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: 30.89,-91.94 Latitude: 30.89 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -47 SFC 992 22 24.2 22.9 93 1.3 23.3 15 32 298.0 301.3 296.7 350.4 18.03 2 950 403 22.1 21.5 96 0.7 21.6 28 59 299.6 302.8 296.6 349.9 17.19 3 900 873 20.0 19.8 99 0.2 19.9 41 67 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.4 16.34 4 850 1368 19.2 17.4 89 1.8 17.9 59 67 306.3 309.0 296.8 351.0 14.88 5 800 1889 17.2 14.6 85 2.6 15.4 63 65 309.4 311.9 296.5 349.5 13.18 6 750 2439 14.5 12.2 86 2.3 12.9 66 64 312.3 314.6 296.4 349.1 11.96 7 700 3021 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 68 62 314.9 317.0 296.3 348.5 10.81 8 650 3638 7.5 6.7 94 0.8 7.0 70 60 317.5 319.3 296.1 347.5 9.52 9 600 4294 3.9 3.8 100 0.1 3.8 72 59 320.6 322.2 296.1 347.4 8.40 10 550 4998 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 73 58 324.6 326.0 296.2 348.0 7.18 11 500 5760 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.9 74 57 329.7 331.0 296.7 350.3 6.16 12 450 6590 -6.6 -7.0 97 0.4 -6.8 74 57 334.9 336.0 297.1 352.1 5.02 13 400 7503 -11.3 -11.8 96 0.5 -11.5 75 55 340.3 341.1 297.5 354.0 3.89 14 350 8516 -17.1 -17.3 99 0.1 -17.1 73 53 345.7 346.3 297.9 356.0 2.83 15 300 9654 -25.2 -25.2 100 0.0 -25.2 67 53 349.9 350.3 298.0 356.2 1.65 16 250 10951 -35.3 -35.3 100 -0.0 -35.3 70 49 353.5 353.7 298.0 356.5 0.76 17 200 12463 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.7 72 44 357.1 357.2 298.4 358.2 0.25 18 150 14296 -63.2 -63.4 98 0.2 -63.2 91 36 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.4 0.05 19 100 16689 -73.1 -78.3 45 5.2 -73.1 152 7 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.88 m Freezing level: 543.11 mb = 5103.15 m = 16742.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 543.45 mb = 5093.97 m = 16712.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.49 mb = 179.74 m = 589.68 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 3.53 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 686.29 m = 2251.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 37.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.85 mb = 561.26 m = 1841.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.85 mb = 3537.71 m = 11606.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.85 mb = 5635.26 m = 18488.16 ft B at Equ Level: 59.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.85 mb = 7543.40 m = 24748.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.9 at 60.7 knts Storm direction: 92.9 at 45.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 858.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 858.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 286.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 184.06 m/s