MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-85.55 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -85.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.0 23.8 73 5.2 25.2 99 18 300.8 304.2 297.8 355.3 18.53 1 1000 138 27.5 21.0 68 6.5 22.9 99 22 300.7 303.6 296.0 347.3 15.89 2 950 591 23.6 18.7 74 4.9 20.2 99 24 301.1 303.8 295.2 343.6 14.45 3 900 1061 20.8 13.9 65 6.9 16.3 104 29 303.0 305.0 293.4 336.2 11.19 4 850 1554 17.8 11.2 65 6.6 13.6 106 31 304.8 306.6 292.9 334.4 9.89 5 800 2070 14.7 9.2 70 5.5 11.3 109 28 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.5 9.16 6 750 2614 11.4 7.4 77 3.9 9.0 105 25 308.9 310.5 293.2 335.3 8.67 7 700 3188 8.1 5.0 81 3.1 6.3 97 24 311.5 312.9 293.2 335.7 7.85 8 650 3797 4.6 2.0 83 2.6 3.1 94 27 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.5 6.81 9 600 4446 0.9 -1.1 86 2.1 -0.2 90 28 317.2 318.3 293.3 335.9 5.87 10 550 5142 -2.3 -5.4 79 3.1 -3.8 88 25 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.6 4.67 11 500 5894 -5.8 -10.8 68 4.9 -7.9 90 23 325.9 326.6 293.6 337.2 3.36 12 450 6713 -10.4 -15.1 69 4.7 -12.2 94 21 330.1 330.6 294.1 339.2 2.63 13 400 7610 -16.0 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.9 88 12 334.2 334.6 294.8 342.0 2.22 14 350 8604 -22.7 -27.4 65 4.7 -23.8 114 7 338.2 338.4 294.9 342.4 1.15 15 300 9715 -31.1 -36.7 58 5.6 -31.9 117 12 341.6 341.7 295.2 343.7 0.55 16 250 10981 -41.1 -46.8 54 5.7 -41.6 133 12 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.23 17 200 12455 -53.8 -56.6 71 2.8 -53.9 123 9 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.09 18 150 14239 -68.2 -69.6 83 1.3 -68.2 58 6 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 19 100 16617 -73.6 -82.4 25 8.8 -73.7 50 14 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.15 m Freezing level: 585.42 mb = 4648.62 m = 15251.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.38 mb = 4413.52 m = 14479.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.63 mb = 667.58 m = 2190.20 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 20.88 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1664.11 m = 5459.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.44 C = 92.19 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.25 mb = 1164.91 m = 3821.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.25 mb = 2455.22 m = 8055.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.25 mb = 9380.55 m = 30775.71 ft B at Equ Level: 235.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.25 mb = 13309.59 m = 43666.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.8 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 127.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.8 neg: -16.6 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 102.54 Bulk Shear: 2.30 m/s