MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 24.25,-87.69 Latitude: 24.25 Longitude: -87.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.6 25.1 77 4.4 26.3 102 11 301.4 305.1 298.9 360.9 20.17 1 1000 141 28.2 23.4 75 4.8 24.7 102 13 301.3 304.7 297.8 355.6 18.42 2 950 595 24.0 22.2 90 1.8 22.7 100 13 301.5 304.8 297.6 354.5 17.98 3 900 1068 21.4 18.2 82 3.2 19.1 98 14 303.5 306.3 296.0 347.3 14.75 4 850 1562 19.3 12.7 66 6.6 15.0 96 14 306.3 308.4 294.1 339.2 10.91 5 800 2082 16.9 7.4 54 9.5 11.1 93 14 309.1 310.7 292.8 334.0 8.11 6 750 2629 13.6 4.7 55 8.8 8.4 93 13 311.3 312.7 292.7 333.5 7.17 7 700 3207 10.1 2.6 60 7.5 5.9 91 13 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.4 6.62 8 650 3820 6.6 0.0 63 6.5 3.0 87 12 316.4 317.5 293.1 335.2 5.91 9 600 4473 2.6 -2.6 69 5.2 -0.1 82 13 319.1 320.2 293.3 336.2 5.29 10 550 5172 -1.5 -6.1 71 4.6 -3.7 79 12 322.3 323.2 293.5 336.8 4.41 11 500 5926 -5.8 -11.1 66 5.3 -8.1 77 10 326.0 326.6 293.6 337.0 3.27 12 450 6744 -10.6 -16.9 60 6.3 -12.9 70 8 329.9 330.4 293.7 337.7 2.26 13 400 7641 -16.4 -21.0 68 4.6 -17.8 64 4 333.7 334.1 294.3 340.1 1.80 14 350 8632 -23.2 -25.0 85 1.8 -23.7 48 2 337.4 337.7 295.0 342.7 1.44 15 300 9741 -31.5 -32.2 94 0.6 -31.6 131 1 340.9 341.1 295.3 344.2 0.86 16 250 11004 -41.7 -42.4 93 0.7 -41.8 86 2 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.6 0.37 17 200 12476 -53.7 -54.9 87 1.2 -53.7 152 8 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.3 0.11 18 150 14266 -67.5 -69.1 80 1.5 -67.5 146 9 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16665 -72.3 -83.1 18 10.9 -72.3 83 19 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.85 m Freezing level: 568.07 mb = 4919.62 m = 16140.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.57 mb = 4451.83 m = 14605.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.65 C = 92.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.31 mb = 564.31 m = 1851.40 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 27.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1124.14 m = 3688.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1844.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.75 mb = 849.43 m = 2786.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.75 mb = 2321.30 m = 7615.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.75 mb = 14355.11 m = 47096.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1831.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.0 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 120.0 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -3.4 tot: -1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2206.26 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s