MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 33.68,-89.10 Latitude: 33.68 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 985 114 23.0 22.6 98 0.4 22.8 154 15 297.4 300.7 296.4 349.2 17.84 2 950 430 21.5 21.4 99 0.1 21.4 166 34 299.0 302.1 296.4 348.8 17.10 3 900 899 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 176 42 301.6 304.5 296.4 348.9 16.06 4 850 1392 17.5 17.5 100 -0.0 17.5 193 43 304.5 307.2 296.4 349.0 14.95 5 800 1910 15.4 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 207 36 307.5 310.1 296.5 349.3 13.85 6 750 2457 13.1 13.0 100 0.0 13.0 198 26 310.8 313.2 296.5 349.5 12.68 7 700 3037 10.5 10.5 100 0.0 10.5 190 31 314.1 316.3 296.5 349.7 11.48 8 650 3653 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.8 195 32 317.8 319.7 296.7 350.0 10.25 9 600 4311 4.7 4.6 100 0.1 4.6 194 30 321.5 323.2 296.6 350.0 8.91 10 550 5017 0.6 0.5 99 0.1 0.5 188 29 324.8 326.2 296.3 348.4 7.25 11 500 5780 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 183 30 329.9 331.1 296.8 350.6 6.21 12 450 6610 -6.6 -7.2 96 0.5 -6.9 183 29 334.9 335.9 297.1 352.0 4.98 13 400 7524 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.6 -11.2 189 24 340.7 341.6 297.6 354.6 3.95 14 350 8540 -16.6 -16.8 98 0.2 -16.7 196 20 346.4 347.0 298.1 357.0 2.94 15 300 9682 -24.1 -24.3 98 0.2 -24.2 206 20 351.4 351.7 298.3 358.1 1.78 16 250 10985 -34.2 -34.9 93 0.7 -34.3 221 16 355.2 355.4 298.4 358.4 0.79 17 200 12503 -47.4 -51.6 62 4.2 -47.6 232 11 357.7 357.8 298.4 358.4 0.16 18 150 14333 -64.2 -68.7 54 4.4 -64.3 288 16 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16734 -71.0 -81.6 19 10.6 -71.0 349 7 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.36 m Freezing level: 540.75 mb = 5158.27 m = 16923.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 541.66 mb = 5139.36 m = 16861.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.06 mb = 159.65 m = 523.77 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 588.79 m = 1931.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 37.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.34 mb = 583.88 m = 1915.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.34 mb = 630.49 m = 2068.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.34 mb = 1509.81 m = 4953.38 ft B at Equ Level: 20.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 588.34 mb = 4470.32 m = 14666.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.1 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 219.1 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.2 neg: -27.2 tot: 285.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 23.40 m/s