MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.49,-92.86 Latitude: 31.49 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 59 27.6 22.7 74 5.0 24.0 57 5 300.3 303.5 297.0 351.6 17.50 1 1000 104 27.0 22.0 74 5.0 23.3 67 7 300.1 303.2 296.5 349.5 16.84 2 950 557 24.4 19.6 74 4.8 21.0 147 5 302.0 304.8 296.0 347.0 15.28 3 900 1031 21.3 17.8 80 3.5 18.9 204 9 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.4 14.44 4 850 1524 17.8 16.2 91 1.5 16.7 218 14 304.8 307.3 295.7 345.9 13.80 5 800 2042 15.0 14.6 97 0.4 14.7 233 19 307.1 309.6 295.9 346.8 13.16 6 750 2587 12.7 11.9 95 0.9 12.1 246 21 310.4 312.6 295.8 346.2 11.72 7 700 3165 9.7 8.9 95 0.8 9.2 254 22 313.2 315.1 295.5 344.9 10.26 8 650 3777 6.5 5.9 96 0.6 6.1 264 23 316.3 318.0 295.4 344.6 9.00 9 600 4431 3.1 2.9 99 0.2 3.0 274 24 319.8 321.3 295.5 345.0 7.91 10 550 5131 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 290 23 323.8 325.1 295.7 345.8 6.77 11 500 5889 -4.7 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 300 25 327.3 328.3 295.4 344.6 5.22 12 450 6708 -10.3 -11.3 92 1.0 -10.7 313 25 330.3 331.0 294.9 342.5 3.59 13 400 7608 -15.3 -16.4 91 1.2 -15.7 320 24 335.2 335.7 295.4 344.5 2.65 14 350 8603 -22.0 -22.8 93 0.8 -22.2 324 27 339.1 339.4 295.6 345.4 1.75 15 300 9717 -30.8 -31.4 95 0.6 -30.9 332 25 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.5 0.93 16 250 10983 -41.6 -42.1 94 0.6 -41.6 334 25 344.3 344.4 295.7 345.8 0.38 17 200 12453 -54.3 -54.4 99 0.1 -54.4 335 32 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.12 18 150 14235 -67.3 -68.3 87 1.0 -67.4 358 41 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.03 19 100 16648 -72.0 -81.8 21 9.9 -72.0 334 21 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.47 m Freezing level: 553.63 mb = 5080.54 m = 16668.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.97 mb = 5059.04 m = 16597.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.62 mb = 690.99 m = 2267.02 ft T: 23.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1455.20 m = 4774.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 37.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 369.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.36 mb = 1104.28 m = 3622.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.36 mb = 2843.86 m = 9330.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.36 mb = 12857.69 m = 42183.52 ft B at Equ Level: 359.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.36 mb = 14759.24 m = 48422.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 155.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 79.03 m/s