MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 11.37,-58.3 Latitude: 11.37 Longitude: -58.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.1 23.0 78 4.1 24.1 112 7 299.2 302.4 296.8 350.9 17.72 1 1000 106 25.9 22.0 79 3.8 23.1 111 8 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.3 16.91 2 950 557 21.7 20.9 96 0.7 21.2 107 8 299.2 302.2 296.1 347.7 16.65 3 900 1026 19.9 17.1 84 2.8 18.0 98 10 302.0 304.6 295.0 342.7 13.76 4 850 1518 17.7 13.7 78 3.9 15.1 93 10 304.7 306.8 294.2 339.6 11.70 5 800 2036 15.6 9.6 68 5.9 11.9 88 9 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.4 9.45 6 750 2581 12.9 6.3 64 6.6 8.9 92 9 310.6 312.1 293.1 335.2 8.00 7 700 3158 9.7 3.9 67 5.8 6.3 97 9 313.2 314.6 293.3 335.9 7.27 8 650 3771 6.1 1.9 74 4.3 3.7 93 10 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.3 6.76 9 600 4423 2.4 -0.5 81 2.9 0.8 89 12 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.6 6.15 10 550 5122 -1.5 -4.1 82 2.6 -2.9 95 17 322.3 323.3 294.1 339.0 5.12 11 500 5876 -6.1 -8.5 83 2.4 -7.2 100 22 325.6 326.4 294.1 339.1 4.03 12 450 6693 -11.4 -14.9 75 3.5 -12.7 95 28 328.9 329.5 293.9 338.1 2.68 13 400 7587 -17.1 -21.2 71 4.0 -18.3 93 30 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.0 1.77 14 350 8576 -23.5 -27.5 70 4.0 -24.4 94 25 337.1 337.3 294.6 341.3 1.14 15 300 9683 -32.4 -37.0 64 4.6 -33.0 77 21 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.8 0.53 16 250 10941 -42.4 -42.4 100 0.0 -42.4 55 8 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.5 0.37 17 200 12407 -54.8 -55.6 91 0.8 -54.9 73 7 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14181 -69.8 -70.8 88 0.9 -69.9 18 19 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 19 100 16569 -74.6 -82.9 27 8.3 -74.7 103 15 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.56 m Freezing level: 569.34 mb = 4851.89 m = 15918.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.62 mb = 4576.98 m = 15016.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.96 mb = 520.00 m = 1706.01 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.90 mb = 1065.23 m = 3494.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.83 mb = 724.16 m = 2375.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.83 mb = 3077.15 m = 10095.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.83 mb = 13166.51 m = 43196.67 ft B at Equ Level: 710.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.83 mb = 16180.11 m = 53083.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 125.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 249.65 Bulk Shear: 2.87 m/s