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,-91.78 Latitude: 28.24 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.2 25.5 81 3.7 26.4 4 17 301.4 305.3 299.2 362.9 20.80 1 1000 94 28.3 24.1 78 4.1 25.2 7 19 301.4 304.9 298.4 358.2 19.26 2 950 549 24.1 22.8 92 1.4 23.2 10 19 301.7 305.1 298.1 356.8 18.68 3 900 1022 21.4 20.4 94 1.0 20.7 14 17 303.5 306.7 297.5 354.0 16.99 4 850 1517 19.9 16.3 80 3.5 17.4 12 16 307.0 309.6 296.4 348.8 13.88 5 800 2040 18.0 11.8 67 6.2 13.9 12 18 310.3 312.4 295.2 343.8 10.94 6 750 2590 15.0 9.1 68 6.0 11.2 21 15 312.9 314.7 295.0 342.9 9.71 7 700 3172 12.1 6.3 68 5.8 8.5 14 13 315.8 317.5 295.0 342.7 8.57 8 650 3790 8.5 0.5 57 8.0 4.0 16 14 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.1 6.10 9 600 4447 4.5 -6.7 44 11.1 -0.9 17 12 321.3 322.0 292.8 334.0 3.87 10 550 5150 0.1 -11.4 42 11.5 -4.8 18 10 324.2 324.8 292.8 334.0 2.92 11 500 5907 -4.4 -17.2 36 12.7 -9.2 29 9 327.6 328.0 292.9 334.5 1.99 12 450 6729 -9.2 -24.6 27 15.4 -13.8 13 10 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.16 13 400 7629 -15.0 -32.6 21 17.6 -18.9 353 9 335.5 335.7 293.8 337.8 0.62 14 350 8624 -22.5 -37.6 24 15.1 -25.1 356 6 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.2 0.43 15 300 9736 -31.1 -45.0 24 13.8 -32.7 336 10 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.23 16 250 11000 -41.3 -51.0 34 9.7 -41.9 311 19 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.2 0.14 17 200 12477 -53.0 -62.6 30 9.7 -53.2 283 29 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14265 -67.9 -72.8 49 4.9 -67.9 272 23 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 19 100 16638 -73.3 -80.1 35 6.8 -73.3 57 13 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.60 m Freezing level: 548.69 mb = 5169.47 m = 16959.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.32 mb = 4320.27 m = 14173.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.69 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.05 mb = 464.65 m = 1524.43 ft T: 24.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 28.95 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 882.30 m = 2894.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1971.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.58 mb = 738.72 m = 2423.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.58 mb = 2765.49 m = 9073.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 134.58 mb = 14900.01 m = 48883.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1916.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.9 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 44.9 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -5.5 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 541.55 Bulk Shear: 3.64 m/s