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,-91.07 Latitude: 27.63 Longitude: -91.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 28.3 24.8 81 3.5 25.7 237 20 300.5 304.2 298.5 359.1 19.89 1 1000 95 27.3 23.3 79 4.0 24.4 237 23 300.5 303.8 297.5 354.3 18.33 2 950 548 23.4 21.9 91 1.5 22.4 236 25 301.0 304.2 297.3 353.1 17.72 3 900 1019 20.8 19.6 93 1.2 20.0 238 24 303.0 306.0 296.8 350.9 16.17 4 850 1514 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.2 247 22 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.2 15.53 5 800 2034 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 258 19 308.8 311.6 297.2 352.7 14.47 6 750 2584 14.2 13.5 95 0.7 13.7 267 17 312.0 314.5 297.1 352.1 13.05 7 700 3165 11.5 8.5 82 3.0 9.6 284 13 315.2 317.1 295.8 346.4 9.99 8 650 3783 9.0 1.2 58 7.8 4.6 322 7 319.1 320.4 294.3 339.7 6.43 9 600 4442 4.9 -3.8 53 8.7 0.4 351 6 321.7 322.7 293.7 337.4 4.80 10 550 5146 0.3 -8.1 53 8.4 -3.6 26 9 324.5 325.2 293.6 337.1 3.79 11 500 5904 -4.2 -12.5 52 8.3 -7.7 22 11 327.9 328.5 293.8 337.9 2.93 12 450 6727 -9.4 -18.4 48 9.0 -12.5 28 14 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.4 1.99 13 400 7627 -15.0 -27.0 35 12.0 -18.2 3 14 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.3 1.04 14 350 8623 -22.0 -33.5 35 11.4 -24.3 8 7 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.65 15 300 9737 -30.9 -43.6 28 12.7 -32.4 2 10 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.9 0.27 16 250 11002 -41.2 -49.1 42 7.9 -41.8 317 21 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.6 0.17 17 200 12480 -52.9 -62.7 30 9.8 -53.1 292 29 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14271 -67.5 -72.7 48 5.1 -67.6 283 19 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16638 -73.6 -81.1 31 7.5 -73.6 49 12 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.26 m Freezing level: 546.47 mb = 5199.43 m = 17058.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.34 mb = 4504.85 m = 14779.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.40 mb = 442.24 m = 1450.91 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.67 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 938.27 m = 3078.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 37.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1132.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.69 mb = 745.51 m = 2445.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.69 mb = 3121.09 m = 10239.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.69 mb = 3362.02 m = 11030.11 ft B at Equ Level: 7.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 48.83 Bulk Shear: 23.19 m/s