MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 24.93,-91.66 Latitude: 24.93 Longitude: -91.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 2 29.4 23.9 72 5.5 25.4 81 7 301.1 304.6 298.0 356.2 18.71 1 1000 151 27.9 22.9 74 5.1 24.2 81 7 301.1 304.4 297.4 353.5 17.82 2 950 604 23.7 21.7 89 2.0 22.3 78 7 301.2 304.4 297.2 352.6 17.46 3 900 1076 21.0 17.4 80 3.6 18.5 69 6 303.1 305.7 295.4 344.6 13.99 4 850 1570 18.8 13.0 69 5.8 15.0 71 5 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.2 11.11 5 800 2088 16.1 6.9 54 9.2 10.6 73 4 308.4 309.8 292.3 332.3 7.85 6 750 2634 13.0 -0.6 39 13.5 5.8 65 4 310.6 311.6 290.6 325.9 4.90 7 700 3209 9.1 -4.2 39 13.3 2.5 56 4 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.2 4.00 8 650 3819 5.1 -2.4 58 7.5 1.3 41 2 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.5 4.95 9 600 4468 1.5 -2.4 76 3.8 -0.5 84 1 317.8 318.9 293.0 335.0 5.37 10 550 5166 -1.9 -4.7 82 2.7 -3.3 73 2 321.8 322.7 293.8 337.8 4.93 11 500 5919 -5.9 -8.5 82 2.6 -7.1 167 4 325.9 326.7 294.1 339.3 4.04 12 450 6738 -10.0 -15.5 64 5.5 -12.1 164 6 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.4 2.53 13 400 7637 -15.5 -21.3 61 5.8 -17.3 159 5 334.8 335.2 294.6 341.0 1.74 14 350 8631 -22.7 -26.7 70 4.0 -23.7 119 4 338.1 338.4 295.0 342.6 1.23 15 300 9742 -31.6 -33.2 85 1.7 -31.9 124 4 340.9 341.0 295.2 343.8 0.77 16 250 11004 -41.4 -45.4 65 4.0 -41.8 134 8 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.27 17 200 12479 -53.5 -58.1 57 4.6 -53.7 193 6 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14265 -67.9 -70.2 73 2.3 -67.9 253 9 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16659 -70.7 -81.9 18 11.2 -70.8 113 2 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.22 m Freezing level: 578.52 mb = 4768.04 m = 15642.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.97 mb = 4281.63 m = 14047.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.21 C = 91.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.56 mb = 700.51 m = 2298.24 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 30.99 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1189.04 m = 3901.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 24.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.15 mb = 892.07 m = 2926.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.15 mb = 2150.45 m = 7055.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.15 mb = 14095.08 m = 46243.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1404.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.1 at 3.7 knts Storm direction: 104.1 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -2.8 tot: -2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1169.47 Bulk Shear: 1.21 m/s