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,-91.35 Latitude: 28.49 Longitude: -91.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.4 25.4 79 3.9 26.4 54 16 301.7 305.5 299.2 362.8 20.67 1 1000 87 28.4 23.9 77 4.4 25.1 55 18 301.5 305.0 298.2 357.7 19.04 2 950 542 24.1 22.9 93 1.3 23.2 55 18 301.7 305.1 298.1 357.2 18.81 3 900 1015 22.0 19.8 87 2.2 20.4 59 17 304.2 307.2 297.3 352.9 16.35 4 850 1512 20.9 15.3 70 5.6 17.1 64 17 308.1 310.5 296.1 347.4 13.01 5 800 2036 18.6 11.8 65 6.7 14.1 54 16 310.9 313.0 295.4 344.5 10.97 6 750 2588 15.7 8.8 63 6.9 11.3 57 16 313.6 315.4 295.1 343.1 9.50 7 700 3171 12.6 6.3 66 6.2 8.8 76 12 316.4 318.0 295.1 343.5 8.62 8 650 3789 8.2 3.2 71 5.0 5.2 43 11 318.2 319.7 294.7 341.8 7.42 9 600 4446 4.1 -2.3 63 6.4 0.7 43 9 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.3 5.40 10 550 5149 0.1 -9.2 49 9.3 -4.1 20 9 324.2 324.9 293.3 335.8 3.46 11 500 5906 -4.3 -16.2 39 11.9 -8.8 29 8 327.7 328.2 293.1 335.2 2.16 12 450 6729 -9.2 -23.8 29 14.6 -13.7 10 9 331.6 331.9 293.3 336.1 1.24 13 400 7629 -14.9 -33.7 18 18.9 -19.0 348 9 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.8 0.55 14 350 8625 -22.4 -38.6 21 16.2 -25.1 341 6 338.6 338.7 294.3 340.1 0.39 15 300 9736 -31.3 -46.7 21 15.3 -32.9 331 8 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.0 0.19 16 250 10999 -41.5 -52.5 29 11.1 -42.1 319 16 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.12 17 200 12474 -53.1 -62.5 31 9.4 -53.4 291 28 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14263 -67.9 -73.3 46 5.4 -68.0 277 23 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 19 100 16638 -72.7 -81.1 27 8.4 -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: 5818.89 m Freezing level: 548.72 mb = 5168.21 m = 16955.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.57 mb = 4546.68 m = 14916.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.46 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.59 mb = 499.36 m = 1638.30 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 19.71 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1532.35 m = 5027.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.89 C = 96.61 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1961.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.64 mb = 769.37 m = 2524.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.64 mb = 3283.61 m = 10772.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.64 mb = 14640.36 m = 48032.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1945.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.0 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 82.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -5.8 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 588.38 Bulk Shear: 3.33 m/s