77 4.1 13.9 319 7 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.5 10.75 5 800 2059 15.3 4.3 48 11.0 9.0 341 7 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.4 6.52 6 750 2604 12.8 -0.8 39 13.6 5.6 353 4 310.5 311.4 290.4 325.5 4.82 7 700 3179 8.8 -2.5 45 11.3 3.1 16 3 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.6 4.56 8 650 3787 4.7 -8.3 38 13.0 -1.1 18 4 314.3 314.9 290.1 324.4 3.14 9 600 4435 0.6 -13.8 33 14.4 -5.0 6 7 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.0 2.19 10 550 5128 -1.7 -23.2 18 21.5 -8.5 348 5 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.07 11 500 5882 -5.1 -38.8 5 33.8 -12.3 281 8 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.27 12 450 6699 -11.1 -43.5 5 32.3 -16.7 294 9 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 13 400 7594 -16.0 -47.3 5 31.3 -20.5 261 13 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 14 350 8588 -21.8 -43.9 12 22.1 -24.9 259 12 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.3 0.22 15 300 9706 -29.7 -49.8 12 20.1 -31.7 261 12 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.1 0.13 16 250 10977 -39.9 -55.6 17 15.7 -40.8 244 15 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.08 17 200 12461 -52.1 -66.9 15 14.8 -52.5 261 12 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14260 -66.1 -72.0 43 6.0 -66.1 294 3 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16674 -70.9 -82.2 17 11.3 -71.0 106 15 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.75 m Freezing level: 587.40 mb = 4609.37 m = 15122.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.14 mb = 3623.12 m = 11886.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.91 mb = 1345.00 m = 4412.68 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 11.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.37 mb = 2588.50 m = 8492.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.38 C = 101.08 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: 2.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 22.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4571.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.46 mb = 1418.83 m = 4654.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.9 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 14.9 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.59 Bulk Shear: 2.36 m/s