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: 28.1,-91.9 Latitude: 28.10 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.6 22.2 87 2.3 22.9 162 13 296.5 299.5 295.6 345.1 16.86 1 1000 130 23.8 20.8 83 3.0 21.6 164 17 296.9 299.7 294.8 342.0 15.60 2 950 578 21.1 17.1 78 4.0 18.4 188 25 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.6 13.04 3 900 1044 18.1 15.0 82 3.1 16.1 196 27 300.2 302.4 293.2 335.4 12.01 4 850 1533 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.4 211 25 302.3 304.2 292.7 333.7 10.63 5 800 2046 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 233 23 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.3 9.00 6 750 2587 10.4 6.8 78 3.6 8.3 246 24 307.9 309.5 292.6 333.1 8.29 7 700 3161 8.3 1.5 62 6.8 4.5 255 30 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.7 6.11 8 650 3768 3.8 -1.6 68 5.5 1.0 257 30 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.8 5.23 9 600 4414 -0.6 -4.3 76 3.7 -2.4 253 33 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.2 4.63 10 550 5104 -4.8 -8.6 75 3.8 -6.5 255 39 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.2 3.63 11 500 5848 -8.6 -20.0 39 11.4 -12.3 251 46 322.5 322.8 291.1 327.9 1.56 12 450 6658 -13.3 -27.2 30 13.9 -16.8 248 53 326.5 326.7 291.6 329.8 0.91 13 400 7543 -19.6 -30.3 38 10.7 -21.9 248 56 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.3 0.77 14 350 8520 -27.0 -29.4 80 2.4 -27.5 249 58 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.8 0.95 15 300 9611 -36.0 -36.1 99 0.1 -36.0 247 55 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.58 16 250 10849 -46.0 -49.4 69 3.4 -46.2 251 62 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12294 -58.3 -64.1 47 5.8 -58.4 250 61 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 14054 -68.9 -74.3 45 5.4 -69.0 252 74 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 19 100 16458 -72.5 -84.0 16 11.5 -72.6 239 57 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.10 m Freezing level: 607.01 mb = 4323.35 m = 14184.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 3954.28 m = 12973.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.19 mb = 295.80 m = 970.46 ft T: 22.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1239.38 m = 4066.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 29.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 333.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.38 mb = 879.23 m = 2884.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.38 mb = 3613.52 m = 11855.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.38 mb = 11049.35 m = 36250.70 ft B at Equ Level: 331.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.38 mb = 13957.75 m = 45792.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 209.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 3.08 Bulk Shear: 14.70 m/s