MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 20.41,-95.32 Latitude: 20.41 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 27.7 24.0 80 3.7 25.0 68 12 299.9 303.3 297.7 355.2 18.88 1 1000 103 26.6 22.7 79 3.9 23.8 69 14 299.7 303.0 296.9 351.2 17.58 2 950 555 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.7 71 14 300.3 303.4 296.7 350.2 17.01 3 900 1025 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.0 75 14 302.3 305.1 295.9 346.8 15.04 4 850 1518 17.6 16.1 90 1.6 16.5 74 14 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.3 13.63 5 800 2035 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.1 73 15 307.0 309.4 295.4 344.7 12.49 6 750 2581 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 73 16 309.7 311.8 295.3 344.1 11.30 7 700 3157 9.2 8.6 96 0.5 8.8 75 17 312.6 314.5 295.2 343.8 10.09 8 650 3770 6.1 5.7 97 0.5 5.8 78 17 315.9 317.6 295.2 343.7 8.85 9 600 4423 3.0 2.2 94 0.8 2.5 86 17 319.6 321.0 295.1 343.5 7.49 10 550 5125 -0.6 -2.2 89 1.6 -1.4 94 16 323.4 324.6 295.0 342.8 5.95 11 500 5882 -4.8 -6.6 88 1.7 -5.7 100 13 327.1 328.1 295.0 342.7 4.68 12 450 6704 -9.1 -11.3 84 2.2 -10.1 118 11 331.8 332.5 295.3 344.1 3.58 13 400 7607 -14.3 -16.7 81 2.5 -15.2 130 12 336.4 337.0 295.6 345.6 2.58 14 350 8608 -20.8 -23.6 79 2.7 -21.6 157 11 340.7 341.0 295.9 346.6 1.64 15 300 9728 -29.3 -31.1 84 1.8 -29.7 166 13 344.0 344.2 296.1 347.6 0.95 16 250 11001 -39.9 -40.9 90 1.0 -40.0 150 15 346.7 346.8 296.3 348.5 0.43 17 200 12482 -52.9 -53.3 96 0.4 -52.9 141 16 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.13 18 150 14269 -69.0 -70.5 81 1.5 -69.1 102 10 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 19 100 16630 -75.8 -81.6 40 5.8 -75.8 68 22 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.62 m Freezing level: 558.05 mb = 5011.97 m = 16443.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.90 mb = 4866.75 m = 15966.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.87 mb = 472.90 m = 1551.48 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 961.23 m = 3153.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.79 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 537.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.57 mb = 753.30 m = 2471.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.57 mb = 1381.44 m = 4532.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.57 mb = 13362.43 m = 43839.45 ft B at Equ Level: 534.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.57 mb = 15888.73 m = 52127.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.0 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 110.0 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 389.97 Bulk Shear: 1.38 m/s