MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.17,-93.16 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 72 25.8 24.2 91 1.6 24.6 54 3 298.8 302.3 297.7 355.1 19.29 1 1000 94 26.1 23.6 86 2.6 24.3 59 4 299.3 302.7 297.4 353.7 18.62 2 950 546 22.9 21.2 90 1.7 21.7 71 6 300.4 303.5 296.7 350.0 16.92 3 900 1017 20.6 18.4 87 2.2 19.1 70 3 302.7 305.5 296.0 346.9 14.93 4 850 1510 18.1 16.4 90 1.6 17.0 311 2 305.1 307.6 295.9 346.7 13.95 5 800 2029 15.6 13.7 89 1.9 14.3 298 7 307.8 310.1 295.6 345.3 12.42 6 750 2576 12.9 10.3 84 2.6 11.2 308 11 310.6 312.6 295.0 342.8 10.54 7 700 3154 9.9 6.2 78 3.7 7.6 317 13 313.4 315.1 294.3 339.9 8.52 8 650 3767 6.4 1.5 71 5.0 3.7 322 16 316.2 317.5 293.6 337.0 6.56 9 600 4419 2.4 -2.9 68 5.3 -0.3 322 21 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.5 5.16 10 550 5118 -1.2 -8.3 58 7.2 -4.4 320 27 322.7 323.4 293.0 335.0 3.71 11 500 5873 -5.1 -15.4 44 10.3 -9.0 319 27 326.9 327.3 293.0 334.8 2.31 12 450 6693 -9.7 -18.4 49 8.6 -12.8 315 27 331.0 331.4 293.8 338.0 2.00 13 400 7594 -14.9 -26.5 37 11.6 -18.0 316 27 335.7 335.9 294.3 339.7 1.10 14 350 8592 -21.3 -32.3 36 11.1 -23.6 318 39 340.1 340.2 295.0 342.8 0.72 15 300 9708 -30.4 -34.7 66 4.3 -31.1 310 41 342.6 342.7 295.6 345.2 0.67 16 250 10976 -40.8 -47.0 51 6.2 -41.3 313 41 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.3 0.22 17 200 12456 -52.2 -60.1 38 7.9 -52.5 318 31 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.06 18 150 14259 -65.5 -71.8 41 6.3 -65.5 309 31 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16647 -72.7 -82.1 23 9.4 -72.7 338 22 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.78 m Freezing level: 566.29 mb = 4890.42 m = 16044.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4362.83 m = 14313.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.36 mb = 277.84 m = 911.54 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1092.20 m = 3583.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 672.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.45 mb = 783.36 m = 2570.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.45 mb = 1928.53 m = 6327.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.45 mb = 12473.22 m = 40922.15 ft B at Equ Level: 668.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.45 mb = 15600.00 m = 51180.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -5.9 tot: 35.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 19.43 Bulk Shear: 34.62 m/s