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: 28.49,-90.93 Latitude: 28.49 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 1010 1 29.1 25.8 83 3.3 26.6 115 16 301.4 305.3 299.5 363.9 21.15 1 1000 85 28.0 24.5 81 3.5 25.4 117 17 301.2 304.8 298.6 359.4 19.73 2 950 540 23.9 23.4 97 0.5 23.6 118 17 301.4 305.0 298.5 358.9 19.46 3 900 1013 22.2 20.6 91 1.6 21.1 116 15 304.4 307.6 297.8 355.6 17.19 4 850 1510 20.3 18.0 86 2.4 18.7 115 15 307.4 310.3 297.5 354.0 15.42 5 800 2033 17.7 14.3 80 3.4 15.4 108 15 310.1 312.5 296.5 349.5 12.93 6 750 2585 15.7 10.1 69 5.6 12.0 96 14 313.6 315.6 295.7 345.8 10.39 7 700 3168 12.6 6.4 66 6.2 8.8 88 14 316.4 318.0 295.1 343.5 8.63 8 650 3787 8.8 3.1 68 5.7 5.5 80 8 318.9 320.4 294.9 342.5 7.40 9 600 4444 4.1 -1.4 67 5.5 1.2 66 6 320.9 322.0 294.2 339.6 5.78 10 550 5147 0.0 -5.5 66 5.5 -2.7 43 8 324.1 325.0 294.1 339.3 4.62 11 500 5906 -4.0 -13.2 49 9.2 -7.8 23 9 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.5 2.76 12 450 6729 -9.3 -21.4 36 12.2 -13.2 9 10 331.6 331.9 293.6 337.0 1.53 13 400 7629 -14.8 -31.5 23 16.7 -18.7 344 9 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.3 0.68 14 350 8625 -22.4 -36.5 27 14.1 -24.9 327 6 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.4 0.48 15 300 9736 -31.4 -45.1 25 13.7 -32.9 336 5 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.23 16 250 10998 -41.5 -52.0 31 10.5 -42.2 326 15 344.3 344.4 295.5 344.8 0.12 17 200 12473 -53.1 -61.8 34 8.6 -53.4 294 28 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14263 -67.6 -73.7 41 6.1 -67.7 273 23 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16638 -72.8 -81.4 26 8.6 -72.8 60 15 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.41 m Freezing level: 549.86 mb = 5149.58 m = 16894.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.82 mb = 4651.46 m = 15260.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.52 C = 94.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.44 mb = 415.24 m = 1362.33 ft T: 25.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 26.90 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 899.78 m = 2952.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2302.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 666.62 m = 2187.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.32 mb = 2914.28 m = 9561.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 131.32 mb = 15041.80 m = 49349.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2234.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.3 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 123.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -13.3 tot: -11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 293.22 Bulk Shear: 7.85 m/s