MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 30.4,-89.57 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 999 23 25.8 24.4 92 1.4 24.8 146 20 299.0 302.6 298.0 356.4 19.62 2 950 470 22.9 22.3 97 0.5 22.5 155 51 300.4 303.7 297.4 353.7 18.17 3 900 941 20.0 20.0 100 -0.0 20.0 162 59 302.1 305.1 296.8 351.0 16.58 4 850 1433 17.6 16.7 95 0.8 17.0 169 60 304.6 307.2 296.0 347.0 14.25 5 800 1951 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 167 59 307.4 309.9 295.9 346.6 12.99 6 750 2498 12.8 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 164 57 310.5 312.7 295.7 346.0 11.63 7 700 3076 10.0 9.1 94 1.0 9.4 163 57 313.6 315.6 295.7 345.8 10.40 8 650 3691 7.0 6.2 95 0.8 6.5 161 57 316.9 318.7 295.7 345.9 9.22 9 600 4346 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 160 57 320.1 321.6 295.7 345.7 8.02 10 550 5049 -0.1 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 159 56 324.0 325.4 295.8 346.2 6.82 11 500 5809 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.5 -3.5 160 56 329.1 330.2 296.3 348.5 5.83 12 450 6638 -7.2 -8.3 92 1.1 -7.7 161 56 334.2 335.1 296.6 349.8 4.55 13 400 7548 -12.2 -13.9 87 1.8 -12.9 165 54 339.2 339.9 296.8 350.7 3.26 14 350 8558 -18.4 -18.9 96 0.5 -18.6 168 50 344.0 344.5 297.3 352.9 2.46 15 300 9691 -26.2 -26.3 99 0.1 -26.2 167 47 348.5 348.8 297.5 354.1 1.49 16 250 10983 -36.2 -36.2 100 0.0 -36.2 167 45 352.2 352.3 297.7 354.9 0.69 17 200 12490 -48.8 -48.9 99 0.0 -48.8 168 36 355.5 355.5 298.0 356.4 0.22 18 150 14313 -64.4 -64.6 98 0.2 -64.4 188 32 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.3 0.04 19 100 16692 -74.2 -80.0 40 5.9 -74.2 79 13 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.39 m Freezing level: 550.90 mb = 5036.15 m = 16522.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 553.10 mb = 5003.35 m = 16414.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.55 mb = 199.90 m = 655.82 ft T: 24.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.57 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 603.32 m = 1979.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 385.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.95 mb = 553.12 m = 1814.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.95 mb = 693.07 m = 2273.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.95 mb = 9546.80 m = 31321.16 ft B at Equ Level: 384.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.95 mb = 14889.75 m = 48850.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.7 at 55.6 knts Storm direction: 191.7 at 41.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.1 neg: -48.5 tot: 317.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 7.48 Bulk Shear: 51.54 m/s