MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251200F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251200F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 24.88,-93.31 Latitude: 24.88 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 1 29.2 25.0 78 4.2 26.1 128 13 301.1 304.8 298.7 360.2 20.05 1 1000 135 28.1 23.4 76 4.7 24.6 130 16 301.2 304.6 297.8 355.5 18.42 2 950 589 24.3 21.2 83 3.1 22.1 133 16 301.9 305.0 297.0 351.8 16.91 3 900 1062 21.4 17.3 77 4.1 18.5 139 16 303.6 306.1 295.5 344.9 13.91 4 850 1557 18.9 15.0 78 3.9 16.3 141 15 305.9 308.3 295.3 344.0 12.70 5 800 2076 16.0 11.4 74 4.6 13.0 134 14 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.4 10.63 6 750 2622 12.6 6.7 67 5.9 9.0 125 13 310.3 311.8 293.2 335.6 8.25 7 700 3198 8.7 3.8 71 4.9 5.8 122 14 312.1 313.4 292.9 334.4 7.18 8 650 3807 4.7 1.7 81 3.0 3.0 129 15 314.3 315.5 293.1 335.2 6.67 9 600 4456 0.8 -1.3 86 2.1 -0.3 138 17 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.5 5.80 10 550 5151 -3.0 -5.3 84 2.3 -4.1 143 16 320.5 321.5 293.3 335.8 4.69 11 500 5901 -6.5 -8.8 84 2.3 -7.5 140 15 325.1 325.9 293.9 338.2 3.93 12 450 6720 -9.9 -10.7 93 0.9 -10.2 125 6 330.8 331.6 295.2 343.6 3.75 13 400 7621 -15.1 -15.3 98 0.3 -15.2 16 10 335.4 336.0 295.6 345.6 2.90 14 350 8618 -21.8 -22.0 98 0.2 -21.9 11 9 339.4 339.8 295.8 346.2 1.87 15 300 9734 -30.0 -30.1 99 0.1 -30.0 6 12 343.0 343.3 296.0 347.0 1.04 16 250 11006 -40.0 -40.0 100 -0.0 -40.0 341 21 346.6 346.7 296.3 348.5 0.47 17 200 12486 -52.9 -53.0 100 0.0 -52.9 323 25 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.5 0.14 18 150 14282 -66.8 -69.4 69 2.6 -66.8 15 20 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16644 -77.2 -80.9 55 3.7 -77.2 34 29 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.03 m Freezing level: 589.84 mb = 4597.21 m = 15082.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.97 mb = 4389.20 m = 14400.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.84 mb = 535.18 m = 1755.83 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 25.85 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1296.24 m = 4252.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1315.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.95 mb = 937.23 m = 3074.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.95 mb = 1991.39 m = 6533.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.95 mb = 13576.48 m = 44541.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1313.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.7 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 164.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: -7.1 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 8130.76 Bulk Shear: 0.16 m/s