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,-92.5 Latitude: 28.10 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.5 22.4 88 2.1 23.0 180 15 296.4 299.5 295.6 345.5 17.01 1 1000 128 23.7 21.1 85 2.6 21.9 180 19 296.8 299.7 295.0 342.9 15.95 2 950 575 20.7 17.9 84 2.9 18.8 194 26 298.2 300.7 293.8 337.9 13.67 3 900 1042 18.1 15.3 84 2.7 16.3 200 27 300.1 302.4 293.3 336.1 12.27 4 850 1530 15.7 11.9 78 3.8 13.3 212 25 302.6 304.5 292.6 333.4 10.36 5 800 2044 13.5 8.3 71 5.2 10.3 230 23 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.6 8.64 6 750 2586 10.7 6.0 72 4.7 7.9 244 24 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.2 7.85 7 700 3159 8.1 1.6 64 6.5 4.5 253 28 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.5 6.14 8 650 3766 3.6 -1.4 70 4.9 1.0 258 29 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.8 5.33 9 600 4411 -0.9 -3.7 81 2.8 -2.3 254 34 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.6 4.86 10 550 5101 -4.9 -8.3 77 3.4 -6.4 253 41 318.3 319.0 291.8 330.4 3.72 11 500 5845 -8.6 -19.9 39 11.3 -12.2 248 48 322.5 322.8 291.1 327.9 1.57 12 450 6654 -13.3 -24.6 38 11.3 -16.4 248 54 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.16 13 400 7540 -19.4 -27.6 48 8.2 -21.3 249 58 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.4 0.99 14 350 8518 -26.8 -28.7 84 1.9 -27.2 247 57 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.3 1.02 15 300 9610 -36.0 -37.6 85 1.6 -36.2 247 52 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.6 0.50 16 250 10848 -45.6 -50.5 58 4.9 -45.9 250 63 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.15 17 200 12295 -58.3 -64.2 47 5.9 -58.4 251 61 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 14053 -68.8 -74.9 41 6.0 -68.9 251 68 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 19 100 16456 -72.8 -84.1 16 11.3 -72.8 239 59 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.67 m Freezing level: 609.78 mb = 4284.92 m = 14057.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.52 mb = 3960.31 m = 12992.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.97 mb = 269.07 m = 882.78 ft T: 22.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1112.72 m = 3650.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 466.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.16 mb = 785.46 m = 2576.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.16 mb = 3370.37 m = 11057.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.16 mb = 11613.46 m = 38101.42 ft B at Equ Level: 464.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.16 mb = 14371.71 m = 47150.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 12.72 m/s