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,-90.93 Latitude: 28.36 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 29.0 25.7 82 3.3 26.5 134 11 301.3 305.2 299.4 363.5 21.01 1 1000 84 28.0 24.4 81 3.6 25.4 137 13 301.2 304.8 298.5 359.1 19.64 2 950 538 24.1 23.2 95 0.9 23.4 139 12 301.6 305.1 298.3 358.1 19.13 3 900 1012 22.0 20.5 91 1.5 20.9 140 11 304.2 307.4 297.7 355.3 17.14 4 850 1509 20.0 18.0 88 2.0 18.6 139 10 307.1 310.0 297.4 353.8 15.47 5 800 2031 17.6 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 130 9 309.9 312.4 296.8 350.6 13.35 6 750 2583 15.5 11.0 74 4.5 12.6 110 9 313.4 315.5 296.1 347.7 11.07 7 700 3166 12.7 6.6 66 6.2 8.9 93 10 316.6 318.3 295.3 344.1 8.74 8 650 3786 9.1 2.9 65 6.2 5.5 80 7 319.2 320.6 294.9 342.4 7.28 9 600 4444 4.5 -1.8 64 6.3 1.1 66 6 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.4 5.60 10 550 5147 0.1 -6.1 63 6.2 -2.9 43 8 324.2 325.1 294.0 338.9 4.42 11 500 5906 -4.0 -13.3 49 9.2 -7.8 22 9 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.5 2.75 12 450 6728 -9.3 -21.0 38 11.8 -13.1 13 11 331.6 331.9 293.6 337.2 1.59 13 400 7629 -14.8 -30.7 24 15.9 -18.6 348 10 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.5 0.74 14 350 8625 -22.3 -35.3 30 13.0 -24.7 338 5 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.54 15 300 9736 -31.4 -45.2 24 13.8 -32.9 343 6 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.23 16 250 10999 -41.5 -51.6 33 10.1 -42.1 324 15 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.13 17 200 12474 -53.1 -62.2 32 9.2 -53.3 293 28 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14264 -67.6 -73.8 41 6.2 -67.7 274 22 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16638 -72.8 -81.6 25 8.9 -72.8 60 14 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.42 m Freezing level: 548.39 mb = 5171.64 m = 16967.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.99 mb = 4634.71 m = 15205.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.22 % Est. max temperature: 34.25 C = 93.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.74 mb = 420.39 m = 1379.23 ft T: 25.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 26.27 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 932.40 m = 3059.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2162.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.13 mb = 695.32 m = 2281.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.13 mb = 3188.48 m = 10460.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.13 mb = 14746.95 m = 48381.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2138.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 131.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -4.1 tot: -2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 295.53 Bulk Shear: 7.32 m/s