MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-94.61 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 77 26.9 22.1 75 4.9 23.5 161 1 299.6 302.7 296.4 349.0 16.88 1 1000 124 26.3 21.8 76 4.5 23.0 134 0 299.4 302.5 296.2 348.0 16.63 2 950 575 24.5 17.4 65 7.1 19.6 59 3 302.0 304.5 294.6 341.2 13.28 3 900 1048 21.8 14.5 63 7.2 17.0 86 5 303.9 306.1 294.0 338.6 11.63 4 850 1542 18.8 13.1 70 5.7 15.0 107 8 305.8 307.9 294.2 339.4 11.21 5 800 2061 15.8 10.6 71 5.2 12.5 119 10 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.7 10.12 6 750 2607 12.8 7.3 69 5.5 9.5 119 10 310.5 312.1 293.6 336.9 8.60 7 700 3184 9.4 4.1 70 5.3 6.3 105 13 312.9 314.3 293.3 335.8 7.36 8 650 3794 5.3 1.5 76 3.8 3.2 102 15 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.7 6.59 9 600 4445 1.6 -0.9 84 2.5 0.3 108 14 318.0 319.1 293.6 337.1 5.99 10 550 5142 -2.3 -5.3 80 3.0 -3.7 113 16 321.4 322.3 293.5 336.7 4.71 11 500 5893 -6.9 -10.6 75 3.7 -8.5 119 19 324.6 325.3 293.3 336.0 3.40 12 450 6709 -11.5 -13.9 82 2.5 -12.4 145 22 328.8 329.4 294.0 338.7 2.90 13 400 7603 -17.0 -17.4 97 0.4 -17.1 178 21 332.9 333.4 294.7 341.4 2.45 14 350 8591 -24.1 -24.5 97 0.3 -24.2 188 13 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.7 1.51 15 300 9696 -32.9 -35.2 80 2.3 -33.3 180 10 339.0 339.1 294.7 341.4 0.64 16 250 10950 -43.4 -44.1 93 0.7 -43.5 214 10 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.30 17 200 12412 -54.7 -60.4 50 5.7 -54.9 283 8 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14195 -67.3 -70.8 60 3.6 -67.3 184 8 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16606 -72.3 -83.3 18 10.9 -72.4 131 13 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.07 m Freezing level: 579.50 mb = 4730.68 m = 15520.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.81 mb = 4487.59 m = 14722.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.07 mb = 695.00 m = 2280.17 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 10.38 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2164.50 m = 7101.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.83 C = 96.50 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.88 mb = 1332.02 m = 4370.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.88 mb = 3720.20 m = 12205.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.88 mb = 11058.87 m = 36281.94 ft B at Equ Level: 193.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.88 mb = 13208.77 m = 43335.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.6 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 139.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 13.71 Bulk Shear: 14.23 m/s