MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.67,-93.82 Latitude: 30.67 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 49 27.9 24.9 84 3.0 25.6 150 4 300.1 303.8 298.4 358.7 19.95 1 1000 140 27.0 22.4 76 4.6 23.7 156 8 300.1 303.3 296.8 350.9 17.32 2 950 593 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 183 8 301.3 304.2 296.3 348.4 15.99 3 900 1065 20.8 18.2 85 2.6 19.0 209 8 303.0 305.7 295.9 346.7 14.75 4 850 1558 18.2 15.8 86 2.4 16.6 228 6 305.2 307.7 295.6 345.3 13.41 5 800 2077 15.3 13.7 90 1.7 14.3 273 5 307.5 309.8 295.5 344.9 12.40 6 750 2623 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 312 7 309.8 311.9 295.3 344.3 11.31 7 700 3199 8.9 8.2 96 0.6 8.5 318 8 312.3 314.2 295.0 342.6 9.83 8 650 3810 5.5 4.8 96 0.6 5.1 305 7 315.1 316.7 294.6 341.3 8.35 9 600 4462 1.9 0.9 93 0.9 1.3 291 8 318.3 319.6 294.3 340.0 6.83 10 550 5160 -2.2 -3.3 92 1.1 -2.7 296 11 321.5 322.6 294.1 339.3 5.46 11 500 5912 -5.9 -7.7 87 1.9 -6.7 299 14 325.9 326.7 294.4 340.1 4.28 12 450 6732 -10.1 -12.5 82 2.4 -11.1 298 16 330.6 331.2 294.7 341.7 3.25 13 400 7631 -15.6 -18.3 80 2.7 -16.5 338 16 334.7 335.2 295.0 342.7 2.26 14 350 8625 -22.7 -25.5 78 2.7 -23.4 344 23 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.1 1.38 15 300 9736 -31.2 -33.9 77 2.7 -31.6 333 21 341.4 341.6 295.3 344.2 0.73 16 250 11000 -41.4 -42.7 87 1.3 -41.6 343 19 344.5 344.5 295.7 345.9 0.35 17 200 12473 -53.5 -55.2 82 1.7 -53.5 326 21 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.11 18 150 14267 -66.4 -70.8 54 4.4 -66.4 337 36 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16672 -72.2 -81.6 23 9.4 -72.3 344 14 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.77 m Freezing level: 576.91 mb = 4784.01 m = 15695.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.81 mb = 4681.11 m = 15357.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.96 mb = 427.82 m = 1403.59 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.49 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1354.47 m = 4443.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 842.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.64 mb = 962.16 m = 3156.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.64 mb = 2123.09 m = 6965.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.64 mb = 12937.66 m = 42445.88 ft B at Equ Level: 831.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.64 mb = 15810.10 m = 51869.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.8 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 311.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -159.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 35.12 Bulk Shear: 23.98 m/s