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,-93.27 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 79 23.5 21.5 88 2.1 22.1 126 10 296.2 299.1 295.0 343.0 16.23 1 1000 129 23.9 20.8 83 3.1 21.7 125 15 297.0 299.9 294.8 342.2 15.62 2 950 580 24.6 16.8 62 7.8 19.3 124 23 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.9 12.79 3 900 1054 22.7 14.6 60 8.1 17.2 128 19 304.9 307.1 294.3 339.8 11.69 4 850 1550 20.2 11.4 57 8.7 14.6 134 12 307.3 309.2 293.7 337.6 10.04 5 800 2071 16.6 10.3 66 6.4 12.6 92 6 308.9 310.7 294.0 338.9 9.86 6 750 2618 12.7 9.2 79 3.5 10.5 35 8 310.4 312.3 294.4 340.4 9.80 7 700 3195 8.5 6.0 84 2.5 7.1 9 15 311.9 313.5 293.8 338.0 8.42 8 650 3804 4.6 1.6 81 3.0 2.9 13 21 314.1 315.4 293.0 334.9 6.63 9 600 4454 1.8 -8.0 48 9.8 -2.7 17 25 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.5 3.48 10 550 5149 -3.0 -13.2 45 10.2 -7.1 22 28 320.5 321.0 291.4 328.9 2.51 11 500 5897 -7.9 -17.7 45 9.9 -11.3 15 30 323.5 323.8 291.7 329.9 1.90 12 450 6708 -12.9 -21.3 49 8.4 -15.4 9 29 327.0 327.4 292.4 332.5 1.55 13 400 7596 -18.8 -25.6 55 6.8 -20.5 0 30 330.6 330.8 293.0 334.9 1.19 14 350 8577 -25.8 -32.4 54 6.5 -27.1 356 30 333.9 334.1 293.4 336.6 0.72 15 300 9674 -34.2 -39.5 59 5.3 -34.8 357 28 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.7 0.41 16 250 10922 -44.1 -47.7 67 3.6 -44.3 358 23 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.20 17 200 12382 -54.9 -55.9 89 1.0 -54.9 6 11 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.10 18 150 14163 -66.1 -68.7 70 2.6 -66.1 318 17 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16646 -64.3 -83.2 6 18.9 -64.5 76 8 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.53 m Freezing level: 581.64 mb = 4709.01 m = 15449.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.03 mb = 4135.01 m = 13566.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.79 % Est. max temperature: 34.35 C = 93.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.31 mb = 339.94 m = 1115.28 ft T: 24.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.56 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2398.95 m = 7870.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 270.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.14 mb = 1346.64 m = 4418.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.14 mb = 3614.75 m = 11859.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 615.14 mb = 4251.43 m = 13948.09 ft B at Equ Level: 33.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.14 mb = 12860.10 m = 42191.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.6 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 69.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: -41.6 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.88 Bulk Shear: 86.47 m/s