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: 30.66,-91.39 Latitude: 30.66 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -117 SFC 983 31 24.6 23.7 95 0.9 23.9 46 36 299.2 302.6 297.7 354.8 19.05 2 950 334 23.0 22.3 96 0.7 22.5 63 70 300.6 303.9 297.4 353.8 18.13 3 900 805 20.6 20.5 100 0.1 20.6 74 80 302.7 305.9 297.4 353.5 17.13 4 850 1299 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 85 86 305.4 308.4 297.2 352.6 15.76 5 800 1818 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 95 90 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.9 14.35 6 750 2366 14.0 13.8 99 0.2 13.8 103 87 311.8 314.3 297.2 352.7 13.33 7 700 2947 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 99 81 315.0 317.3 297.1 352.1 11.94 8 650 3564 8.2 8.0 99 0.2 8.0 98 81 318.2 320.2 296.8 351.1 10.42 9 600 4222 4.8 4.7 99 0.2 4.8 98 79 321.7 323.5 296.7 350.5 8.97 10 550 4928 0.7 0.6 100 0.1 0.7 98 74 324.9 326.4 296.4 348.8 7.32 11 500 5690 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 95 70 330.2 331.5 297.0 351.4 6.34 12 450 6522 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.5 -6.3 93 68 335.7 336.7 297.4 353.6 5.22 13 400 7438 -10.4 -11.1 95 0.7 -10.7 92 68 341.5 342.3 297.9 356.0 4.11 14 350 8455 -16.1 -16.6 96 0.5 -16.3 91 65 347.1 347.7 298.3 358.0 2.99 15 300 9600 -23.6 -23.7 99 0.1 -23.7 93 63 352.1 352.5 298.5 359.2 1.88 16 250 10906 -33.9 -33.9 100 -0.0 -33.8 97 61 355.7 355.9 298.5 359.2 0.87 17 200 12429 -46.0 -46.0 100 -0.0 -46.0 99 54 360.0 360.0 299.0 361.3 0.31 18 150 14277 -61.4 -61.7 96 0.3 -61.4 94 36 364.3 364.3 299.6 364.5 0.06 19 100 16694 -73.5 -77.9 51 4.4 -73.6 143 8 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.41 m Freezing level: 538.36 mb = 5105.52 m = 16750.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 539.30 mb = 5085.05 m = 16683.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.88 mb = 143.02 m = 469.21 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 634.77 m = 2082.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.24 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.25 mb = 554.64 m = 1819.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.25 mb = 793.07 m = 2601.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 451.25 mb = 6500.23 m = 21325.95 ft B at Equ Level: 135.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.25 mb = 9091.88 m = 29828.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.5 at 78.3 knts Storm direction: 122.5 at 58.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 13.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1395.9 neg: -74.5 tot: 1321.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 440.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.4 stream: 14.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 227.47 m/s