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: 27.39,-91.21 Latitude: 27.39 Longitude: -91.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 28.1 24.6 81 3.6 25.5 243 21 300.3 303.9 298.2 357.8 19.56 1 1000 103 27.0 23.0 79 4.0 24.1 243 24 300.1 303.4 297.3 352.8 17.97 2 950 555 23.0 21.8 93 1.3 22.1 242 25 300.5 303.8 297.1 352.0 17.52 3 900 1026 20.5 19.5 94 1.1 19.8 245 25 302.7 305.6 296.7 350.1 16.04 4 850 1521 18.4 17.8 97 0.6 18.0 256 23 305.4 308.3 296.9 351.2 15.31 5 800 2040 16.2 15.4 95 0.7 15.7 265 20 308.4 311.0 296.8 350.6 13.93 6 750 2589 13.6 12.4 93 1.2 12.8 277 19 311.3 313.6 296.3 348.6 12.16 7 700 3169 10.9 7.4 79 3.5 8.7 293 17 314.6 316.3 295.1 343.4 9.26 8 650 3785 8.5 0.3 56 8.2 3.9 321 11 318.5 319.7 293.8 337.9 6.04 9 600 4443 4.5 -3.8 55 8.3 0.3 347 9 321.3 322.3 293.6 337.0 4.81 10 550 5146 0.2 -8.1 54 8.2 -3.7 21 10 324.3 325.1 293.6 336.9 3.79 11 500 5904 -4.3 -11.9 56 7.5 -7.5 26 12 327.7 328.4 293.9 338.2 3.09 12 450 6726 -9.3 -18.2 48 8.9 -12.5 29 15 331.5 331.9 294.0 338.6 2.02 13 400 7627 -15.0 -27.2 35 12.2 -18.3 5 14 335.4 335.6 294.1 339.2 1.02 14 350 8623 -21.9 -34.7 30 12.8 -24.4 12 8 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.57 15 300 9737 -30.7 -43.1 29 12.4 -32.2 1 11 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.2 0.28 16 250 11003 -41.1 -48.8 43 7.7 -41.6 317 23 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.7 0.18 17 200 12481 -52.9 -62.4 31 9.5 -53.1 289 27 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14271 -67.7 -71.9 55 4.2 -67.7 277 19 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16638 -73.7 -81.0 32 7.3 -73.7 46 14 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.65 m Freezing level: 547.91 mb = 5177.76 m = 16987.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.76 mb = 4486.31 m = 14718.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.07 mb = 453.21 m = 1486.90 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 911.90 m = 2991.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 937.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.25 mb = 729.10 m = 2392.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.25 mb = 2187.70 m = 7177.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.25 mb = 14017.07 m = 45987.19 ft B at Equ Level: 929.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.25 mb = 16283.72 m = 53423.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.8 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 309.8 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 31.30 Bulk Shear: 29.95 m/s