MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 5.33,-90.78 Latitude: 5.33 Longitude: -90.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.8 22.9 84 2.9 23.7 209 11 297.9 301.1 296.4 349.1 17.62 1 1000 103 24.6 21.9 85 2.7 22.7 209 12 297.8 300.8 295.8 346.6 16.81 2 950 551 20.9 20.5 98 0.4 20.6 213 12 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.3 16.14 3 900 1019 18.8 17.9 95 0.9 18.2 230 9 300.9 303.5 295.1 343.5 14.52 4 850 1510 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 260 6 303.6 306.1 295.1 343.4 13.42 5 800 2026 14.5 13.3 93 1.2 13.7 310 3 306.6 308.9 295.0 343.0 12.11 6 750 2571 12.1 10.6 90 1.5 11.2 60 5 309.7 311.8 294.9 342.6 10.77 7 700 3148 9.3 7.9 91 1.4 8.4 86 8 312.8 314.6 294.9 342.4 9.57 8 650 3760 6.5 4.1 84 2.4 5.1 92 12 316.3 317.9 294.6 341.3 7.92 9 600 4415 3.6 -1.6 69 5.2 0.8 89 16 320.2 321.4 294.0 338.6 5.69 10 550 5117 -0.4 -7.3 60 6.9 -3.7 76 14 323.6 324.4 293.6 336.9 4.03 11 500 5873 -5.1 -12.5 56 7.4 -8.2 55 12 326.8 327.3 293.5 336.7 2.92 12 450 6692 -10.5 -22.6 36 12.1 -14.2 317 7 330.1 330.3 293.0 335.0 1.39 13 400 7588 -16.6 -29.8 31 13.2 -19.7 216 6 333.4 333.6 293.4 336.4 0.81 14 350 8576 -23.7 -27.5 71 3.8 -24.6 138 12 336.7 337.0 294.6 340.9 1.14 15 300 9685 -31.5 -31.8 97 0.4 -31.6 84 12 341.0 341.2 295.4 344.3 0.89 16 250 10950 -41.4 -41.6 97 0.3 -41.4 74 25 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.1 0.40 17 200 12422 -54.2 -54.9 92 0.7 -54.2 41 20 346.9 346.9 296.1 347.4 0.11 18 150 14196 -70.1 -71.2 86 1.0 -70.1 49 14 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 19 100 16570 -74.9 -81.9 33 7.0 -74.9 66 6 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.05 m Freezing level: 555.12 mb = 5044.99 m = 16551.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.69 mb = 4541.26 m = 14898.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.67 mb = 363.08 m = 1191.18 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 683.90 m = 2243.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 221.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.17 mb = 613.69 m = 2013.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.17 mb = 1328.18 m = 4357.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 818.17 mb = 1834.75 m = 6019.44 ft B at Equ Level: 9.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.17 mb = 14268.18 m = 46811.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.9 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 123.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 67.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.61 Bulk Shear: 48.11 m/s