MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 DEC 25 Station: 27.9,-92.2 Latitude: 27.90 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 24.8 22.5 87 2.3 23.2 171 14 296.7 299.8 295.8 346.1 17.13 1 1000 129 23.9 21.1 84 2.8 21.9 173 18 297.0 299.9 295.1 343.1 15.92 2 950 577 21.1 17.3 79 3.8 18.5 189 26 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.0 13.20 3 900 1044 18.2 15.2 83 3.0 16.2 195 27 300.3 302.5 293.3 335.9 12.14 4 850 1532 15.6 12.0 79 3.6 13.3 211 24 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.5 10.45 5 800 2046 13.6 7.8 68 5.9 10.1 232 22 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.7 8.31 6 750 2587 10.9 5.7 70 5.2 7.8 245 23 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.8 7.67 7 700 3162 8.5 1.3 61 7.2 4.5 254 28 311.9 313.0 291.9 330.6 6.02 8 650 3770 4.0 -1.7 66 5.7 1.1 256 28 313.5 314.4 291.7 329.8 5.20 9 600 4415 -0.5 -4.3 76 3.7 -2.3 253 32 315.5 316.4 291.8 330.4 4.65 10 550 5106 -4.7 -9.0 72 4.3 -6.6 254 38 318.5 319.1 291.7 329.9 3.52 11 500 5850 -8.4 -22.4 31 14.0 -12.6 249 45 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.27 12 450 6660 -13.1 -29.3 24 16.2 -17.0 248 52 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.5 0.75 13 400 7546 -19.4 -31.1 35 11.7 -21.9 248 55 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.3 0.71 14 350 8523 -27.0 -29.6 78 2.6 -27.5 248 57 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.7 0.94 15 300 9615 -36.0 -36.6 94 0.6 -36.0 245 52 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.8 0.55 16 250 10853 -45.8 -50.4 60 4.6 -46.1 250 60 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.15 17 200 12299 -58.3 -64.9 43 6.6 -58.4 250 59 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 14059 -69.0 -74.8 43 5.8 -69.0 252 72 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 19 100 16461 -73.1 -84.1 17 11.0 -73.2 240 57 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.01 m Freezing level: 605.89 mb = 4339.37 m = 14236.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.19 mb = 3968.21 m = 13018.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.88 mb = 288.66 m = 947.04 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1217.88 m = 3995.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 28.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.73 mb = 856.37 m = 2809.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.73 mb = 3585.70 m = 11763.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.73 mb = 11543.29 m = 37871.23 ft B at Equ Level: 397.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.73 mb = 14271.02 m = 46820.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 4.55 Bulk Shear: 13.27 m/s