MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 25.03,-89.08 Latitude: 25.03 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 29.5 25.2 78 4.3 26.3 100 16 301.3 305.1 299.0 361.2 20.26 1 1000 139 28.1 23.6 77 4.5 24.8 100 19 301.3 304.7 298.0 356.4 18.69 2 950 594 24.0 22.6 92 1.3 23.0 102 19 301.5 304.9 297.9 356.1 18.50 3 900 1066 21.0 18.9 88 2.1 19.5 108 21 303.2 306.0 296.4 349.0 15.46 4 850 1561 19.3 13.4 69 5.9 15.4 110 22 306.4 308.6 294.6 340.9 11.47 5 800 2081 16.8 9.1 61 7.7 12.0 106 22 309.0 310.7 293.5 336.8 9.10 6 750 2628 13.5 4.8 56 8.7 8.3 103 22 311.2 312.6 292.6 333.4 7.18 7 700 3205 9.9 -0.8 47 10.7 4.2 100 22 313.5 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.16 8 650 3817 6.6 -4.3 46 10.8 1.2 99 21 316.4 317.2 291.7 330.2 4.29 9 600 4470 3.3 -7.3 46 10.5 -1.7 104 20 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.0 3.70 10 550 5170 -0.9 -12.5 41 11.6 -5.7 108 19 323.0 323.6 292.3 332.0 2.67 11 500 5925 -5.4 -18.9 34 13.5 -10.1 101 17 326.5 326.8 292.4 332.4 1.72 12 450 6743 -10.7 -22.4 38 11.7 -14.3 80 16 329.8 330.1 293.0 334.8 1.41 13 400 7638 -16.5 -23.1 57 6.6 -18.4 57 14 333.6 333.9 294.0 338.9 1.49 14 350 8629 -23.6 -28.3 65 4.7 -24.6 48 9 337.0 337.2 294.6 340.9 1.06 15 300 9736 -31.5 -40.8 40 9.3 -32.7 333 12 340.9 341.0 294.9 342.4 0.36 16 250 11001 -41.1 -48.3 46 7.2 -41.7 321 18 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.19 17 200 12478 -52.8 -60.8 37 8.0 -53.0 313 18 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14266 -68.6 -69.2 92 0.6 -68.7 307 13 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16639 -71.3 -81.9 19 10.6 -71.4 45 20 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.15 m Freezing level: 560.69 mb = 5020.61 m = 16471.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.25 mb = 4081.88 m = 13391.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.21 % Est. max temperature: 33.59 C = 92.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.59 mb = 550.94 m = 1807.53 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 31.46 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.87 mb = 932.38 m = 3058.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.65 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 27.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2042.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.59 mb = 792.79 m = 2600.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.59 mb = 1127.81 m = 3700.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.59 mb = 1225.20 m = 4019.63 ft B at Equ Level: 4.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.9 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 133.9 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -7.5 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 3593.22 Bulk Shear: 0.57 m/s