MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.96,-90.62 Latitude: 31.96 Longitude: -90.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 93 26.6 16.2 53 10.3 19.6 104 4 298.7 300.8 292.3 332.3 11.54 1 1000 197 24.4 15.5 58 8.9 18.5 105 7 297.5 299.5 291.6 329.7 11.11 2 950 643 20.2 14.3 69 5.9 16.4 109 7 297.7 299.7 291.5 329.2 10.84 3 900 1109 18.7 12.4 67 6.3 14.7 171 0 300.8 302.6 291.9 330.5 10.08 4 850 1598 16.0 11.9 77 4.1 13.3 302 8 302.9 304.8 292.7 333.5 10.33 5 800 2111 12.9 9.4 79 3.5 10.7 319 13 304.9 306.7 292.4 332.8 9.30 6 750 2651 9.7 6.9 83 2.8 8.0 314 17 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.5 8.37 7 700 3222 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.2 302 16 309.5 310.9 292.4 332.6 7.50 8 650 3828 3.6 -1.1 71 4.7 1.1 301 16 313.0 314.1 291.7 330.1 5.42 9 600 4473 -0.4 -5.8 67 5.4 -2.9 310 16 315.7 316.5 291.4 329.0 4.14 10 550 5166 -3.0 -10.8 55 7.8 -6.3 312 18 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.6 3.05 11 500 5916 -6.4 -14.2 54 7.8 -9.4 299 20 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.9 2.55 12 450 6733 -10.9 -21.5 41 10.6 -14.2 300 21 329.5 329.8 293.0 334.9 1.52 13 400 7627 -17.4 -25.6 49 8.2 -19.5 320 20 332.4 332.7 293.5 336.7 1.19 14 350 8615 -23.5 -36.5 29 13.0 -25.7 315 26 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.0 0.48 15 300 9722 -32.6 -40.6 45 8.0 -33.6 316 25 339.4 339.4 294.5 340.8 0.37 16 250 10975 -43.8 -44.0 97 0.2 -43.8 328 32 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.2 0.31 17 200 12433 -56.4 -56.7 97 0.3 -56.5 333 41 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.8 0.09 18 150 14231 -64.3 -76.7 17 12.4 -64.4 306 44 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16666 -71.4 -82.7 17 11.3 -71.4 325 20 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.42 m Freezing level: 604.52 mb = 4414.87 m = 14484.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.99 mb = 4003.50 m = 13134.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.34 mb = 1395.52 m = 4578.42 ft T: 17.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 3.12 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.27 mb = 2406.55 m = 7895.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.00 C = 93.21 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5923.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.99 mb = 1448.28 m = 4751.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -10.1 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 51.17 m/s