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: 28.36,-90.51 Latitude: 28.36 Longitude: -90.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.5 24.9 81 3.5 25.9 173 23 300.7 304.4 298.7 359.7 20.04 1 1000 97 27.3 23.4 79 3.9 24.5 174 27 300.5 303.8 297.6 354.6 18.44 2 950 550 23.2 22.4 95 0.9 22.6 175 27 300.8 304.1 297.5 354.2 18.18 3 900 1022 20.8 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 178 26 303.0 306.1 297.2 352.7 16.78 4 850 1516 18.9 18.3 96 0.6 18.5 179 21 305.9 308.9 297.3 353.2 15.76 5 800 2037 16.7 15.3 91 1.4 15.7 178 15 308.9 311.5 296.8 350.7 13.76 6 750 2586 14.0 11.6 86 2.4 12.4 166 13 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.1 11.52 7 700 3167 11.7 7.4 75 4.3 9.0 129 10 315.5 317.3 295.4 344.6 9.30 8 650 3785 8.7 2.7 66 6.0 5.2 96 8 318.8 320.2 294.7 341.6 7.17 9 600 4443 4.6 -1.9 63 6.5 1.1 84 7 321.5 322.6 294.2 339.5 5.57 10 550 5147 0.2 -5.8 64 6.0 -2.7 64 6 324.3 325.2 294.1 339.2 4.51 11 500 5905 -4.0 -10.3 61 6.3 -6.8 29 10 328.1 328.8 294.3 339.9 3.49 12 450 6729 -9.2 -17.4 51 8.2 -12.2 23 11 331.7 332.1 294.1 339.3 2.17 13 400 7629 -15.0 -24.7 43 9.7 -17.7 349 11 335.5 335.8 294.4 340.2 1.29 14 350 8625 -22.4 -30.9 46 8.5 -24.2 333 7 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.6 0.83 15 300 9736 -31.5 -40.7 40 9.2 -32.7 348 5 341.0 341.1 294.9 342.4 0.37 16 250 10998 -41.5 -49.0 44 7.5 -42.0 328 12 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.2 0.18 17 200 12473 -53.1 -60.2 42 7.1 -53.3 297 27 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14265 -67.3 -73.0 44 5.7 -67.4 274 20 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16639 -72.6 -84.9 14 12.3 -72.6 61 12 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.93 m Freezing level: 547.65 mb = 5182.35 m = 17002.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.35 mb = 4642.76 m = 15231.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.87 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.80 mb = 450.16 m = 1476.87 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 826.87 m = 2712.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1408.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.65 mb = 692.09 m = 2270.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.65 mb = 2147.92 m = 7046.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.65 mb = 14279.27 m = 46847.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1398.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 185.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -14.8 tot: -2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 52.58 Bulk Shear: 26.79 m/s