MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 24.19,-92.17 Latitude: 24.19 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 29.6 26.0 81 3.6 26.9 98 18 301.6 305.5 299.6 364.8 21.35 1 1000 120 28.3 24.2 78 4.1 25.3 98 21 301.5 305.0 298.4 358.7 19.38 2 950 575 24.2 22.4 90 1.8 22.9 100 23 301.8 305.1 297.8 355.7 18.26 3 900 1048 22.7 16.2 67 6.5 18.2 113 20 304.9 307.3 295.2 343.7 12.98 4 850 1545 19.9 15.0 73 5.0 16.5 122 17 307.0 309.4 295.6 345.3 12.70 5 800 2066 17.1 11.9 71 5.2 13.7 133 17 309.4 311.4 295.0 342.8 10.98 6 750 2614 14.0 6.9 62 7.1 9.7 138 18 311.8 313.4 293.7 337.7 8.38 7 700 3194 10.6 1.2 52 9.4 5.4 136 18 314.3 315.4 292.6 333.1 5.98 8 650 3807 6.7 -0.9 58 7.6 2.6 130 18 316.5 317.6 292.8 334.0 5.51 9 600 4460 3.0 -4.2 59 7.2 -0.6 131 20 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.8 4.68 10 550 5160 -0.7 -7.6 60 6.9 -3.9 132 19 323.3 324.1 293.4 336.3 3.94 11 500 5917 -4.6 -12.2 55 7.6 -7.8 135 17 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.6 2.99 12 450 6740 -8.8 -19.5 42 10.7 -12.5 140 13 332.1 332.5 294.0 338.5 1.81 13 400 7642 -14.8 -25.9 38 11.1 -17.9 146 11 335.8 336.0 294.3 340.0 1.16 14 350 8637 -22.3 -30.0 49 7.8 -24.0 160 11 338.7 338.9 294.8 342.1 0.90 15 300 9750 -31.0 -35.3 66 4.3 -31.7 158 10 341.7 341.9 295.3 344.1 0.63 16 250 11017 -40.7 -42.6 82 1.9 -40.9 100 5 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.0 0.36 17 200 12494 -53.4 -54.4 88 1.1 -53.4 119 8 348.3 348.3 296.4 348.8 0.12 18 150 14288 -67.4 -70.3 66 3.0 -67.4 75 11 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16656 -75.4 -80.7 43 5.3 -75.4 74 7 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.46 m Freezing level: 559.25 mb = 5030.86 m = 16505.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.69 mb = 4329.22 m = 14203.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.66 % Est. max temperature: 34.47 C = 94.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.01 mb = 454.10 m = 1489.81 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.11 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1404.11 m = 4606.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.58 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1708.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.32 mb = 862.16 m = 2828.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.32 mb = 2234.20 m = 7329.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.32 mb = 14513.30 m = 47615.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1694.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.9 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 155.9 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 135.54 Bulk Shear: 12.60 m/s