MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 27.14,-88.39 Latitude: 27.14 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 28.6 21.9 67 6.7 23.8 159 24 300.4 303.4 296.4 348.8 16.50 1 1000 138 27.0 18.8 61 8.2 21.3 160 29 300.2 302.7 294.5 340.7 13.82 2 950 589 22.6 17.3 72 5.3 19.0 163 30 300.1 302.6 294.0 338.8 13.22 3 900 1057 18.5 15.9 85 2.5 16.8 168 31 300.5 302.9 293.8 337.9 12.75 4 850 1546 15.7 14.2 91 1.5 14.7 192 30 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.2 12.05 5 800 2060 13.4 13.2 98 0.2 13.3 209 29 305.5 307.7 294.7 341.5 12.01 6 750 2603 11.3 11.3 100 0.1 11.3 221 23 308.9 311.0 295.1 343.1 11.26 7 700 3179 8.7 8.7 99 0.1 8.7 232 14 312.2 314.1 295.1 343.4 10.11 8 650 3791 5.8 5.5 98 0.2 5.6 233 7 315.5 317.2 295.0 342.9 8.77 9 600 4443 2.2 2.0 98 0.3 2.1 216 2 318.7 320.2 294.8 342.2 7.39 10 550 5143 -1.5 -2.1 95 0.6 -1.9 295 1 322.3 323.5 294.7 341.6 5.96 11 500 5899 -4.9 -7.6 81 2.7 -6.2 20 10 327.0 327.9 294.7 341.4 4.31 12 450 6721 -9.3 -14.5 66 5.2 -11.3 44 12 331.6 332.1 294.6 341.1 2.77 13 400 7622 -14.9 -24.2 45 9.4 -17.6 47 11 335.7 335.9 294.4 340.5 1.34 14 350 8618 -22.1 -29.3 52 7.1 -23.8 33 15 338.9 339.1 294.9 342.6 0.97 15 300 9732 -30.6 -40.3 38 9.7 -31.9 12 14 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.8 0.38 16 250 10998 -41.1 -47.2 52 6.1 -41.6 346 12 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.22 17 200 12474 -53.3 -53.9 93 0.6 -53.3 316 23 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.9 0.13 18 150 14260 -69.0 -69.5 93 0.5 -69.1 285 24 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 19 100 16635 -73.8 -80.9 33 7.1 -73.8 92 5 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.66 m Freezing level: 570.09 mb = 4861.88 m = 15950.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.63 mb = 4804.83 m = 15763.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.70 mb = 850.93 m = 2791.74 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 10.88 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1448.39 m = 4751.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: 2.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3040.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.15 mb = 1209.29 m = 3967.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 39.09 m/s