MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 31.84,-90.6 Latitude: 31.84 Longitude: -90.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -42 SFC 983 106 23.7 23.1 96 0.7 23.3 133 22 298.3 301.7 297.0 351.8 18.37 2 950 405 22.4 21.8 97 0.5 22.0 144 51 299.9 303.1 297.0 351.4 17.61 3 900 876 19.9 19.9 100 -0.0 19.9 151 61 302.0 305.1 296.8 350.7 16.50 4 850 1369 17.7 17.7 100 -0.0 17.8 162 66 304.7 307.6 296.7 350.1 15.20 5 800 1887 15.5 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 172 60 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.6 13.92 6 750 2434 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 167 55 310.9 313.4 296.7 350.1 12.82 7 700 3014 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 168 56 314.4 316.6 296.7 350.1 11.51 8 650 3631 8.2 7.5 95 0.7 7.8 170 54 318.2 320.2 296.6 350.0 10.06 9 600 4290 4.8 4.2 96 0.6 4.4 170 51 321.7 323.4 296.5 349.4 8.65 10 550 4996 0.8 0.6 99 0.1 0.7 171 51 325.0 326.4 296.4 348.8 7.31 11 500 5760 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 173 49 330.3 331.5 297.0 351.4 6.34 12 450 6592 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.5 171 47 335.4 336.4 297.3 353.0 5.14 13 400 7506 -10.9 -11.5 96 0.6 -11.2 168 45 340.8 341.6 297.7 354.8 3.97 14 350 8522 -16.7 -16.9 98 0.2 -16.8 170 44 346.3 346.9 298.1 356.8 2.91 15 300 9664 -24.2 -24.3 100 0.0 -24.2 171 41 351.3 351.6 298.3 358.0 1.79 16 250 10966 -34.4 -35.0 94 0.7 -34.5 169 38 354.9 355.1 298.3 358.0 0.78 17 200 12482 -47.9 -48.8 90 1.0 -47.9 164 33 357.0 357.0 298.3 357.9 0.23 18 150 14306 -65.1 -65.8 92 0.7 -65.1 143 21 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.1 0.04 19 100 16699 -76.0 -80.1 52 4.1 -76.0 309 6 380.9 380.9 302.4 381.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.19 m Freezing level: 537.35 mb = 5189.30 m = 17025.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 539.30 mb = 5153.50 m = 16907.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.25 mb = 185.89 m = 609.87 ft T: 23.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.14 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 659.33 m = 2163.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.56 mb = 603.87 m = 1981.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.56 mb = 745.52 m = 2445.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.56 mb = 3585.60 m = 11763.64 ft B at Equ Level: 39.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.56 mb = 7437.67 m = 24401.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.8 at 54.1 knts Storm direction: 195.8 at 40.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 619.1 neg: -51.8 tot: 567.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 65.70 m/s