MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 28.89,-88.94 Latitude: 28.89 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -124 SFC 986 -1 28.0 26.3 91 1.7 26.7 93 62 302.3 306.5 300.4 368.8 22.36 2 950 330 24.2 23.5 96 0.8 23.7 101 84 301.8 305.4 298.6 359.5 19.52 3 900 804 21.1 21.0 99 0.1 21.1 107 89 303.3 306.5 297.8 355.6 17.63 4 850 1299 18.8 17.7 94 1.1 18.1 110 89 305.8 308.7 297.0 351.4 15.20 5 800 1820 16.3 15.3 94 0.9 15.7 110 86 308.5 311.1 296.7 350.4 13.83 6 750 2369 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.2 109 84 311.4 313.8 296.7 350.1 12.60 7 700 2950 11.1 10.5 96 0.7 10.7 110 84 314.8 317.0 296.7 350.4 11.45 8 650 3568 8.3 7.7 96 0.6 7.9 111 85 318.3 320.3 296.7 350.5 10.21 9 600 4228 4.9 4.6 98 0.3 4.8 112 85 321.8 323.6 296.7 350.5 8.94 10 550 4935 1.3 1.1 99 0.2 1.2 113 84 325.7 327.2 296.7 350.4 7.59 11 500 5699 -1.8 -2.1 97 0.4 -2.0 115 84 330.9 332.2 297.3 352.8 6.56 12 450 6532 -5.6 -6.1 97 0.5 -5.8 117 83 336.2 337.3 297.7 354.7 5.41 13 400 7449 -10.2 -10.7 96 0.5 -10.4 117 80 341.7 342.6 298.0 356.7 4.24 14 350 8467 -16.1 -16.4 97 0.4 -16.2 115 76 347.1 347.7 298.3 358.1 3.03 15 300 9611 -23.9 -24.2 97 0.3 -24.0 111 72 351.7 352.0 298.4 358.5 1.80 16 250 10913 -34.4 -34.8 97 0.3 -34.5 105 65 354.9 355.0 298.3 358.0 0.80 17 200 12430 -47.3 -47.6 97 0.3 -47.3 113 67 357.9 357.9 298.5 359.0 0.26 18 150 14267 -62.3 -63.4 87 1.0 -62.3 127 73 362.7 362.8 299.2 363.0 0.05 19 100 16674 -70.5 -78.8 28 8.3 -70.6 46 23 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.54 m Freezing level: 528.75 mb = 5259.57 m = 17255.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 531.17 mb = 5214.12 m = 17106.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.07 mb = 209.40 m = 687.00 ft T: 25.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.73 mb = 537.98 m = 1764.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 566.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.12 mb = 543.77 m = 1784.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.12 mb = 591.11 m = 1939.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.12 mb = 12686.88 m = 41623.10 ft B at Equ Level: 565.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.12 mb = 15995.22 m = 52477.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.2 at 84.5 knts Storm direction: 140.2 at 63.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 506.1 neg: -53.3 tot: 452.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 14.56 Bulk Shear: 38.87 m/s