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: 30.51,-90.57 Latitude: 30.51 Longitude: -90.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -64 SFC 991 20 25.4 24.3 93 1.2 24.6 109 27 299.4 303.0 298.1 356.8 19.61 2 950 389 23.3 22.7 96 0.6 22.9 124 64 300.8 304.2 297.8 355.4 18.57 3 900 861 20.8 20.8 100 -0.0 20.8 132 73 302.9 306.1 297.6 354.5 17.40 4 850 1355 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 139 77 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.0 15.61 5 800 1873 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 15.0 136 76 307.6 310.1 296.1 347.6 13.24 6 750 2420 12.5 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 131 74 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.3 11.18 7 700 2998 9.8 8.1 89 1.7 8.8 134 73 313.4 315.2 295.2 343.6 9.76 8 650 3611 6.7 5.8 94 1.0 6.1 137 72 316.6 318.3 295.4 344.6 8.91 9 600 4266 3.2 3.0 98 0.2 3.1 135 71 319.9 321.4 295.6 345.3 7.96 10 550 4968 -0.3 -0.4 99 0.1 -0.3 132 69 323.8 325.1 295.7 345.8 6.78 11 500 5729 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.9 132 66 329.7 331.0 296.7 350.2 6.15 12 450 6560 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 136 68 335.1 336.1 297.1 352.3 5.04 13 400 7473 -11.3 -12.0 95 0.7 -11.6 139 69 340.3 341.1 297.4 353.8 3.83 14 350 8487 -17.2 -17.6 96 0.4 -17.4 143 70 345.6 346.2 297.8 355.6 2.74 15 300 9627 -24.6 -25.0 97 0.3 -24.7 147 65 350.7 351.1 298.1 357.1 1.68 16 250 10928 -34.5 -34.6 98 0.2 -34.5 147 59 354.8 355.0 298.3 358.1 0.81 17 200 12447 -46.7 -46.8 99 0.1 -46.7 142 46 358.8 358.8 298.7 360.0 0.28 18 150 14291 -61.5 -61.6 98 0.1 -61.5 154 36 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.4 0.06 19 100 16703 -74.1 -78.8 48 4.7 -74.1 182 7 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.78 m Freezing level: 553.79 mb = 4915.22 m = 16125.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.80 mb = 4898.32 m = 16070.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.52 mb = 164.19 m = 538.69 ft T: 24.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.15 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 610.43 m = 2002.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.45 mb = 542.11 m = 1778.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.45 mb = 779.03 m = 2555.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.45 mb = 8305.74 m = 27249.49 ft B at Equ Level: 437.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.45 mb = 13939.70 m = 45733.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.3 at 70.1 knts Storm direction: 163.3 at 52.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 652.1 neg: -93.1 tot: 559.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 186.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 6.12 Bulk Shear: 71.63 m/s