MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 30.67,-91.07 Latitude: 30.67 Longitude: -91.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 43 14.2 6.0 58 8.2 9.9 81 3 286.3 287.3 282.4 302.5 5.78 1 1000 158 16.5 4.4 44 12.2 10.1 90 7 289.7 290.6 283.2 304.7 5.23 2 950 597 17.9 2.4 35 15.5 9.7 72 9 295.3 296.2 285.1 309.4 4.77 3 900 1057 15.4 4.1 47 11.3 9.2 15 13 297.3 298.4 286.8 314.1 5.69 4 850 1539 12.7 4.6 58 8.0 8.2 359 21 299.4 300.6 288.1 318.0 6.28 5 800 2047 10.7 3.3 60 7.4 6.7 353 28 302.6 303.7 289.0 320.9 6.07 6 750 2582 7.9 -3.5 44 11.4 2.4 349 29 305.1 305.9 287.8 317.2 3.93 7 700 3148 6.2 -15.2 20 21.4 -1.9 341 24 309.4 309.7 287.0 314.8 1.68 8 650 3754 5.4 -24.3 10 29.7 -4.0 322 22 315.0 315.2 288.1 317.8 0.82 9 600 4405 3.6 -32.8 5 36.4 -6.1 313 20 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.40 10 550 5105 -0.5 -32.8 7 32.3 -8.8 302 20 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.1 0.44 11 500 5857 -6.4 -33.8 9 27.4 -12.8 299 22 325.3 325.3 290.8 326.9 0.44 12 450 6672 -11.5 -44.0 5 32.5 -17.0 290 21 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.17 13 400 7562 -18.9 -44.4 9 25.6 -22.5 287 23 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.18 14 350 8542 -25.9 -46.5 13 20.6 -28.2 285 30 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.17 15 300 9641 -33.5 -36.6 73 3.2 -33.9 295 43 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.55 16 250 10895 -43.5 -49.6 51 6.1 -43.8 299 54 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.17 17 200 12351 -56.8 -60.6 62 3.8 -56.9 297 57 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14118 -67.8 -69.1 83 1.3 -67.8 290 55 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16552 -68.3 -82.7 11 14.4 -68.4 288 29 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.91 m Freezing level: 556.40 mb = 5015.36 m = 16454.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.69 mb = 2897.83 m = 9507.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.60 mb = 1098.32 m = 3603.35 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.03 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 509.57 mb = 5707.70 m = 18725.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 53.03 C = 127.45 F Cap Strength: 17.50 C Lifted Index: 17.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.29 C Showalter Index: 11.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.06 C Cross Totals Index: 11.02 C K Index: 2.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12910.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.67 mb = 2186.00 m = 7171.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 4.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -62.9 tot: -62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 74.23 m/s