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: 27.63,-88.95 Latitude: 27.63 Longitude: -88.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 27.9 23.7 78 4.2 24.8 168 27 299.8 303.1 297.4 353.8 18.44 1 1000 129 26.2 21.6 76 4.6 22.9 168 32 299.3 302.4 296.1 347.4 16.47 2 950 579 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 170 32 299.6 302.6 296.0 347.3 16.33 3 900 1048 18.8 18.5 98 0.3 18.6 176 33 300.9 303.6 295.6 345.1 15.07 4 850 1539 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 189 33 303.5 306.1 295.5 345.0 13.98 5 800 2055 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.2 201 32 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.7 12.78 6 750 2599 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 11.9 213 27 309.6 311.8 295.6 345.4 11.75 7 700 3176 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 220 21 312.8 314.8 295.6 345.2 10.49 8 650 3789 6.2 6.0 99 0.1 6.1 210 13 316.0 317.7 295.4 344.5 9.10 9 600 4442 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 2.4 175 8 319.1 320.6 295.1 343.2 7.57 10 550 5144 -0.1 -2.7 83 2.6 -1.5 128 2 323.9 325.0 294.9 342.5 5.70 11 500 5902 -4.6 -8.7 73 4.1 -6.5 28 6 327.4 328.2 294.5 340.7 3.96 12 450 6724 -9.5 -15.2 63 5.7 -11.6 42 8 331.3 331.8 294.4 340.4 2.62 13 400 7624 -15.3 -20.4 65 5.1 -16.9 47 12 335.1 335.5 294.8 341.9 1.89 14 350 8619 -22.4 -25.3 78 2.8 -23.2 24 14 338.5 338.8 295.2 343.6 1.40 15 300 9732 -30.9 -32.4 87 1.5 -31.2 13 10 341.9 342.0 295.5 345.0 0.84 16 250 10997 -41.2 -41.7 95 0.5 -41.3 323 9 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.3 0.39 17 200 12473 -53.2 -54.1 89 1.0 -53.2 302 24 348.5 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.12 18 150 14260 -68.8 -69.3 93 0.5 -68.8 273 27 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16636 -73.0 -81.7 26 8.7 -73.0 79 10 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.93 m Freezing level: 552.72 mb = 5105.87 m = 16751.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.15 mb = 4868.00 m = 15970.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.83 mb = 534.86 m = 1754.77 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.61 mb = 851.91 m = 2794.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.73 mb = 766.38 m = 2514.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.73 mb = 907.42 m = 2977.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.73 mb = 11701.96 m = 38391.79 ft B at Equ Level: 353.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.73 mb = 14889.32 m = 48848.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.0 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 221.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 11.52 Bulk Shear: 30.73 m/s