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: 28.12,-90.93 Latitude: 28.12 Longitude: -90.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 1 28.9 25.5 82 3.4 26.3 195 11 301.2 305.1 299.2 362.6 20.77 1 1000 82 28.0 24.3 80 3.7 25.3 196 13 301.2 304.8 298.4 358.6 19.47 2 950 536 24.4 22.6 90 1.8 23.1 200 13 301.9 305.3 298.0 356.6 18.49 3 900 1010 21.7 20.4 93 1.3 20.8 207 12 303.9 307.0 297.6 354.6 17.04 4 850 1506 19.5 18.1 91 1.5 18.5 211 12 306.6 309.5 297.4 353.4 15.54 5 800 2028 17.3 15.6 90 1.7 16.1 213 11 309.6 312.2 297.2 352.5 14.11 6 750 2579 15.2 12.6 84 2.7 13.4 206 6 313.1 315.4 296.8 351.0 12.29 7 700 3162 13.1 6.9 66 6.2 9.2 126 4 317.0 318.7 295.6 345.1 8.94 8 650 3783 9.6 2.4 61 7.1 5.4 81 5 319.8 321.2 294.8 342.3 7.03 9 600 4442 5.1 -2.7 57 7.8 1.0 66 6 322.0 323.0 294.1 339.0 5.22 10 550 5147 0.4 -7.2 57 7.6 -3.3 41 8 324.5 325.3 293.8 337.9 4.05 11 500 5905 -4.0 -13.3 48 9.3 -7.8 20 10 328.2 328.7 293.7 337.5 2.74 12 450 6728 -9.3 -20.4 40 11.0 -13.0 20 12 331.5 331.9 293.7 337.5 1.68 13 400 7629 -14.8 -29.4 28 14.6 -18.4 355 12 335.8 335.9 294.0 338.9 0.84 14 350 8625 -22.2 -33.4 35 11.2 -24.4 2 5 338.8 339.0 294.6 341.3 0.65 15 300 9737 -31.2 -45.4 23 14.2 -32.7 354 7 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.3 0.22 16 250 11000 -41.4 -50.8 35 9.4 -42.1 320 16 344.5 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.14 17 200 12477 -53.0 -63.2 28 10.2 -53.2 292 29 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14267 -67.6 -73.9 40 6.3 -67.7 277 21 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16639 -72.8 -82.2 23 9.3 -72.9 59 13 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.30 m Freezing level: 545.86 mb = 5209.37 m = 17090.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.65 mb = 4596.70 m = 15080.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.46 mb = 429.94 m = 1410.54 ft T: 25.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 25.12 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 964.14 m = 3163.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1885.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.07 mb = 750.15 m = 2461.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.07 mb = 3756.14 m = 12323.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.07 mb = 14584.66 m = 47849.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1874.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.9 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 203.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 424.50 Bulk Shear: 4.44 m/s