MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 30.26,-91.30 Latitude: 30.26 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -241 SFC 972 11 24.5 23.7 96 0.8 23.9 92 12 300.1 303.6 298.1 356.9 19.35 2 950 210 23.4 22.8 97 0.6 23.0 107 23 301.0 304.4 297.9 356.1 18.75 3 900 683 21.1 21.1 100 0.0 21.1 117 28 303.2 306.5 297.9 355.9 17.75 4 850 1178 19.1 19.1 100 0.0 19.1 129 30 306.2 309.2 297.9 355.9 16.57 5 800 1699 17.1 17.0 100 0.1 17.0 137 30 309.3 312.2 298.0 356.2 15.41 6 750 2250 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 143 26 312.7 315.4 298.0 356.4 14.18 7 700 2833 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 140 26 316.1 318.6 298.0 356.4 12.88 8 650 3453 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.5 136 26 319.8 322.1 298.0 356.4 11.55 9 600 4116 6.6 6.5 99 0.1 6.5 140 26 323.8 325.8 298.0 356.6 10.20 10 550 4828 2.9 2.8 100 0.0 2.8 143 25 327.5 329.2 297.8 355.6 8.58 11 500 5595 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.3 146 25 331.6 333.0 297.7 354.9 6.98 12 450 6430 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 144 23 336.9 338.0 298.0 356.3 5.67 13 400 7349 -9.6 -10.1 96 0.5 -9.8 145 21 342.5 343.5 298.4 358.2 4.44 14 350 8370 -15.0 -15.4 97 0.3 -15.2 143 20 348.5 349.2 298.8 360.6 3.31 15 300 9521 -22.1 -22.1 100 0.0 -22.1 142 21 354.3 354.7 299.2 362.5 2.17 16 250 10837 -31.6 -31.6 99 0.1 -31.6 140 22 359.1 359.4 299.4 363.4 1.08 17 200 12376 -43.5 -43.6 99 0.1 -43.6 140 17 363.8 363.9 299.8 365.5 0.40 18 150 14246 -58.1 -60.6 73 2.5 -58.2 128 12 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.3 0.07 19 100 16697 -73.4 -77.3 55 4.0 -73.4 65 1 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.15 m Freezing level: 514.48 mb = 5372.58 m = 17626.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 515.47 mb = 5349.46 m = 17550.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.43 mb = 105.20 m = 345.15 ft T: 23.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.88 C/km ThetaE index: 0.96 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 554.70 m = 1819.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 39.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.39 mb = 515.53 m = 1691.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.39 mb = 659.51 m = 2163.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.39 mb = 1567.00 m = 5141.03 ft B at Equ Level: 20.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.39 mb = 7302.19 m = 23957.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.8 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 165.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 140.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 20.99 m/s