MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 32.49,-93.03 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 94 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.2 137 11 294.6 297.4 294.2 339.5 15.68 1 1000 128 22.4 20.4 89 2.0 21.0 133 14 295.5 298.3 294.1 339.4 15.26 2 950 579 24.8 15.5 56 9.3 18.5 126 19 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.0 11.72 3 900 1053 23.1 13.0 53 10.1 16.5 120 13 305.3 307.3 293.5 336.8 10.51 4 850 1550 20.3 11.0 55 9.3 14.3 78 7 307.4 309.2 293.5 336.9 9.73 5 800 2071 16.8 8.9 59 7.9 11.9 23 9 309.1 310.8 293.4 336.4 8.97 6 750 2618 12.9 7.2 68 5.7 9.4 9 15 310.5 312.2 293.5 336.7 8.53 7 700 3194 8.5 3.9 73 4.6 5.8 6 18 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.4 7.24 8 650 3804 4.8 -0.4 69 5.1 2.0 15 20 314.3 315.4 292.4 332.4 5.74 9 600 4454 2.0 -7.2 50 9.2 -2.3 25 22 318.5 319.2 291.9 330.5 3.71 10 550 5150 -2.8 -11.9 49 9.1 -6.5 28 26 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.0 2.78 11 500 5898 -7.9 -15.7 53 7.8 -10.8 18 28 323.4 323.8 292.0 331.0 2.25 12 450 6709 -13.1 -19.4 59 6.3 -15.1 13 29 326.8 327.1 292.6 333.1 1.84 13 400 7596 -18.9 -23.7 66 4.8 -20.2 4 29 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.4 1.42 14 350 8577 -26.0 -29.3 74 3.3 -26.6 357 30 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.3 0.97 15 300 9674 -34.4 -36.1 84 1.7 -34.6 353 30 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.1 0.58 16 250 10920 -44.3 -44.6 96 0.3 -44.3 350 24 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.29 17 200 12379 -55.5 -55.7 98 0.2 -55.5 4 13 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14157 -65.4 -69.1 60 3.7 -65.4 312 19 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16645 -65.3 -83.1 7 17.8 -65.4 78 6 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.17 m Freezing level: 579.21 mb = 4743.76 m = 15563.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.48 mb = 4103.45 m = 13462.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.12 mb = 206.48 m = 677.42 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.77 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2633.32 m = 8639.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.78 C = 100.00 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 418.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.52 mb = 1483.35 m = 4866.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 511.52 mb = 5719.57 m = 18764.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 401.52 mb = 7567.92 m = 24828.83 ft B at Equ Level: 48.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.52 mb = 9869.64 m = 32380.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 62.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.7 neg: -37.1 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 89.87 m/s