MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 28.43,-89.42 Latitude: 28.43 Longitude: -89.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -254 SFC 972 -0 27.3 26.0 93 1.3 26.4 5 57 303.0 307.1 300.5 369.4 22.29 2 950 201 24.7 23.7 94 1.0 23.9 15 77 302.2 305.8 298.8 360.7 19.73 3 900 675 21.5 21.4 99 0.1 21.4 23 83 303.6 307.0 298.2 357.3 18.06 4 850 1171 19.5 18.6 95 0.9 18.9 27 84 306.6 309.6 297.7 354.9 16.08 5 800 1693 17.2 16.3 95 0.9 16.5 31 84 309.4 312.2 297.5 354.2 14.72 6 750 2244 14.8 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 35 81 312.6 315.2 297.7 354.8 13.71 7 700 2827 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 36 78 316.0 318.5 297.8 355.5 12.65 8 650 3447 9.6 9.3 98 0.2 9.4 36 74 319.8 322.0 297.9 356.0 11.44 9 600 4110 6.7 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 35 71 323.8 325.8 298.0 356.5 10.14 10 550 4821 3.1 3.0 99 0.1 3.1 35 70 327.8 329.5 298.0 356.3 8.69 11 500 5589 -0.5 -0.7 98 0.2 -0.6 36 70 332.4 333.9 298.1 356.8 7.28 12 450 6427 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 37 70 337.7 338.9 298.4 358.2 5.98 13 400 7346 -9.3 -9.8 96 0.5 -9.5 37 72 342.9 343.8 298.5 359.0 4.56 14 350 8367 -15.1 -15.5 97 0.4 -15.3 38 71 348.4 349.1 298.8 360.4 3.28 15 300 9516 -22.5 -22.8 98 0.3 -22.5 40 69 353.7 354.2 299.0 361.5 2.05 16 250 10829 -31.8 -32.1 97 0.3 -31.9 47 67 358.8 359.0 299.2 363.0 1.04 17 200 12367 -43.6 -43.9 96 0.4 -43.6 54 61 363.8 363.9 299.7 365.5 0.39 18 150 14235 -59.2 -61.4 75 2.2 -59.3 56 48 368.0 368.1 300.2 368.3 0.07 19 100 16693 -68.9 -74.9 42 6.0 -68.9 75 19 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.67 m Freezing level: 507.07 mb = 5480.72 m = 17981.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 508.46 mb = 5454.13 m = 17893.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.95 mb = 164.26 m = 538.91 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.19 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 535.21 m = 1755.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 38.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.76 mb = 541.86 m = 1777.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.76 mb = 589.94 m = 1935.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.76 mb = 7564.13 m = 24816.39 ft B at Equ Level: 160.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.76 mb = 11440.74 m = 37534.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.7 at 75.8 knts Storm direction: 61.7 at 56.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 650.1 neg: -12.6 tot: 637.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 62.21 m/s