MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 24.05,-93.3 Latitude: 24.05 Longitude: -93.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 29.5 23.1 69 6.3 24.8 63 5 301.4 304.7 297.5 354.0 17.84 1 1000 119 28.2 22.1 70 6.1 23.8 63 6 301.3 304.5 296.9 351.3 16.98 2 950 573 23.8 21.2 85 2.7 21.9 65 5 301.4 304.5 296.8 351.1 16.88 3 900 1044 20.8 17.3 80 3.5 18.4 71 5 302.9 305.5 295.3 344.2 13.92 4 850 1538 18.4 13.3 72 5.1 15.1 56 4 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.5 11.39 5 800 2056 16.1 9.1 63 7.0 11.7 57 3 308.3 310.0 293.3 335.9 9.09 6 750 2603 13.5 4.7 55 8.8 8.3 105 3 311.3 312.6 292.6 333.5 7.17 7 700 3181 10.6 1.6 54 9.0 5.6 132 4 314.3 315.4 292.7 333.7 6.16 8 650 3795 7.4 -1.9 51 9.4 2.5 135 5 317.4 318.4 292.7 333.7 5.11 9 600 4450 3.8 -5.4 51 9.2 -0.7 132 7 320.5 321.3 292.9 334.4 4.26 10 550 5152 -0.2 -9.1 51 8.9 -4.3 122 8 323.8 324.5 293.2 335.4 3.49 11 500 5909 -4.4 -17.0 37 12.7 -9.1 116 5 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.7 2.01 12 450 6731 -9.8 -23.6 31 13.8 -14.0 36 3 330.9 331.2 293.2 335.4 1.26 13 400 7629 -15.8 -28.8 32 13.1 -19.0 45 4 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.8 0.88 14 350 8622 -22.5 -34.3 33 11.8 -24.7 29 6 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.7 0.60 15 300 9734 -31.4 -43.1 31 11.7 -32.7 9 9 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.3 0.28 16 250 10996 -41.4 -50.8 35 9.4 -42.0 50 8 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.1 0.14 17 200 12475 -52.7 -58.1 51 5.5 -52.8 64 21 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14270 -66.4 -70.0 60 3.6 -66.4 53 15 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16657 -74.6 -81.9 31 7.3 -74.7 61 17 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.05 m Freezing level: 552.78 mb = 5113.18 m = 16775.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.51 mb = 4294.95 m = 14090.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.87 mb = 806.71 m = 2646.66 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1306.92 m = 4287.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 27.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 734.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.49 mb = 972.08 m = 3189.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.49 mb = 3151.48 m = 10339.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.49 mb = 12713.92 m = 41711.83 ft B at Equ Level: 731.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.49 mb = 15963.79 m = 52373.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.6 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 136.6 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -2.7 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 368.85 Bulk Shear: 1.99 m/s