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,-90.65 Latitude: 28.36 Longitude: -90.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 28.7 25.2 82 3.5 26.1 166 18 300.9 304.6 298.9 360.9 20.36 1 1000 93 27.5 23.8 80 3.8 24.7 167 21 300.7 304.1 297.9 356.1 18.83 2 950 546 23.5 22.6 95 0.9 22.9 168 22 301.0 304.4 297.8 355.5 18.49 3 900 1018 21.2 20.3 95 0.9 20.6 172 20 303.4 306.5 297.4 353.6 16.91 4 850 1514 19.3 18.2 94 1.1 18.5 172 17 306.3 309.3 297.4 353.4 15.68 5 800 2035 17.0 15.1 89 1.9 15.7 167 13 309.2 311.8 296.8 350.7 13.64 6 750 2585 14.5 11.4 82 3.0 12.5 153 10 312.3 314.5 296.1 347.4 11.40 7 700 3167 12.1 7.2 72 4.9 9.0 117 10 315.8 317.6 295.4 344.4 9.13 8 650 3785 8.8 2.8 66 6.0 5.3 91 7 318.9 320.3 294.8 341.9 7.21 9 600 4443 4.6 -1.8 63 6.4 1.1 78 7 321.4 322.5 294.2 339.5 5.58 10 550 5147 0.2 -5.9 64 6.1 -2.8 56 7 324.3 325.2 294.1 339.1 4.48 11 500 5905 -4.0 -11.2 57 7.2 -7.1 26 10 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.1 3.24 12 450 6728 -9.2 -18.5 47 9.3 -12.5 20 11 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.6 1.98 13 400 7629 -14.9 -26.4 37 11.4 -18.0 349 10 335.6 335.8 294.2 339.6 1.11 14 350 8625 -22.4 -32.2 41 9.8 -24.4 335 6 338.6 338.7 294.6 341.3 0.73 15 300 9736 -31.5 -42.0 35 10.5 -32.7 346 5 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.32 16 250 10998 -41.5 -49.8 40 8.3 -42.1 326 13 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.1 0.16 17 200 12474 -53.1 -60.8 39 7.7 -53.3 296 28 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14265 -67.4 -73.3 43 5.9 -67.5 274 21 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16639 -72.7 -83.6 18 10.9 -72.7 61 13 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.43 m Freezing level: 547.89 mb = 5178.81 m = 16990.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.57 mb = 4639.99 m = 15222.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.45 mb = 440.22 m = 1444.28 ft T: 24.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 21.86 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 856.81 m = 2811.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 36.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1649.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.20 mb = 692.64 m = 2272.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.20 mb = 2259.61 m = 7413.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.20 mb = 14702.71 m = 48236.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1599.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 171.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -9.3 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 91.01 Bulk Shear: 18.12 m/s