MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 23.98,-90.00 Latitude: 23.98 Longitude: -90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 29.0 23.8 74 5.1 25.2 194 13 300.8 304.2 297.8 355.6 18.62 1 1000 134 27.6 22.2 73 5.4 23.6 194 15 300.7 303.8 296.8 350.8 17.07 2 950 587 23.3 21.1 87 2.3 21.7 193 15 300.9 304.0 296.7 350.2 16.76 3 900 1058 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 202 14 303.0 305.5 295.2 343.6 13.70 4 850 1552 18.3 13.9 75 4.4 15.3 211 12 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.6 11.80 5 800 2069 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.7 208 10 307.6 309.4 293.3 336.1 9.41 6 750 2614 12.1 6.9 71 5.1 9.0 216 8 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.4 8.38 7 700 3190 9.2 7.8 91 1.4 8.3 258 5 312.6 314.5 294.8 342.1 9.52 8 650 3803 6.2 5.1 93 1.1 5.5 316 5 316.0 317.6 295.0 342.7 8.51 9 600 4456 2.8 0.6 85 2.2 1.6 348 6 319.4 320.7 294.5 340.8 6.68 10 550 5157 -1.2 -4.8 77 3.6 -3.0 13 10 322.7 323.6 294.0 338.7 4.89 11 500 5911 -5.3 -8.8 76 3.5 -6.9 27 11 326.6 327.4 294.3 339.8 3.94 12 450 6732 -9.6 -11.8 84 2.2 -10.5 26 8 331.1 331.8 295.0 342.9 3.44 13 400 7634 -14.7 -16.1 89 1.4 -15.2 29 8 335.9 336.5 295.6 345.5 2.72 14 350 8632 -21.3 -21.7 97 0.4 -21.4 48 11 340.0 340.4 296.0 347.0 1.93 15 300 9752 -29.3 -29.3 100 -0.0 -29.3 32 9 344.1 344.3 296.3 348.3 1.13 16 250 11025 -39.8 -39.8 100 0.0 -39.8 7 5 346.9 347.0 296.4 348.8 0.48 17 200 12506 -53.4 -53.8 95 0.4 -53.4 12 8 348.3 348.3 296.4 348.8 0.13 18 150 14290 -69.5 -69.8 96 0.3 -69.5 66 21 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 19 100 16643 -75.9 -80.2 51 4.3 -75.9 99 11 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.09 m Freezing level: 564.84 mb = 4948.73 m = 16235.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.48 mb = 4694.92 m = 15403.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.87 mb = 652.52 m = 2140.77 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 20.21 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1293.54 m = 4243.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 36.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 568.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.63 mb = 917.44 m = 3009.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.63 mb = 2073.37 m = 6802.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.63 mb = 13903.70 m = 45615.25 ft B at Equ Level: 566.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.63 mb = 16109.15 m = 52850.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -6.8 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 52.14 Bulk Shear: 10.90 m/s