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: 28,-90.37 Latitude: 28.00 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.1 24.6 81 3.5 25.5 194 26 300.3 303.9 298.3 358.0 19.63 1 1000 100 27.0 23.1 79 3.9 24.2 195 30 300.2 303.5 297.3 353.1 18.05 2 950 552 23.1 21.8 92 1.3 22.2 195 32 300.6 303.8 297.1 352.2 17.57 3 900 1023 20.2 19.6 96 0.6 19.8 198 31 302.3 305.3 296.6 350.0 16.12 4 850 1517 18.3 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 204 29 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.3 15.07 5 800 2037 16.3 15.7 96 0.6 15.9 210 24 308.6 311.2 297.0 351.5 14.18 6 750 2585 13.5 12.8 96 0.7 13.1 213 20 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.6 12.52 7 700 3165 11.4 6.9 74 4.5 8.6 189 12 315.1 316.8 295.1 343.1 8.96 8 650 3782 8.5 3.8 72 4.7 5.7 143 7 318.5 320.0 295.1 343.2 7.77 9 600 4440 4.8 -0.8 67 5.6 1.7 82 6 321.7 322.8 294.6 341.2 6.02 10 550 5145 0.5 -6.5 59 7.0 -2.9 64 6 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.8 4.27 11 500 5904 -3.9 -10.7 59 6.8 -6.9 36 9 328.3 328.9 294.3 339.7 3.38 12 450 6727 -9.3 -15.0 63 5.7 -11.5 34 11 331.5 332.1 294.5 340.7 2.64 13 400 7628 -15.3 -21.4 59 6.2 -17.2 7 13 335.1 335.5 294.6 341.3 1.72 14 350 8623 -22.3 -28.1 59 5.8 -23.7 356 9 338.8 339.0 295.0 342.8 1.09 15 300 9735 -31.0 -39.8 42 8.8 -32.1 358 7 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.3 0.40 16 250 11000 -41.0 -49.8 38 8.9 -41.6 328 16 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.16 17 200 12478 -53.0 -61.5 35 8.5 -53.2 296 26 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14270 -67.5 -72.8 47 5.3 -67.5 274 16 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16637 -72.4 -84.7 14 12.3 -72.5 78 10 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.10 m Freezing level: 544.46 mb = 5229.14 m = 17155.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.43 mb = 4695.03 m = 15403.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.94 mb = 442.03 m = 1450.20 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 843.51 m = 2767.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 961.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.88 mb = 719.91 m = 2361.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.88 mb = 956.79 m = 3139.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.88 mb = 1753.16 m = 5751.78 ft B at Equ Level: 8.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.88 mb = 16248.41 m = 53307.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.4 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 222.4 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -13.4 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 39.35 Bulk Shear: 24.44 m/s