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,-89.24 Latitude: 27.63 Longitude: -89.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 28.0 24.1 79 4.0 25.2 176 26 300.0 303.4 297.8 355.5 18.94 1 1000 124 26.4 22.2 77 4.3 23.3 176 30 299.6 302.7 296.5 349.5 17.06 2 950 576 22.3 21.1 93 1.2 21.5 177 30 299.8 302.9 296.4 349.1 16.85 3 900 1045 19.5 18.8 96 0.7 19.0 184 31 301.6 304.4 295.9 346.7 15.30 4 850 1537 16.9 16.7 98 0.2 16.8 193 31 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.1 14.20 5 800 2053 14.5 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 202 30 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.5 12.95 6 750 2598 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.8 212 26 309.5 311.7 295.5 344.9 11.63 7 700 3175 9.1 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 217 20 312.6 314.5 295.3 344.1 10.22 8 650 3787 6.3 5.9 98 0.4 6.1 207 13 316.1 317.8 295.4 344.4 9.03 9 600 4441 3.1 2.3 94 0.8 2.6 175 8 319.7 321.2 295.2 343.8 7.54 10 550 5144 -0.0 -2.6 83 2.6 -1.4 130 3 324.0 325.2 295.0 342.8 5.75 11 500 5902 -4.5 -8.1 76 3.6 -6.2 46 5 327.5 328.3 294.7 341.4 4.15 12 450 6724 -9.5 -13.4 73 3.9 -11.1 47 8 331.3 331.9 294.7 341.7 3.03 13 400 7624 -15.4 -18.4 77 3.1 -16.4 43 11 335.0 335.5 295.0 342.9 2.24 14 350 8619 -22.4 -23.9 87 1.5 -22.8 25 13 338.6 338.9 295.4 344.4 1.58 15 300 9732 -30.8 -31.3 95 0.5 -30.9 9 9 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.5 0.93 16 250 10998 -41.0 -41.2 98 0.2 -41.1 319 9 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.7 0.42 17 200 12475 -53.0 -54.9 80 1.9 -53.1 303 24 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.11 18 150 14264 -68.6 -70.2 79 1.7 -68.6 272 23 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16635 -73.1 -81.4 27 8.2 -73.2 81 11 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.13 m Freezing level: 550.48 mb = 5136.87 m = 16853.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.27 mb = 4894.05 m = 16056.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.01 mb = 501.72 m = 1646.06 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 11.39 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 851.33 m = 2793.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 620.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.30 mb = 738.97 m = 2424.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.30 mb = 975.02 m = 3198.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.30 mb = 12559.75 m = 41206.03 ft B at Equ Level: 619.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.30 mb = 15702.15 m = 51515.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.1 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 223.1 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 29.90 Bulk Shear: 20.75 m/s