MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 29.06,-89.84 Latitude: 29.06 Longitude: -89.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -277 SFC 969 -1 27.1 26.0 94 1.1 26.3 94 77 302.9 307.1 300.5 369.4 22.30 2 950 178 24.9 24.0 95 0.9 24.3 105 93 302.5 306.2 299.2 362.5 20.21 3 900 652 21.8 21.7 99 0.1 21.8 114 102 304.0 307.4 298.5 359.0 18.47 4 850 1149 19.3 19.3 99 0.1 19.3 119 102 306.4 309.5 298.1 356.8 16.76 5 800 1671 17.1 16.7 98 0.4 16.8 121 99 309.4 312.2 297.8 355.4 15.15 6 750 2222 14.8 14.0 95 0.9 14.2 122 94 312.6 315.2 297.5 354.2 13.48 7 700 2806 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 120 91 316.0 318.3 297.4 353.4 11.98 8 650 3426 9.1 8.1 94 1.0 8.5 120 91 319.2 321.3 297.2 352.5 10.52 9 600 4088 5.8 5.3 96 0.6 5.5 119 90 322.9 324.7 297.3 352.9 9.33 10 550 4799 2.5 2.0 96 0.5 2.2 119 87 327.1 328.7 297.4 353.6 8.08 11 500 5567 -0.8 -1.4 96 0.6 -1.2 121 83 332.0 333.4 297.7 355.2 6.92 12 450 6406 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -5.0 121 79 337.8 338.9 298.1 357.3 5.67 13 400 7328 -8.8 -10.3 89 1.5 -9.5 118 76 343.5 344.5 298.5 359.0 4.37 14 350 8352 -14.5 -16.0 89 1.5 -15.1 116 74 349.2 349.9 298.8 360.7 3.15 15 300 9503 -21.8 -22.8 92 1.0 -22.1 114 71 354.7 355.2 299.2 362.5 2.05 16 250 10819 -31.4 -32.2 92 0.8 -31.6 115 70 359.4 359.6 299.4 363.4 1.02 17 200 12357 -43.9 -45.3 86 1.4 -44.0 118 66 363.3 363.4 299.6 364.7 0.34 18 150 14222 -59.2 -63.0 61 3.8 -59.3 126 58 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.3 0.05 19 100 16662 -71.5 -78.2 36 6.7 -71.5 117 20 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.88 m Freezing level: 512.24 mb = 5379.38 m = 17648.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 517.10 mb = 5296.37 m = 17376.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.23 mb = 138.58 m = 454.64 ft T: 25.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 525.55 m = 1724.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.18 mb = 524.70 m = 1721.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.18 mb = 572.86 m = 1879.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.18 mb = 7557.79 m = 24795.59 ft B at Equ Level: 296.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.18 mb = 13106.21 m = 42998.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.6 at 91.9 knts Storm direction: 148.6 at 69.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 794.1 neg: -78.3 tot: 715.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 5.14 Bulk Shear: 57.67 m/s