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: 27.75,-89.66 Latitude: 27.75 Longitude: -89.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.3 24.4 80 3.9 25.4 186 24 300.3 303.9 298.1 357.2 19.35 1 1000 117 26.9 22.7 78 4.2 23.8 187 27 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.6 17.61 2 950 569 22.8 21.5 93 1.2 21.9 189 28 300.3 303.4 296.8 351.0 17.28 3 900 1040 20.3 18.9 92 1.4 19.4 194 29 302.4 305.3 296.3 348.2 15.48 4 850 1533 17.4 16.8 96 0.7 17.0 199 29 304.4 307.1 296.0 347.0 14.29 5 800 2050 14.9 14.2 95 0.7 14.4 205 27 307.0 309.4 295.6 345.5 12.79 6 750 2595 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.5 209 23 309.7 311.8 295.3 343.9 11.21 7 700 3172 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.7 209 17 312.8 314.7 295.1 343.4 9.92 8 650 3785 6.8 5.5 92 1.2 6.0 197 11 316.6 318.3 295.3 344.2 8.77 9 600 4440 3.9 1.7 86 2.2 2.7 164 6 320.7 322.1 295.3 343.9 7.26 10 550 5144 0.2 -2.8 80 3.0 -1.4 107 4 324.3 325.4 295.0 342.8 5.65 11 500 5902 -4.5 -7.4 80 2.9 -5.8 64 5 327.6 328.5 294.8 342.3 4.40 12 450 6725 -9.5 -11.9 83 2.4 -10.5 47 8 331.2 331.9 295.0 342.9 3.41 13 400 7625 -15.4 -17.1 87 1.7 -16.0 32 11 335.0 335.5 295.2 343.7 2.49 14 350 8620 -22.3 -23.3 91 1.0 -22.6 19 11 338.6 339.0 295.4 344.7 1.67 15 300 9733 -30.8 -31.9 89 1.2 -31.0 4 8 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.4 0.88 16 250 11000 -40.8 -42.9 80 2.1 -41.1 326 12 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.7 0.35 17 200 12478 -52.9 -57.1 60 4.2 -53.0 304 23 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14268 -68.2 -71.6 62 3.3 -68.2 266 18 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16635 -72.8 -81.6 25 8.8 -72.9 94 11 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.90 m Freezing level: 548.00 mb = 5174.40 m = 16976.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.15 mb = 4895.76 m = 16062.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.39 mb = 491.86 m = 1613.70 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 927.33 m = 3042.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 891.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.93 mb = 745.83 m = 2446.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.93 mb = 1273.61 m = 4178.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.93 mb = 13639.62 m = 44748.86 ft B at Equ Level: 886.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.93 mb = 16298.59 m = 53472.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -3.2 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 62.02 Bulk Shear: 14.38 m/s