MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 19.32,-51.66 Latitude: 19.32 Longitude: -51.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1022 2 26.8 24.5 87 2.3 25.1 95 16 298.1 301.6 297.5 354.1 19.26 1 1000 193 24.9 22.9 89 2.0 23.5 96 20 298.0 301.3 296.6 349.9 17.83 2 950 643 21.9 19.9 89 1.9 20.5 105 26 299.4 302.2 295.5 344.9 15.61 3 900 1112 19.8 16.7 82 3.1 17.7 111 26 301.9 304.4 294.7 341.4 13.38 4 850 1604 17.7 13.5 76 4.2 14.9 117 26 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.1 11.52 5 800 2121 15.5 10.4 72 5.1 12.3 121 27 307.7 309.5 293.8 337.8 9.94 6 750 2667 13.1 5.9 62 7.1 8.8 125 29 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.9 7.81 7 700 3245 9.6 2.8 62 6.8 5.8 131 31 313.2 314.4 292.8 334.1 6.72 8 650 3856 5.3 0.3 70 4.9 2.6 133 32 315.0 316.1 292.8 334.0 6.05 9 600 4505 0.8 -3.2 75 4.0 -1.2 128 28 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.3 5.05 10 550 5199 -3.2 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.5 124 20 320.3 321.2 293.0 334.8 4.44 11 500 5949 -7.0 -10.2 77 3.3 -8.4 113 18 324.6 325.2 293.4 336.3 3.51 12 450 6764 -11.5 -19.5 52 8.0 -14.1 101 12 328.8 329.1 293.1 335.1 1.82 13 400 7660 -16.2 -30.0 29 13.8 -19.5 58 13 333.9 334.0 293.5 336.8 0.79 14 350 8648 -24.3 -30.7 56 6.4 -25.6 45 5 336.0 336.1 294.1 339.1 0.85 15 300 9752 -32.3 -40.0 47 7.6 -33.3 336 8 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.39 16 250 11012 -42.0 -48.7 48 6.6 -42.5 306 16 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.3 0.18 17 200 12482 -54.1 -59.3 53 5.2 -54.2 310 17 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.06 18 150 14276 -66.0 -74.6 29 8.6 -66.0 186 4 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16677 -72.9 -83.6 18 10.8 -72.9 73 15 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.82 m Freezing level: 589.63 mb = 4648.87 m = 15252.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.63 mb = 4296.29 m = 14095.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.69 mb = 292.99 m = 961.25 ft T: 24.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 20.87 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 1010.80 m = 3316.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 799.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.17 mb = 705.28 m = 2313.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.17 mb = 3147.57 m = 10326.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.17 mb = 12539.21 m = 41138.65 ft B at Equ Level: 794.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.17 mb = 15688.27 m = 51470.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.5 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 151.5 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 51.17 Bulk Shear: 15.63 m/s