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: 29.40,-90.81 Latitude: 29.40 Longitude: -90.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -365 SFC 959 2 25.8 24.6 93 1.3 24.9 287 6 302.5 306.3 299.4 363.9 20.67 2 950 89 24.9 23.7 93 1.1 24.0 285 5 302.4 306.1 299.0 361.2 19.81 3 900 563 21.9 21.8 100 0.1 21.9 33 9 304.1 307.5 298.6 359.6 18.61 4 850 1059 19.8 19.7 99 0.1 19.7 48 11 306.9 310.1 298.5 358.8 17.23 5 800 1582 17.7 17.3 98 0.4 17.4 53 12 310.0 313.0 298.3 357.9 15.71 6 750 2133 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 15.0 57 13 313.2 315.9 298.1 357.1 14.22 7 700 2717 12.8 12.1 96 0.7 12.3 50 10 316.6 319.1 298.0 356.6 12.78 8 650 3337 10.0 9.4 96 0.6 9.6 63 11 320.3 322.5 298.0 356.7 11.47 9 600 4001 7.0 6.5 97 0.5 6.6 74 14 324.2 326.2 298.1 357.0 10.17 10 550 4713 3.3 3.1 98 0.2 3.2 75 13 328.0 329.7 298.0 356.6 8.72 11 500 5482 -0.4 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.5 85 13 332.5 334.0 298.1 357.2 7.36 12 450 6320 -4.2 -4.4 98 0.2 -4.3 95 13 337.9 339.2 298.5 359.1 6.15 13 400 7242 -8.6 -9.0 97 0.4 -8.8 98 13 343.8 344.8 298.9 360.9 4.84 14 350 8268 -13.7 -14.6 93 0.8 -14.1 98 13 350.3 351.0 299.3 363.2 3.54 15 300 9427 -19.7 -22.0 82 2.3 -20.5 100 12 357.7 358.1 299.8 366.0 2.19 16 250 10758 -28.7 -32.8 68 4.1 -29.6 102 11 363.3 363.5 300.1 367.2 0.97 17 200 12315 -41.0 -45.5 62 4.5 -41.5 105 10 367.8 367.9 300.4 369.2 0.33 18 150 14206 -56.0 -60.4 58 4.4 -56.1 157 6 373.6 373.7 301.2 374.0 0.07 19 100 16677 -72.1 -77.2 46 5.1 -72.2 113 15 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.01 m Freezing level: 505.81 mb = 5392.68 m = 17692.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 506.93 mb = 5371.04 m = 17621.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.55 mb = 158.20 m = 519.04 ft T: 24.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 7.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 532.78 m = 1747.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 39.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.17 mb = 532.39 m = 1746.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.17 mb = 580.89 m = 1905.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.17 mb = 6894.70 m = 22620.13 ft B at Equ Level: 119.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.17 mb = 9225.51 m = 30267.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.9 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 93.9 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: -6.1 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.64 Bulk Shear: 21.41 m/s