MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 29.26,-90.61 Latitude: 29.26 Longitude: -90.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.3 25.1 93 1.2 25.4 191 41 302.5 306.4 299.8 365.6 21.23 2 950 140 24.5 23.6 95 0.9 23.8 202 53 302.0 305.7 298.7 360.1 19.61 3 900 613 21.5 21.5 100 0.1 21.5 204 56 303.7 307.1 298.2 357.8 18.19 4 850 1109 19.4 19.3 99 0.1 19.4 207 52 306.5 309.6 298.1 357.0 16.79 5 800 1630 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.1 210 47 309.8 312.7 298.0 356.7 15.40 6 750 2182 15.3 14.5 95 0.7 14.8 210 42 313.2 315.9 298.0 356.5 14.03 7 700 2765 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.3 211 41 316.7 319.2 298.0 356.4 12.68 8 650 3386 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 205 39 320.4 322.6 298.0 356.7 11.42 9 600 4050 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 199 38 324.2 326.2 298.1 356.9 10.13 10 550 4762 3.3 3.0 98 0.2 3.1 197 39 328.0 329.7 298.0 356.5 8.69 11 500 5531 -0.4 -0.6 99 0.2 -0.6 192 43 332.5 334.0 298.1 357.1 7.34 12 450 6369 -4.4 -4.7 98 0.3 -4.6 187 49 337.7 339.0 298.4 358.5 6.03 13 400 7290 -8.8 -9.4 96 0.6 -9.1 190 50 343.5 344.5 298.7 360.2 4.71 14 350 8316 -13.8 -14.8 92 1.0 -14.2 195 46 350.1 350.9 299.2 362.8 3.46 15 300 9473 -20.4 -21.9 88 1.5 -20.9 197 43 356.7 357.1 299.7 365.1 2.22 16 250 10799 -29.8 -32.1 81 2.3 -30.3 204 41 361.7 361.9 299.8 365.9 1.04 17 200 12346 -42.7 -45.1 78 2.4 -42.9 204 35 365.1 365.2 299.9 366.6 0.34 18 150 14221 -58.1 -59.3 86 1.2 -58.2 207 29 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.3 0.09 19 100 16678 -72.6 -76.9 52 4.3 -72.6 110 15 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.31 m Freezing level: 505.77 mb = 5442.16 m = 17854.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 507.67 mb = 5408.05 m = 17742.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.39 mb = 145.30 m = 476.70 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 526.04 m = 1725.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.93 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.97 mb = 526.21 m = 1726.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.97 mb = 574.49 m = 1884.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.97 mb = 6474.56 m = 21241.74 ft B at Equ Level: 72.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 343.97 mb = 8446.43 m = 27711.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.1 neg: -32.5 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 8.45 Bulk Shear: 8.63 m/s