MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 25.06,-89.24 Latitude: 25.06 Longitude: -89.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.0 74 5.1 25.3 163 18 300.9 304.3 298.0 356.2 18.79 1 1000 133 27.6 22.1 72 5.4 23.6 164 20 300.7 303.9 296.8 350.8 17.03 2 950 586 23.4 21.2 88 2.1 21.9 166 21 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.8 16.97 3 900 1057 20.1 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 170 22 302.2 304.9 295.7 345.7 14.72 4 850 1549 17.4 12.1 71 5.4 14.0 177 23 304.4 306.4 293.3 335.7 10.48 5 800 2065 14.0 6.8 62 7.3 9.7 186 25 306.1 307.5 291.6 329.5 7.75 6 750 2606 10.7 6.3 74 4.4 8.1 198 25 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.6 8.01 7 700 3180 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 218 19 311.4 313.2 294.5 340.7 9.52 8 650 3789 4.6 4.2 98 0.4 4.4 242 15 314.1 315.7 294.1 339.1 7.99 9 600 4439 1.4 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 285 11 317.8 319.1 294.3 340.0 6.99 10 550 5137 -1.6 -1.9 97 0.4 -1.8 342 12 322.2 323.4 294.8 341.8 6.05 11 500 5892 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.3 37 12 326.7 327.8 295.2 343.7 5.10 12 450 6714 -9.5 -10.7 91 1.2 -10.0 40 16 331.3 332.1 295.3 344.2 3.76 13 400 7615 -15.2 -16.2 92 1.0 -15.6 49 18 335.2 335.8 295.4 344.7 2.71 14 350 8612 -21.6 -21.7 99 0.1 -21.6 30 16 339.7 340.1 295.9 346.6 1.92 15 300 9730 -29.9 -30.0 99 0.1 -29.9 13 15 343.3 343.5 296.0 347.3 1.06 16 250 11000 -40.5 -40.7 98 0.2 -40.6 8 17 345.8 345.9 296.1 347.5 0.44 17 200 12477 -53.5 -53.7 98 0.2 -53.5 347 19 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.6 0.13 18 150 14259 -69.5 -69.9 96 0.3 -69.5 309 22 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 19 100 16628 -74.5 -80.8 37 6.3 -74.5 53 14 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.85 m Freezing level: 576.09 mb = 4772.81 m = 15658.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.73 mb = 4728.59 m = 15513.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.81 mb = 643.23 m = 2110.32 ft T: 22.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 21.24 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 1017.46 m = 3338.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 958.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.54 mb = 879.49 m = 2885.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.54 mb = 1215.94 m = 3989.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.54 mb = 14113.94 m = 46305.03 ft B at Equ Level: 957.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 54.71 Bulk Shear: 17.51 m/s