MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 19.53,-94.37 Latitude: 19.53 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.9 24.1 76 4.8 25.4 45 8 300.9 304.4 298.1 356.9 19.01 1 1000 114 27.8 22.7 74 5.1 24.1 46 9 300.9 304.2 297.2 352.8 17.62 2 950 567 24.5 19.9 76 4.6 21.2 64 9 302.0 304.9 296.2 348.0 15.57 3 900 1042 23.7 14.4 56 9.3 17.5 109 12 306.0 308.1 294.5 340.6 11.55 4 850 1539 20.8 11.9 57 8.9 15.0 125 15 307.9 309.8 294.1 339.3 10.35 5 800 2061 17.5 7.7 53 9.8 11.5 122 16 309.8 311.4 293.1 335.3 8.30 6 750 2609 14.2 4.2 51 10.1 8.3 124 15 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.5 6.89 7 700 3189 10.9 1.5 52 9.4 5.6 136 12 314.5 315.7 292.7 333.8 6.10 8 650 3803 7.2 -1.0 56 8.1 2.8 146 9 317.1 318.2 293.0 334.6 5.50 9 600 4457 2.9 -4.7 57 7.6 -0.9 151 9 319.5 320.4 292.8 334.1 4.50 10 550 5156 -1.7 -9.1 57 7.4 -5.0 156 10 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.7 3.50 11 500 5908 -6.2 -13.8 55 7.7 -9.2 174 9 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.4 2.62 12 450 6725 -10.9 -20.0 47 9.1 -13.9 183 8 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.7 1.74 13 400 7620 -16.9 -24.8 50 7.9 -19.0 152 4 333.1 333.3 293.7 337.7 1.28 14 350 8608 -23.7 -29.8 57 6.1 -25.0 57 8 336.8 337.0 294.4 340.2 0.92 15 300 9717 -31.8 -42.7 33 10.9 -33.1 7 15 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.30 16 250 10977 -42.4 -46.7 63 4.3 -42.7 349 14 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.0 0.23 17 200 12443 -54.6 -56.9 76 2.3 -54.7 345 14 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.09 18 150 14222 -68.1 -70.3 73 2.2 -68.1 358 11 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16617 -73.8 -83.3 22 9.4 -73.9 76 18 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.97 m Freezing level: 568.27 mb = 4900.30 m = 16076.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.64 mb = 4299.96 m = 14107.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.55 % Est. max temperature: 35.36 C = 95.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.74 mb = 606.88 m = 1991.04 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 23.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.85 mb = 2083.87 m = 6836.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.22 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 18.08 C K Index: 29.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.49 mb = 1134.27 m = 3721.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.49 mb = 3607.74 m = 11836.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.49 mb = 13251.49 m = 43475.50 ft B at Equ Level: 900.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.49 mb = 16300.93 m = 53480.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 160.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 44.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 40.59 Bulk Shear: 22.34 m/s