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: 27.88,-91.5 Latitude: 27.88 Longitude: -91.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 29.1 25.4 81 3.7 26.3 314 14 301.4 305.1 299.1 362.2 20.60 1 1000 89 28.1 24.0 79 4.1 25.1 316 16 301.3 304.8 298.2 357.8 19.17 2 950 543 24.1 22.7 92 1.3 23.1 316 16 301.6 305.0 298.0 356.6 18.62 3 900 1016 21.3 20.2 94 1.1 20.5 316 14 303.4 306.5 297.3 353.3 16.79 4 850 1511 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 320 14 305.9 308.7 297.1 352.2 15.45 5 800 2033 17.7 13.1 74 4.6 14.6 328 13 310.0 312.2 295.8 346.3 11.92 6 750 2583 14.9 10.3 74 4.6 11.9 337 14 312.8 314.8 295.6 345.4 10.58 7 700 3166 12.8 7.1 68 5.8 9.2 340 17 316.7 318.5 295.6 345.2 9.07 8 650 3786 9.5 0.2 52 9.3 4.3 3 13 319.7 320.8 294.0 338.9 5.97 9 600 4445 4.9 -4.0 52 8.9 0.3 24 10 321.8 322.7 293.6 337.3 4.74 10 550 5148 -0.1 -7.7 57 7.6 -3.7 20 11 324.0 324.8 293.6 336.9 3.90 11 500 5905 -4.5 -13.4 50 8.9 -8.1 25 11 327.5 328.1 293.5 336.8 2.72 12 450 6727 -9.3 -23.3 31 14.0 -13.6 15 13 331.6 331.8 293.4 336.2 1.30 13 400 7628 -14.7 -33.3 19 18.6 -18.8 1 12 335.8 336.0 293.8 338.0 0.58 14 350 8624 -22.2 -38.1 22 15.9 -24.9 26 5 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.4 0.41 15 300 9737 -31.1 -45.2 24 14.1 -32.7 347 9 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.23 16 250 11001 -41.4 -49.9 39 8.6 -42.0 315 20 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.16 17 200 12478 -53.0 -63.3 28 10.3 -53.2 286 31 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14268 -67.8 -73.3 45 5.5 -67.8 277 23 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16640 -73.3 -80.4 33 7.1 -73.3 51 14 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.04 m Freezing level: 550.86 mb = 5136.03 m = 16850.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.74 mb = 4502.23 m = 14770.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.17 mb = 467.57 m = 1534.00 ft T: 24.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 878.93 m = 2883.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 35.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1834.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.43 mb = 734.89 m = 2411.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.43 mb = 1070.17 m = 3511.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.43 mb = 1773.96 m = 5820.02 ft B at Equ Level: 12.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.43 mb = 3112.68 m = 10212.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.5 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 14.5 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 249.25 Bulk Shear: 7.36 m/s