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: 28.24,-90.93 Latitude: 28.24 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 25.6 82 3.3 26.4 164 10 301.3 305.1 299.3 363.0 20.89 1 1000 83 28.0 24.4 81 3.7 25.3 166 11 301.2 304.8 298.5 358.9 19.56 2 950 537 24.2 22.9 92 1.3 23.3 170 11 301.8 305.2 298.2 357.4 18.82 3 900 1011 21.9 20.5 92 1.4 20.9 176 10 304.0 307.2 297.7 354.9 17.09 4 850 1507 19.8 18.0 90 1.8 18.6 178 9 306.9 309.8 297.4 353.6 15.51 5 800 2029 17.4 15.2 87 2.2 15.9 174 8 309.7 312.3 297.0 351.5 13.73 6 750 2581 15.4 11.8 79 3.6 13.0 149 5 313.3 315.5 296.5 349.4 11.68 7 700 3164 12.9 6.7 66 6.2 9.0 103 7 316.8 318.5 295.4 344.6 8.84 8 650 3784 9.3 2.7 63 6.6 5.4 81 6 319.5 320.9 294.9 342.4 7.16 9 600 4443 4.8 -2.2 60 7.0 1.0 66 6 321.6 322.7 294.1 339.2 5.41 10 550 5147 0.2 -6.6 60 6.9 -3.1 42 8 324.4 325.2 293.9 338.4 4.24 11 500 5905 -4.0 -13.3 48 9.3 -7.8 20 10 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.5 2.75 12 450 6728 -9.3 -20.7 39 11.4 -13.0 17 11 331.5 331.9 293.7 337.3 1.63 13 400 7629 -14.8 -30.0 26 15.2 -18.5 352 11 335.7 335.9 294.0 338.7 0.79 14 350 8625 -22.3 -34.3 33 12.1 -24.6 350 5 338.7 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.60 15 300 9737 -31.3 -45.3 24 14.0 -32.8 349 6 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 16 250 11000 -41.5 -51.2 34 9.7 -42.1 322 15 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.14 17 200 12475 -53.0 -62.7 30 9.6 -53.3 293 29 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14265 -67.6 -73.8 41 6.2 -67.7 276 22 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16639 -72.8 -81.9 24 9.1 -72.9 59 14 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.36 m Freezing level: 547.09 mb = 5190.96 m = 17030.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.62 mb = 4611.64 m = 15129.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.90 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.10 mb = 425.16 m = 1394.87 ft T: 25.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 25.70 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 950.14 m = 3117.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2027.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.12 mb = 722.47 m = 2370.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.12 mb = 3466.97 m = 11374.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 135.12 mb = 14876.91 m = 48808.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1976.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.9 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 149.9 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -133.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 238.58 Bulk Shear: 8.50 m/s