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: 28.51,-89.18 Latitude: 28.51 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -314 SFC 965 -1 27.6 26.4 93 1.2 26.7 87 46 303.8 308.1 301.1 372.7 23.02 2 950 142 25.5 24.5 94 1.0 24.7 89 56 303.0 306.9 299.6 364.8 20.77 3 900 617 22.3 22.1 99 0.2 22.2 97 59 304.5 308.0 298.9 361.0 18.92 4 850 1115 20.3 19.5 95 0.8 19.8 100 58 307.5 310.6 298.5 358.9 17.05 5 800 1638 17.9 17.1 96 0.7 17.4 101 59 310.2 313.1 298.2 357.7 15.57 6 750 2190 15.3 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 101 60 313.2 315.9 298.2 357.3 14.30 7 700 2775 12.7 12.4 98 0.4 12.5 98 60 316.6 319.1 298.2 357.4 13.04 8 650 3397 10.0 9.7 98 0.4 9.8 99 61 320.3 322.6 298.2 357.4 11.69 9 600 4061 7.0 6.7 98 0.4 6.8 99 61 324.3 326.3 298.2 357.5 10.31 10 550 4774 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.4 98 61 328.3 330.1 298.2 357.5 8.86 11 500 5544 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.4 97 62 332.8 334.3 298.2 357.6 7.40 12 450 6384 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.3 97 62 338.3 339.5 298.5 359.3 6.10 13 400 7306 -8.6 -9.4 94 0.8 -9.0 94 62 343.8 344.7 298.8 360.4 4.69 14 350 8331 -14.1 -15.2 91 1.1 -14.6 94 62 349.7 350.5 299.1 362.0 3.35 15 300 9486 -21.4 -22.4 91 1.0 -21.7 94 62 355.2 355.7 299.3 363.3 2.11 16 250 10805 -30.8 -31.9 90 1.1 -31.0 93 60 360.3 360.5 299.5 364.5 1.06 17 200 12350 -42.8 -43.9 89 1.1 -42.9 92 58 365.0 365.0 299.9 366.6 0.39 18 150 14224 -57.7 -62.2 56 4.6 -57.8 91 49 370.7 370.7 300.7 371.0 0.06 19 100 16691 -70.2 -74.2 56 3.9 -70.3 89 14 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.02 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.60 m Freezing level: 502.46 mb = 5506.29 m = 18065.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 505.13 mb = 5461.82 m = 17919.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.06 % Est. max temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.24 mb = 148.92 m = 488.58 ft T: 25.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 533.54 m = 1750.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.56 mb = 543.56 m = 1783.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.56 mb = 592.11 m = 1942.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.56 mb = 8275.22 m = 27149.33 ft B at Equ Level: 258.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.56 mb = 13311.17 m = 43671.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.1 at 60.1 knts Storm direction: 128.1 at 45.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.6 neg: -13.4 tot: 163.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 26.69 Bulk Shear: 9.68 m/s