MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 29.98,-90.28 Latitude: 29.98 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 26.2 22.6 80 3.7 23.6 4 4 298.1 301.2 296.2 348.1 17.20 1 1000 136 25.2 21.3 79 3.8 22.5 2 7 298.3 301.3 295.6 345.4 16.20 2 950 586 22.6 18.8 79 3.8 19.9 349 3 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.5 14.50 3 900 1056 19.7 16.7 83 3.0 17.6 245 6 301.8 304.3 294.6 341.2 13.37 4 850 1547 16.7 13.7 82 3.1 14.7 251 12 303.7 305.8 293.9 338.3 11.65 5 800 2063 14.1 10.3 78 3.8 11.7 266 14 306.2 308.0 293.3 336.0 9.89 6 750 2606 11.5 8.5 82 3.0 9.6 276 14 309.1 310.8 293.7 337.5 9.32 7 700 3181 8.4 6.1 85 2.3 7.1 278 13 311.8 313.4 293.8 338.0 8.46 8 650 3791 4.8 3.5 91 1.3 4.0 273 12 314.4 315.8 293.9 338.1 7.57 9 600 4440 0.9 0.7 98 0.2 0.8 257 12 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.5 6.72 10 550 5137 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 251 9 321.4 322.5 294.3 339.9 5.71 11 500 5889 -6.0 -6.6 95 0.6 -6.2 272 6 325.8 326.7 294.6 341.3 4.67 12 450 6709 -10.4 -11.1 95 0.7 -10.7 316 10 330.2 330.9 295.0 342.6 3.65 13 400 7606 -16.1 -16.9 93 0.8 -16.4 316 21 334.1 334.6 295.0 343.0 2.55 14 350 8598 -23.2 -23.5 98 0.2 -23.3 319 29 337.4 337.8 295.1 343.4 1.65 15 300 9708 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 322 30 341.2 341.4 295.4 344.7 0.93 16 250 10971 -41.8 -41.8 100 -0.0 -41.8 310 27 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.5 0.39 17 200 12440 -54.8 -54.8 99 0.0 -54.8 296 35 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.11 18 150 14219 -65.9 -72.1 42 6.2 -66.0 331 43 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16642 -72.5 -81.8 23 9.3 -72.6 335 23 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.98 m Freezing level: 585.58 mb = 4640.72 m = 15225.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.09 mb = 4600.29 m = 15092.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.21 mb = 474.36 m = 1556.28 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1326.99 m = 4353.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.74 mb = 924.54 m = 3033.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.74 mb = 2619.80 m = 8595.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.74 mb = 9049.42 m = 29689.35 ft B at Equ Level: 152.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.74 mb = 12478.93 m = 40940.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.79 Bulk Shear: 17.35 m/s