MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 20.61,-92.01 Latitude: 20.61 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.4 24.1 77 4.4 25.2 138 14 300.5 304.0 298.0 356.2 18.94 1 1000 110 27.3 22.6 76 4.6 23.9 139 15 300.4 303.6 297.0 351.8 17.53 2 950 562 23.7 20.4 82 3.3 21.3 147 17 301.2 304.2 296.3 348.6 16.10 3 900 1036 23.1 15.1 61 8.0 17.7 151 17 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.4 12.07 4 850 1533 19.8 13.6 68 6.1 15.7 147 13 306.9 309.1 294.8 341.9 11.63 5 800 2053 15.9 11.6 76 4.3 13.1 152 9 308.1 310.2 294.5 340.9 10.80 6 750 2598 12.3 6.4 67 6.0 8.8 164 7 309.9 311.5 293.0 334.6 8.04 7 700 3173 8.5 3.0 68 5.5 5.4 139 8 311.9 313.2 292.5 333.0 6.79 8 650 3783 5.2 0.2 70 5.0 2.5 151 13 314.9 316.0 292.7 333.7 5.97 9 600 4434 2.8 -5.7 53 8.5 -1.3 187 13 319.4 320.2 292.5 332.9 4.16 10 550 5134 -1.3 -11.1 47 9.8 -5.5 190 10 322.5 323.1 292.4 332.5 2.97 11 500 5886 -6.2 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.6 171 11 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.5 2.36 12 450 6703 -11.3 -19.9 49 8.6 -14.1 163 13 329.1 329.4 293.1 335.2 1.75 13 400 7596 -17.2 -22.1 66 4.8 -18.7 148 8 332.6 332.9 293.9 338.4 1.63 14 350 8583 -24.8 -28.7 70 3.9 -25.6 127 10 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.0 1.02 15 300 9684 -33.1 -39.1 55 6.0 -33.8 144 14 338.8 338.8 294.4 340.4 0.43 16 250 10940 -43.0 -50.1 45 7.1 -43.5 137 11 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.16 17 200 12404 -54.9 -62.3 40 7.4 -55.1 143 10 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14183 -68.4 -70.6 72 2.3 -68.4 168 4 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 19 100 16593 -71.0 -84.1 13 13.1 -71.1 121 16 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.54 m Freezing level: 565.75 mb = 4913.36 m = 16119.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.43 mb = 4201.18 m = 13783.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.33 mb = 559.31 m = 1834.99 ft T: 23.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1738.15 m = 5702.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.58 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1185.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.39 mb = 1012.96 m = 3323.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.39 mb = 2404.49 m = 7888.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.39 mb = 13504.55 m = 44305.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1173.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.39 mb = 16169.19 m = 53047.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 189.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -15.9 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 269.49 Bulk Shear: 4.40 m/s